Arukihenro - Japanese Pilgrimage

The over a thousand year old Shikoku Henro connects 88 predetermined sacred places along a 1400 kilometre long circular route on Japan's forth largest island, Shikoku. Based on ethnographic survey methods the film ARUKIHENRO shows the motives, aims and desires of today's Japanese walking pilgrims on a very personal level along this Buddhist pilgrimage. The documentary and roadmovie was shot during a period of nine months, while the filmmakers themselves hiked along the entire pilgrimage, accompanying different pilgrims through long stages of their journeys. More information about the film and the available DVD at www.tigertoda.ch

The Personality: Before and After Awakening

Does ego help us realize egolessness?

Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness

War of the Worldviews

"Bravo! This delightful book is bound to be the Gold Standard by which all other books on science/spirituality will be measured. Bold, refreshing, lucid, and insightful, this thoughtful collection of essays seeks to unveil the mysterious of our very existence. Is there a purpose to the universe? What is our true role in the cosmos? This book dares to ask some of the deepest, most profound questions about our very existence, and comes up with some surprising, even shocking answers."--Michio Kaku Prof. of Theoretical Physics, City Univ. of NY. Author of the New York Timesbest sellers Physics of the Future, and Physics of the Impossible.

Are we supposed to transcend the ego?

Spirituality <> Quantum Mechanics (?)

Suspension Online Meditation

All Online Meditation Sessions are suspended until further notice

"If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind, there are few. That is the real secret of the arts, always be a beginner."

-Shunryu Suzuki

What should a beginner expect from a meditation group?

Amir Mourad - Penetrating Through The Veil Of Delusion

Weekly Spiritual Wisdom

The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Weekly Spiritual Wisdom

“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope with it.” -Unknown

Weekly Spiritual Wisdom

Daily awareness is the way.
Do not delude yourself by seeking truth elsewhere.
Just pay close attention to the small daily happenings, and gain insight from life.

Kasyapa

One Moment Meditation

Weekly Spiritual Wisdom

All the thoughts, all the emotions, all the experiences are happening,

but they are not mine, they are not me.

Who is this watcher, witnessing all these things?

Who am I within this mind-body mechanism?

The biggest mystery is that I don't know and yet I am.

Leela

The Misguided Monk