In every holy book you are taught the same principles again and again

 

What are the qualities that would make our life more beautiful? In all the holy books and the scriptures you will find them. In the Bhagavad Gita, in the Bible, in the Torah, in the Koran, in the Buddhist scriptures you will find similarities in their teaching. Truth is universal. I will give you a few examples: thruthfulness, honesty, non-violence, forgiveness, and love. In every holy book you are taught the same principles again and again. These are called the values of life. 

 Paramahamsa Prajnanananda – Life and values

 

Hugleiðslunámskeið í febrúar hjá Hugleiðslu- og friðarstöðinni (tíbetskur búddismi)

 

Hugleiðslunámskeið hjá Hugleiðslu- og friðarstöðinni (tíbetskur búddhismi) hefst í febrúar 2010.

Skráning á hugleiðslunámskeið fyrir byrjendur á [e-mail]

 

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Sitting alone in peace ...

 

Sitting alone in peace
Before these cliffs
The full moon is
Heaven's beacon
The ten thousand things
Are all reflections
The moon originally
Has no light
Wide open
The spirit of itself is pure
Hold fast to the void
Realize its subtle mystery
Look at the moon like this
This moon that is the heart's pivot

- Han-shan

Dagskrá Guðspekifélagsins um helgina

Föstudaginn 27. nóvember  kl. 20:30 heldur Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttirerindi: 
“Haldreipi.”  í húsi félagsins, Ingólfsstræti 22. 

Laugardaginn 28. nóvember: kl. 14:00 er hugleiðing, kl. 14:30 fræðsluefni Sigvalda í umsjá Birgis Bjarnasonar.   

Kl. 15:00: Opið hús og Kl. 15:30 Heldur Markus Gordon Wilde erindi "Rannsóknir á endurholdgun"

Leiðbeining í zen hugleiðslu verður mánudaginn 30. nóvember

 

Leiðbeining í zen hugleiðslu verður mánudaginn 30. nóvember kl.19:30-21:00.
Gjald er kr. 2000. Innifalið er mánaðargjald fyrir desember og janúar.
Hafið samband við Mikhael í síma 662 1250 eða á [e-mail]

 

So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, "I know what Zen is," or "I have attained enlightenment." This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Be very very careful about this point. If you start to practice zazen, you will begin to appreciate your beginner's mind. It is the secret of Zen practice. 

 Suzuki roshi

 

www.zen.is

 

Sjöunda kviða - Hávamál Indíalands

Hinn dýrðlegi drottinn mælti:

1. Heyr, Arjúna! hvernig þú færð áreiðanlega öðlast fullkomna þekkingu á mér, svo framarlega sem þú hefir allan hug á mér, leitar athvarfs hjá mér og iðkar yoga.

2. Eg vil veita þér þekkingu þessa og speki algerlega. Og að því búnu er þér engin þörf á frekari fræðslu hér í heimi.

3. Varla er einn maður meðal þúsunda, er keppir eftir fullkomnun. Og meðal þeirra, er keppa eftir henni og verða fullkomnir, er varla einn, sem þekkir insta eðli mitt.

 

Hávamál Indíalands (Bhagavad Gita) - Þýtt hefir Sig. Kristófer Pétursson

 

Integral Enlightenment - Awakening to an Evolutionary Relationship to Life 9-week Telecourse

The Essential Course for Evolutionaries With Integral Enlightenment Founder Craig Hamilton

 

You're an evolutionary. You know it because you spend a significant part of every day thinking about how to evolve yourself and how to make the world a better place. You sense that we are facing a critical moment in the unfolding of our human story, and you feel called to participate in creating the pathways to a better future.

If you're like most evolutionaries, chances are you also feel a bit overwhelmed by the task at hand. You sense that there is a much bigger life calling for your participation. Yet, you know that to really participate in a way that will make a difference, you're going to need to evolve in a way that few human beings ever have.

You've realized that evolution doesn't just need more fans and cheerleaders. It needs awake, conscious, wise participants who have evolved themselves to the point that they're capable of serving and guiding the process of human emergence.

You know you're called to be one of these people. You only have two questions:

Where can you get the specific training you need for this kind of evolutionary transformation?

And, where can you find a supportive community of kindred spirits who are committed to living life on the same level as you are?

 

Sjá meira hér: http://www.integralenlightenment.com/telecourse/index.php

 

 

http://www.integralenlightenment.com 

Viðtal við Eckhart Tolle - What is "enlightenment," and why does there seem to be so much confusion about it in these times?

Well, the confusion arises because so many people write about it without knowing it directly. One can become an expert on it without knowing it directly. Because an expert means you know a lot "about" something, but you do not necessarily know "it.” Confusion arises there.

What is enlightenment? Again, it is so vast not any one definition would do it justice. It would be a tiny aspect of it. And you can look at it from so many perspectives, this one, that one, that one. And every time it looks as if it were different.

Another reason why it can be confusing is you reach one person's definition of enlightenment, he or she is looking from "this" perspective. And then you read somebody else's, and they are looking from that perspective. There's the ancient old Indian story of blind men describing an elephant, one touching the trunk, another a leg, the tail, and soon. (Laughter]

The confusion arises in trying to understand through the mind what enlightenment is. That is impossible. Any description is only a signpost. So the mind can only go a certain way, and then the signpost has to be left behind. And the mind gets attached to a signpost, which is a teaching or description, a concept. And then confusion arises because then it sees another signpost and says, "Oh, maybe that is the true one." It becomes defensive, identities with "this one" and says that's me.

So, to the question. "What is enlightenment?" one could say simply, it is when there is no longer any identification with thinking. When there is no longer self-identification with thought processes and self-seeking through thinking. Then the compulsive nature of thinking ceases. Then gaps arise in the mind-stream. That means the unconditioned consciousness arises and is realized as stillness or presence. There is nobody there who "realizes." It is realized. It realizes itself. [Chuckle]

 

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Dagskrá Guðspekifélagsins um helgina

 

Föstudaginn 20. nóvember  kl. 20:30 heldur Salvör Nordal

erindi: 
,,Hugleiðingar um samfélagslega ábyrgð.”  í húsi félagsins, Ingólfsstræti 22.

   

Laugardaginn 21. nóvember: kl. 14:00 er hugleiðing, kl. 14:30 fræðsluefni Sigvalda í umsjá Birgis Bjarnasonar.

Kl. 15:00: Opið hús og Kl. 15:30 Heldur Bjarni Björgvinsson erindi "Hugleiðingar frá Sigvalda"       

 

 

 

 

   www.gudspekifelagid.is   

 

... meditation is not devotion

 

And meditation is not devotion—devotion to an idea, to a picture, to a principle—because the things of the mind are still idolatrous. One may not worship a statue, considering it idolatrous and silly, superstitious; but one does worship, as most people do, the things in the mind—and that is also idolatrous. And to be devoted to a picture or an idea, to a Master, is not meditation. Obviously, it’s a form of escape from oneself. It’s a very comforting escape, but it’s still an escape.

 

Krishnamurti