Exercises in mindfulness
Sep 19, 2020
Martin Goodson

Exercises in Mindfulness

Tips for Zen practice

These articles are tips and suggestions for beginning and deepening our daily life practice, zazen and insight wisdom.

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A Buddhist Practice is a Living Thing

These words ascribed to Nagajuna, the founder of the Madhyamaka school, gives the foundation of his great teaching of...

A Crooked Heart Misses the Target

The contrasted effects of a calculating versus a non-grasping attitude are demonstrated in Eugen Herrigel’s...

Advice on Starting out In Daily Life Practice

The fundamentals of Zen Buddhist practice are outlined in this article. It gives something to try for the first time...

Beginning Zen Training

An introduction to the Daily Life Practice the beginning, middle and end of Zen Training. This video talk covers some...

Constructing a Wheel of Life

How do we integrate this ubiquitous Buddhist symbol into our practice? This article provides some pointers...

Home Shrines

Being confined at home, why not consider making sacred spaces that can support our efforts walking the...

How to Pull Myself Together

Changing my own behaviour can be very hard. To do so requires harnessing the fickle energy of my desires into a...

Know Thyself and then Get a Move On!

We like to think we know who we are, but self-beliefs can cover up the fact that both body and heart are changing...

Setting up a Meditation Practice (Zazen)

The physical and mental components of sitting meditation. How to establish a meditation practice at home.

Should I Go On A Retreat?

As we are in the middle of the Rohatsu Sesshin week, now might be a good time to consider the pros and cons of going...

Sipping Life

Daily life practice teaches us to de-clutch from the past and the future and to re-connect with the eternal now that...

Staying on Target

The Buddha's parable of the poisoned arrow warns against being distracted when urgent action is necessary. The...

The Buddha’s Advice to the Kalamas

This popular sermon to the Kalama tribe is a call to action from the Buddha to us all to evaluate our practices...

Unpacking Desire - A talk about desire and what the Buddha means in the Second Noble Truth.

What is wrong with desire anyway? Why did the Buddha link it to suffering? This talk investigates what the Buddha was...

Where is your energy at?

In the past people would describe themselves as having 'high' or 'low' spirits. Now we talk about...

Wisdom, Ethical Living and Meditation as One Practice

Meditation as a 'stand-alone' practice has never been part of Buddhism. This article looks at a more...

Getting Back Up to Speed - An Exercise in Mindfulness

Taking up a simple exercise in paying attention to one thing can help invigorate a daily mindfulness practice. Here...

The Great Rohatsu Sesshin - Exercises in Mindfulness

The commemoration of the Buddha's Enlightenment runs from 1st to the morning of 8th December in the NE Buddhist...

Cloud Water - Exercises in Mindfulness

The ideal practice for the Zen monk is to 'leave no trace'. This is a practice which develops both...

Practice Topics

EXERCISES IN MINDFULNESS
GETTING STARTED
POEMS
SITTING MEDITATION (ZAZEN)
STORIES
TROUBLESHOOTING ZEN STUDY & PRACTICE

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Cloud Water - Exercises in Mindfulness

The ideal practice for the Zen monk is to 'leave no trace'. This is a practice which develops both...

The Zen Gateway Christmas Essay 2020 - Resilience in Uncertain Times

Our difficult year is almost over but the uncertainty isn't. How can the Buddha's teachings fortify us to...

But by the Leather of One Pair of Sandals will the Earth be Covered.

Zen practitioner, Olwen Smith, tells of her own experiences of starting Zen training and what she found helpful along...

The Great Rohatsu Sesshin - Exercises in Mindfulness

The commemoration of the Buddha's Enlightenment runs from 1st to the morning of 8th December in the NE Buddhist...