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Tag Archives: religion
The Story of the Laughing Buddha
Who is that smiling, cherubic Buddha? Is he really a Buddha at all? A favorite symbol of Asian culture even to this day, the Laughing Buddha is really a 10th century monk who roamed China nearly a thousand years ago. His name was Ho Tai (Hotei) and he as thought to be a saintly, an enlightened being and possible a Bodisattva, or one who has attained enlightement as a Buddha. Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, asian culture, Buddha, Buddhism, feng shui, history, Meditation, News and Society, religion, sociology, spirituality
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Meditation And Chi Energy
There are things that we have difficulty understanding in our highly technological society. Sometimes simple concepts like those found through meditation are easily lost in all of the noise we create. Quieting our minds may give us a new perspective on ourselves and the world around us. Continue reading
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Tagged chi, culture, ENERGY, fitness, health, martial arts, meditating, Meditation, new age, religion, spirituality
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Meditation Music Eases The Senses
Each day we wake up to experience a world that seems to be rotating faster and faster while we run to keep up. Not that long ago we went to work with a briefcase and a few files, now we have a laptop computer, cell phone with texting and talking capabilities, and even our cars have electronic maps and voices that tell us which way to go. It can be sensory overload and physically exhausting always being connected. Meditation music has exploded onto the scene with growing sections in stores and sites on the web to offer you songs to help you maintain sanity. Continue reading
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Tagged health, health and fitness, Meditation, religion, self help, self improvement, spirituality
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Spirituality vs. religion: It’s not what you might think
Meditation classes for inmates bring calm behind bars “Eyes closed, heads down. Focus on your breathing.” The men in the sanctuary obediently followed their Buddhist chaplain’s … Read more on Seattle Times Now Ambedkar inspires a ‘Babasaheb Charit Manas’ Inspired … Continue reading
Religion Notes: First Sunday Night Singing
The American Meditation Institute Hosts Mind-Body Medicine Seminars by Dr. Bernie Siegel, Leonard Perlmutter and Dr … The American Meditation Institute in Averill Park, New York will host two seminars teaching meditation and yoga as mind-body medicine. Acclaimed holistic health … Continue reading
Specific Chakra Exercises for Balance plus Well being
In as much as exercise is good for the overall well-being of your body, so too does a person’s chakras gain from exercises that will develop and improve them. In executing the following chakra exercises, keep in mind that the main aim is always to enhance your chakra’s health and balance, and in so doing boost your overall health and balance also. Continue reading
