I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Ask Dr. Nandi Show on The Healing Power of the Mind. I hope you enjoy it! When viewing, please enter password: nandi Healing Power of the Mind - 364 from Ask Dr. Nandi on Vimeo....
Giving - known as “dana” in Pali, the language in which the teachings of the Buddha were first written down – is the first of the ten “paramis” or perfections of a Bodhisattva, a highly Awakened person who postpones his or her ultimate enlightenment to...
"Why is it important to know about the Responsive and Reactive settings of the brain?" "Is the “fight or flight” response the functional part of the primitive/reptile brain or the emotional brain?" "Is there any evidence that just reading the words which describe an experience will bring...
You might like this talk from the San Rafael Meditation group discussing the types of meditation....
Here is the latest talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It's titled Right Livelihood Through the Lens of the Hindrances. More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found at https://rickhanson.net/teaching/meditation-group....
In this video, I explain how we can use our minds to change our brains to change our minds for the better. This video was taken at the Greater Good Science Center in UC Berkeley as part of the Science of a Meaningful Life Series. ...
These are the elements of the Eightfold Path: Right View Right Resolve Right Action Right Speech Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration Please see the article on “The Noble Eightfold Path” here - //rickhanson.net/articles/buddhist-wisdom/. * * * * * Read the previous posts on the First, Second and Third Noble truths....
Are the rewards of new commitments really worth the costs? Sometimes you have to give up the lesser rewards of a new thing for the greater rewards of allowing some new space to clear in your life....