Church, D., Hawk, C., Brooks, A. J., Toukolehto, O., Wren, M., Dinter, I., & Stein, P. (2013). Psychological trauma symptom improvement in veterans using emotional freedom techniques: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 201(2), 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31827f6351 All proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to freely distribute copies to Buddhist monastics, libraries, and meditation centers, and to support opportunities to practice the method outlined in the book. methodic, systematic, extremely detailed and possibly the most useful vipassana meditation manual out there. bit dry at times, but thats just theravada for you, and I still love it to death. these teachings are worth their weight in gold, but need to be practised to be effective! Agoraphobia: Avoidance of situations because of fears that others will see a person’s perceived appearance defects should count toward a diagnosis of BDD rather than agoraphobia. After explaining the ten perfections according to the Pāli and Sanskrit traditions, the Dalai Lama presents the sophisticated schema of the four paths and fruits for śrāvakas and solitary realizers and the five paths for bodhisattvas. Learning about the practices mastered by these exalted practitioners inspires us with knowledge of our minds’ potential. His Holiness also describes buddha bodies, what buddhas perceive, and buddhas’ awakening activities.

Manual of Insight is the magnum opus of Mahasi Sayadaw, one of the originators of the “vipassana movement” that has swept through the Buddhist world over the last hundred years. The manual presents a comprehensive overview of the practice of insight meditation, including the foundational aspects of ethical self-discipline, understanding the philosophical framework for the practice, and developing basic concentration and mindfulness. It culminates with an in-depth exploration of the various types of insight and spiritual fruits that the practice yields. The Buddha suggested that either a forest place under a tree or any other very quiet place is best for meditation. The volume concludes with an appendix that examines why the Theravada came to be known as Vibhajjavada, “the doctrine of analysis.”Drezen (Lost Chapel); Drezen (unnamed inn with Hilor, first floor); Commander's Court (Inevitable Excess)

Wei, G. X., Xu, T., Fan, F. M., Dong, H. M., Jiang, L. L., Li, H. J., Yang, Z., Luo, J., & Zuo, X. N. (2013). Can taichi reshape the brain? A Brain Morphometry Study. Plos One, 8(4), e61038. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061038 These very do-able practices are specifically for those who can’t or (for whatever reason) won’t be devoting their lives to meditation or any kind of religious teaching—but who nonetheless wish to minimize their suffering, maximize their joy, and help create a better world. Zhang, J., Qin, S., Zhou, Y., Meng, L., Su, H., & Zhao, S. (2018). A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based tai chi chuan for subthreshold depression adolescents. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 14, 2313–2321. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S173255 a b c d e f g h i j Braun, Erik (November 12, 2013). "The Insight Revolution". Lion's Roar . Retrieved May 27, 2016.

Courageous Compassion offers an in-depth look at bodhicitta, arhatship, and buddhahood that you can continuously refer to as you progress on the path to full awakening. Up-going winds, down-going winds, winds in the belly, winds in the bowels, winds that course through the limbs, inhalations, and exhalations.

There is no need for complex language. One simple word is best. For the eye, ear and tongue doors we simply say, “Seeing, seeing…,” or, “hearing, hearing…” or, “tasting, tasting . . . .” A master of mindfulness, who has taught thousands to meditate, Bhante G. will show you exactly how to start your own practice and make it a part of your daily life. The book includes practical advice on MN 28: uddhaṅgamā vātā, adhogamā vātā, kucchisayā vātā, koṭṭhasayā vātā, aṅgamaṅgānusārino vātā, assāso passāso). This toolkit will help you prepare your company reports in accordance with IFRS ®Accounting Standards. Despite making an effort to do so, no one can remain perfectly focused on the rising and falling of the abdomen forever. Other objects inevitably arise and become predominant. Thus, the sphere of meditation encompasses all of our experiences: sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations in the body, and mental objects such as visions in the imagination or emotions. When any of these objects arises you should focus direct awareness on it, and silently use a gentle verbal label. During PracticeAs we develop concentration, we see even more deeply that these phenomena of the lifting process are impermanent and impersonal, appearing and disappearing one by one at fantastic speed. This is the next level of insight, the next aspect of existence that concentrated awareness becomes capable of seeing directly. There is no one behind what is happening; the phenomena arise and pass away as an empty process, according to the law of cause and effect. This illusion of movement and solidity is like a movie. To ordinary perception it seems full of characters and objects, all the semblances of a world. But if we slow the movie down we will see that it is actually composed of separate, static frames of film. After the wait period, the controls received EFT. In a within-subjects longitudinal analysis, 60% no longer met PTSD criteria after three sessions, which increased to 86% after six sessions for the 49 subjects who received EFT. Benefits remained at 86% at 3 months and at 80% at 6 months. Sebastian and Nelms ( 2017) conducted a meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials comparing EFT treatment to usual care or waitlist. The authors found a large treatment effect with a weighted Cohen’s d = 2.96 (95% CI: 1.96–3.97, p< 0.001). They concluded that EFT is effective for the treatment of PTSD with a variety of populations. You may very well know us as the publishers of two Buddhist magazines, the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma. Then again, you may not know us at all. Either way, please allow us to re-introduce ourselves:

Environmental. Physical and sexual abuse in childhood and other stressful or traumatic events have been associated with an increased risk for developing OCD. Some children may develop the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, which has been associated with different environmental factors, including various infectious agents and a post-infectious autoimmune syndrome. Do not watch your feet unless this becomes necessary due to some obstacle on the ground; it is unhelpful to hold the image of a foot in your mind while you are trying to be aware of sensations. You want to focus on the sensations themselves, and these are not visual. Overcoming of the five hindrances features in early Buddhist soteriology as an indispensable requirement for being able to cultivate mental tranquility as well as liberating insight. According to two Pāli discourses, the Buddha explained the effect of the five hindrances on the mind to a brahmin who was puzzled at the fact that at times he would forget what he had memorized repeatedly and at other times he would remember what he had not repeatedly memorized (SN 46.55 and AN 5.193; see also Anālayo 2013, pp. 189–191). The vivid similes employed in these discourses to illustrate the effect of these five hindrances are also extant in a Sanskrit fragment (Tripāṭhī 1995, p. 127). The brahmin’s difficulties in memorization, a key aspect of learning in the ancient Indian setting, suggest that the relevance of the five hindrances extends beyond meditation practice and could be of considerable interest to education in general (Anālayo 2022). Braun, E. (2013). The birth of insight, meditation, modern Buddhism, and the Burmese monk Ledi Sayadaw. University of Chicago Press.Nedeljkovic, M., Wirtz, P. H., & Ausfeld-Hafter, B. (2012). Effects of taiji practice on mindfulness and self-compassion in healthy participants—a randomized controlled trial. Mindfulness, 3(2), 200–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0092-7