Shalabhasana

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(THE LOCUST POSE)

Building mindfulness within the family

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Gratia L. Meyer

The goal of a family is to help each member change and grow together. The responsibility of each family member is to help all members diminish their suffering and increase their happiness. T ultimate destination of each individual is being in the moment, which constantly changing and impermanent, by being aware that one already there.

Peace in the family

Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

On the evening of my marriage, my mother in law told me and my wife... In a marriage, there are grounds for divorce, every day. The practice is to focus on the grounds for marriage. "

It reminded me of my teacher, the Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh's advice to focus on what is healing and healthy; and in that way, get the nourishment and strength to accept and transform one's difficulties and suffering. He was echoing the first teachings of the Buddha given in the Deer Park at Sarnath, India.

Battered family and resolution

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Bhikkhuni Dr. Thich Nir Hue Lien

Normally, getting married and building a family is everyone's responsibility of individual and society. This is also a way of maintaining the world and its developing. The happiness of a married couple is one of the reasons of developing civilizing life. (Life is an interesting phenomenon - http://vib.net.ru)

Feeling - Craving, part 2

Mango tree wisdom

Talks of Ven. Pemasiri Thera with his student David Young about practical aspects of Buddha Dhamma at the Sumathipàla Na Himi Dhama Center in Kanduboda (Sri Lanka).

Letting go the fear out of marriage

Dr. Manpreet Singh

A happy marriage is the foundation of a stable family. As the culture of divorce spreads throughout the world, some sociologists even suggest that the end of family is only a question of time. The individualism and consumerism of the West is growing and taking its toll in the Asian countries which historically have enjoyed a strong family and community system. The institution of marriage, consequently family, is threatened by prevailing wider acceptance of divorce — the cause of broken individuals, families, children and immense suffering.

Bhujangasana (the cobra pose)

In this asana, the body, lying flat on the abdomen, is made to assume, by raising the head and the trunk, a pose which resembles an irritated cobra (Bhujanga). The main importance of this pose lies in the curving of the spine backwards. To maintain the activity of youth even at an advanced age, the spine must be kept supple and elastic. As age advances the muscles of the back get stiffened and lose their elasticity.

Shirshasana (Topsy-turvy pose)

(THE TOPSY-TURVY POSE)

Five mindfulness trainings as the way out

Bhiksuni Thich Chan Dang Nghiem (True Adornment with Non-Discrimination)

"Dear Thay,

Sometimes there are moments that I don't want to live anymore. Then I feel like a bird locked up in a cage. How can I take care of that feeling?"

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