There is a tendency to think of meditation, and its fruits of higher consciousness (samadhi), as the purview of enlightened sages who live in the Himalayas. At the other end of the spectrum, the ...

Ancient Indian texts describe meditation as a gradual journey inward. Instead of forcing silence, they guide you toward inner ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. – Samadhi, a recovery community outreach center, takes a holistic approach to recovery from substance use disorders. That approach brings together mindfulness, meditation and compassion ...

Samatha means calm. This Pali term is related to Samadhi, or concentration. Technically, there are several related aspects such as unification, absorption and one-pointedness though it needs to be ...

Cambridge, MA. This is the last of my Lenten reflections on the second Chapter of the Yoga Sutras, the Yoga of Action, yoga in action. (You can find the preceding entries here.) The last of the limbs ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

In Hinduism, most people are cremated after death. The body is burned so the soul can detach from physical identity and move ...

Meditation is often misunderstood as a practice of "emptying the mind," but ancient Indian texts describe it as a structured, ...