Have you heard of research titled A Wandering Mind Not a Happy Mind? Two psychologists from Harvard University conducted a special survey with the help of an iPhone app and came to the conclusion that people are unhappy while daydreaming. The app contacted 2,250 volunteers at random intervals during the day. Specifically, it asked how … Read more
 Did you know that even your most mundane activities can become opportunities to develop mental clarity? You can achieve this by engaging in a Buddhist practice known as mindfulness of bodily postures. It revolves around performing even the least significant movement of your body in a conscious and deliberate manner. Learning how to practice … Read more
 Last month, I wrote about mindfulness of bodily postures – a simple Buddhist practice for developing mental clarity. Today, I turn to an extension of that practice called mindfulness of bodily activities. Although they both sound similar, their actual instructions are slightly different. Once mindfulness of the four postures has led to awareness of … Read more
Abstaining from sexual misconduct is one of the most important aspects of being a Buddhist. It’s the third of the five precepts that help us cultivate moral virtue, which serves as a foundation for our meditation practice. While Buddhist monks uphold this teaching by maintaining celibacy, lay followers aim to engage in sexual relations only with love and … Read more