Zen author Steve Hagen tells you why. WHY BOTHER TAKING UP the practice of meditation when, even in its simplicity it’s so difficult? As soon as we hear this question, we come up with a list of reasons to justify meditation. We think that we’re going to get something from it– that it will lower … [Read more…]
Jiddu Krishnamurti, was born in India in the late 19th century and moved to the U.S. in the 1920s. Krishnamurti was famous for preaching the benefits of meditation outside of the institutionalization of it. In his book “Meditation” he discusses meditation as simply awareness. When we use the word “meditation” we do not mean something … [Read more…]
Pema Chodron’s writing is amazing because of her ability to communicate brilliant and insightful aspects of human nature in an extraordinarily plain and accessible way. The following is an excerpt from opening of Pema Chodron’s book, Start Where You Are: “WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips … [Read more…]
The Dream-Over, the Rubin Museum’s sleep-over for grown-ups, returns after its sold-out debut! Make the Rubin Museum the place of your dreams. Come in your bedsocks and pajamas and sleep over at the Rubin Museum beneath a work of art selected just for you. Dream under the compassionate and wakeful gaze of a hundred buddhas. … [Read more…]