Hugleiðsludagar með Swami Mangalanandaji í ágúst og kennsla í kriya yoga

 

Swami Mangalanandaji er væntanleg hingað til lands í ágúst næstkomandi. Verður þá bæði innvígsla og kennsla í Reykjavík dagana 8. - 10. ágúst og svo verður farið í hópferð í Skálholt dagana 11. - 14. ágúst.

Allar nánari upplýsingar er hægt að fá hjá Guðmundi eða Talyu í síma  691 8565 

Áhrif hugleiðslu á þunglyndi

Effects of Sahaja Yoga Meditation on Depression

A study conducted at the University of Exeter, UK, showed that Sahaja Yoga Meditation has a beneficial therapeutic effect on the symptoms of patients with depression and anxiety. 24 patients with depression & anxiety were divided into three groups: a group receiving Sahaja Yoga Meditation over 6 weeks, a group receiving the conventional behavioural treatment for depression, i.e. cognitive behavioural therapy and a control group that received no treatment.  

 

The group treated with Sahaja Yoga Meditation compared to the non-treated group showed a statistically significant reduction in the symptoms of anxiety, depression and general mental health. At a trend level the Sahaja Yoga Meditation group also showed improvements compared to the group treated with CBT.  

 

 

The study shows that Sahaja Yoga Meditation has a significant effect on improving the symptoms of anxiety and depression, which was more pronounced than the conventional behavioural treatment for the disorder.

   

Morgan A. (2001): Sahaja Yoga: An ancient path to modern mental health? Transpersonal Psychology. Transpersonal Psychology Review 4:41-49.

Sjá súlurit hér: http://www.meditationresearch.co.uk/4.html  

Fyrirlestur um tíbeskan búddisma og hugleiðslu í Norræna húsinu þann 27. júlí, kl. 16.00 - Aðgangur ókeypis.

 

Yangsi Rinpoche heldur fyrirlestur í Norræna húsinu þann 27. júlí, kl. 16.00. Aðgangur er ókeypis. Í fyrirlestrinum mun hann fjalla um tíbeskan búddisma og hugleiðslu.

Yangsi Rinpoche á að baki 25 ára nám í tíbeskum búddisma og útskrifaðist með Geshe Lharampa gráðu frá Sera Je klaustrinu í Suður-Indlandi. Hann starfar sem prófessor í búddískum fræðum við Maitripa Institute í Bandaríkjunum.

 

 

 

Haldið iðkun ykkar umfram allt mjúkri

 

Haldið iðkun ykkar umfram allt mjúkri. Hugsið ykkur aðferðina sem sitrandi smálæk, fremur en beljandi foss. Þið fylgið honum. Treystið því að hann renni. Og renna mun hann! Sína eigin leið. Bugðast stundum, stundum beinn. Stundum hraður, stundum hægur. Finnur sínar smugur, glufur og skorninga. Alltaf lipur. Alltaf látlaus. Og þið fylgið honum bara. Ekkert annað. Fylgið honum. Missið aldrei sjónar af honum. Og hann mun taka ykkur með sér.

 

 

Sheng Yen  

(Vésteinn Lúðvíksson - Hugleiðsla - til hvers og af hvað tagi?)

Zen is very simple - Dishwashing time, just wash dishes

 

Linc just said, "Zen is very simple. Dishwashing time, just wash dishes; sitting time, just sit; driving time, just drive; talking time, just talk; walking time, just walk." That's all. Not special. But that is very difficult. That is absolutes thinking. When you're doing something, just do it. No opposites. No subject, no object. No inside, no outside. Outside and inside become one. That's called absolutes.

 

It's easy to talk about "When you're doing something, just do it," but action is very difficult. Sitting: thinking, thinking, thinking. Chanting: also thinking, thinking. Bowing time: not so much, but some thinking, thinking, checking, checking mind appear. Then you have a problem.

 

But don't hold. Thinking is OK. Checking is OK. Only holding is a problem. Don't hold. Feeling coming, going, OK. Don't hold. If your mind is not holding anything, it is clear like space. Clear like space means that sometimes clouds come, sometimes rain or lightning or airplane comes, or even a missile blows up, BOOM! World explodes, but the air is never broken. This space is never broken. Yeah, other things are broken but this space is never changing. Even if a nuclear bomb explodes, it doesn't matter. Space is space. That mind is very important. If something in your mind explodes, then don't hold it. Then it will disappear. Sometimes anger mind appears but soon disappears. But if you hold it, you have a problem. Appear, disappear, that's OK. Don't hold. Then it becomes wisdom. My anger mind becomes wisdom. My desire mind becomes wisdom. Everything becomes wisdom. That's interesting, yeah? So don't hold. That's very important point.

 

Zen Master Seung Sahn

Service to others

 

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

 

 

Muhammad Ali

Brot úr viðtali við Gopi Krishna

... the Law of Evolution. This law of evolution has been referred to by every prophet; by the founder of every great faith. They have not called it a law. They called it a Path, a way, a road. Christ has called it a Path, Buddha has called it a Path, Mohammed has called it a Path, the Bhagavad Gita calls it a Path. All of them call it a Path, the road that can lead mankind to salvation and beatitude. This Path is a law. This is what I am emphasizing with all the force at my command. And I hope and pray that science and our intellectuals would come to the same conclusion after conducting scientific experiments, before the catastrophe occurs, rather than after.

 

 

 

 

Sjá viðtalið í heild sinni hér: http://www.koausa.org/Kundalini/nobel.html 

Hinn andlegi leitandi II

 

Múlla Nasrudin var á fjórum fótum undir ljóskeri fyrir utan húsið sitt, með höfuðið niðrí götunni, þegar nágranni hans gekk hjá.

- Hvað eru nú að gera? spurði granninn.

- Ég er að leita að lyklinum, sagði Múlla. Ég er búinn að týna honum.

Svo nágranninn fór á fjórar fætur og leitaði með Múlla langa stund, en án árangurs.

- Ertu viss um að þú hafir týnt honum hérna? spurði granninn.

- Nei, nei, ég týndi honum inni, svaraði Nasrudin. Það eru bara miklu betri leitarskilyrði hérna úti.

 

 

 

Til að beina okkur í rétta átt, til að fá okkur til að hætta að leita að Sannleikanum einsog hann væri fyrirbæri hið ytra, þá segja vitringar allra tíma einum rómi: leitið hið innra. Og af þessari leiðbeiningu tekur öll eiginleg hugleiðsla mið. Mörg okkar hrökkva undan strax í byrjun af þeirri einföldu ástæðu að það eru svo miklu þægilegra að halda áfram að leita þar sem ,,leitarskilyrðin" eru góð.

 

 

Vésteinn Lúðvíksson - Hugleiðsla - Til hvers og af hvaða tagi?

 

Hinn andlegi leitandi

 

Takmarki jafnt sem endalokum leitarinnar er náð þegar leitandinn sjálfur finnst ekki þrátt fyrir leit.

 

 

Padmasambhava

Hvað er Dharma?

 

What is Dharma? Why is it relevant to us, in the modern world? Why did the sages of old, of every civilisation, insist that Dharma is the only TRUE path to fulfilment?

Dharma is a cosmic principle that is difficult, if not impossible, to define. Our Dharma is our true place in the cosmic process: in time, in space, in awareness, in thought, deed and desire. The eternal principle of Dharma determines the harmonious functions of the cosmic machine. In order that we fulfil our role in the divine play we must behave within our Dharma. That is, we ought to do the right thing, at the right time, In the right way, and for the right reason. By this we attain balance. To establish balance within ourselves ensures our own welfare and the welfare of society. And opens the path prepared for us by the divine.

Sjá meira hér: http://www.sol.com.au/kor/