According to the French Nobel Laureate Romain Rolland, "The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas…. each man has been entirely free to search wherever he pleased for the spiritual explanation of the spectacle of the universe."
This Vedanta "trekking" would be a "guided tour" by Sri Gokulmuthu Narayanaswamy who will explore the terrains of the world around us and within us, using Vedanta as a "map".
The weekend session would explore topics like what is science, what is philosophy, what is religion, how do we know what we know, who am I, what is this world, and many more such fundamental questions.
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In this video, Swami Mukundananda talks about the one daily practice we can all do to improve our WillPower. To be successful in life takes a lot of hard work and more importantly, the WillPower needed to tackle challenges and achieve our goals. To improve our WillPower, we need to practice every day. Swami Mukundananda suggests Meditation as the daily practice to help improve our WillPower.
During Meditation, we focus our mind on the object of the meditation. The mind, by its nature, wanders in many directions. However, if we practice Meditation every day, we are exerting our WillPower to stay focused. Eventually, we will succeed in our Meditation, and the WillPower will increase in every other aspect of our life. The best way to Meditate is to focus the mind on the Supreme Lord that way our mind will be purified and elevated as well.
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I used to stand behind the screen round the verandah of the Nahabat, and hear the Master sing and see him dance in ecstasy through the holes in the screen. It was standing there long that brought on the rheumatism in my legs. He would tell me, 'A wild bird, if kept within a cage day and night, gets rheumatic. So you should have a walk at times in the neighbourhood.'
So many people struggle with sleep on a daily basis. In this video, I
share some of the wisdom and lessons I learned regarding sleep in the monk
life. Just like everything else, it's important to go back to the basics, to
incorporate mindfulness, and develop a strong foundation. #monks #sleep #monk
5 Tips for Sleep (Timecodes)
0:00 Intro
4:42 The Bedroom is for Sleep
8:09 Have a Consistent Sleep Time
9:10 Make your Bed
12:26 Not Sleeping on a High or Luxurious Bed
14:36 Sleep in a Sea of Merit
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There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to what mindfulness is
and what meditation can do for those who practice it. In this video,
professors, neuroscientists, psychologists, composers, authors, and a former
Buddhist monk share their experiences, explain the science behind meditation,
and discuss the benefits of learning to be in the moment.
"Mindfulness allows us to shift our relationship to our
experience," explains psychologist Daniel Goleman. The science shows that
long-term meditators have higher levels of gamma waves in their brains even
when they are not meditating. The effect of this altered response is yet
unknown, though it shows that there are lasting cognitive effects.
"I think we're looking at meditation as the next big public health
revolution," says ABC News anchor Dan Harris. "Meditation is going to
join the pantheon of no-brainers like exercise, brushing your teeth and taking
the meds that your doctor prescribes to you." Closing out the video is a
guided meditation experience led by author Damien Echols that can be practiced
anywhere and repeated as many times as you'd like.
RASMUS HOUGAARD: There is a general huge misconception around
mindfulness. Many people think that mindfulness is a spiritual thing. Many
think that it's a private thing that we do at home, and most people think that
mindfulness is about slowing down. That's wrong. Mindfulness, in short terms,
is really about speeding up our mental processes whereby we can be more
effective with whatever we're doing, that we have this attentional muscle that
allows us really to be on task with what we are doing.
EMMA SEPPÄLÄ: Research shows that our mind actually wanders about 50% of
the time, and research also shows that when our mind is wandering we are never
as happy as when our mind is in the present moment. So if your mind is in the
future worrying about something that is going to happen, or in the past because
you're regretting something or angry at somebody, you're more likely to feel
more negative emotions. But when you're in the present moment, even if you're
doing a task you don't particularly like, you'll actually feel happier. But
also what we know is that you'll be able to be more productive when you're in
that state because you're going to be naturally focused.
JON KABAT-ZINN: People misunderstand meditation as oh, I just sweep all
my thoughts away and then I'm in this like nirvana. What you'll get by trying
to sweep all your thoughts away is a headache at the most, because there's no
way to sweep your thoughts away. They will get you every time. And then you can
have millions of thoughts about mindfulness and meditation and those are just
thoughts, too. They're not meditating. But when you see that you're not your
thoughts then you can watch them in this kind of impersonal, more sort of if
you will observing way with kindness, with self-compassion, because a lot of
them are heavily loaded with negative emotion. And you can see that if you
don't touch them, if you don't do anything with them, if you don't get caught
in them, they self-liberate naturally in awareness. The awareness is like
touching a soap bubble. It's fun for kids and fun for adults, too. A soap
bubble and you touch it and it just goes poof. So I love that image. The
thought is the soap bubble and the emotion, too, that's valancing the thought
and you don't need to do anything with it because your awareness it's like not
even a finger. It's not corporeal. The awareness, just the embracing of it or
the arising of it like in the sky it goes poof all by itself. And don't take my
word for it. This is something that when you sit down and you begin to watch
you'll see this is not rocket science. You don't have to sit in the cave for 30
years to have that kind of experience. All you need to do is in some sense get
out of your own way. Now, I'm not saying that's easy. That's really hard, but
if you can have moments when you get out of your own way then you'll see that a
lot of this stuff that we get so caught up in it's like it's a mirage.
SAM HARRIS: There are features of our experience that we don't notice
when we're lost in thought. So, for instance, every experience you've ever had,
every emotion, the anger you felt yesterday or a year ago isn't here anymore.
It arises and it passes away, and if it comes back in the present moment by
virtue of your thinking about it again it will subside again when you're no
longer thinking about it. Now, this is something that people tend not to...
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There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to what mindfulness is
and what meditation can do for those who practice it. In this video,
professors, neuroscientists, psychologists, composers, authors, and a former
Buddhist monk share their experiences, explain the science behind meditation,
and discuss the benefits of learning to be in the moment.
"Mindfulness allows us to shift our relationship to our
experience," explains psychologist Daniel Goleman. The science shows that
long-term meditators have higher levels of gamma waves in their brains even
when they are not meditating. The effect of this altered response is yet
unknown, though it shows that there are lasting cognitive effects.
"I think we're looking at meditation as the next big public health
revolution," says ABC News anchor Dan Harris. "Meditation is going to
join the pantheon of no-brainers like exercise, brushing your teeth and taking
the meds that your doctor prescribes to you." Closing out the video is a
guided meditation experience led by author Damien Echols that can be practiced
anywhere and repeated as many times as you'd like.
RASMUS HOUGAARD: There is a general huge misconception around
mindfulness. Many people think that mindfulness is a spiritual thing. Many
think that it's a private thing that we do at home, and most people think that
mindfulness is about slowing down. That's wrong. Mindfulness, in short terms,
is really about speeding up our mental processes whereby we can be more
effective with whatever we're doing, that we have this attentional muscle that
allows us really to be on task with what we are doing.
EMMA SEPPÄLÄ: Research shows that our mind actually wanders about 50% of
the time, and research also shows that when our mind is wandering we are never
as happy as when our mind is in the present moment. So if your mind is in the
future worrying about something that is going to happen, or in the past because
you're regretting something or angry at somebody, you're more likely to feel
more negative emotions. But when you're in the present moment, even if you're
doing a task you don't particularly like, you'll actually feel happier. But
also what we know is that you'll be able to be more productive when you're in
that state because you're going to be naturally focused.
JON KABAT-ZINN: People misunderstand meditation as oh, I just sweep all
my thoughts away and then I'm in this like nirvana. What you'll get by trying
to sweep all your thoughts away is a headache at the most, because there's no
way to sweep your thoughts away. They will get you every time. And then you can
have millions of thoughts about mindfulness and meditation and those are just
thoughts, too. They're not meditating. But when you see that you're not your
thoughts then you can watch them in this kind of impersonal, more sort of if
you will observing way with kindness, with self-compassion, because a lot of
them are heavily loaded with negative emotion. And you can see that if you
don't touch them, if you don't do anything with them, if you don't get caught
in them, they self-liberate naturally in awareness. The awareness is like
touching a soap bubble. It's fun for kids and fun for adults, too. A soap
bubble and you touch it and it just goes poof. So I love that image. The
thought is the soap bubble and the emotion, too, that's valancing the thought
and you don't need to do anything with it because your awareness it's like not
even a finger. It's not corporeal. The awareness, just the embracing of it or
the arising of it like in the sky it goes poof all by itself. And don't take my
word for it. This is something that when you sit down and you begin to watch
you'll see this is not rocket science. You don't have to sit in the cave for 30
years to have that kind of experience. All you need to do is in some sense get
out of your own way. Now, I'm not saying that's easy. That's really hard, but
if you can have moments when you get out of your own way then you'll see that a
lot of this stuff that we get so caught up in it's like it's a mirage.
SAM HARRIS: There are features of our experience that we don't notice
when we're lost in thought. So, for instance, every experience you've ever had,
every emotion, the anger you felt yesterday or a year ago isn't here anymore.
It arises and it passes away, and if it comes back in the present moment by
virtue of your thinking about it again it will subside again when you're no
longer thinking about it. Now, this is something that people tend not to...
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Cosmos and consciousness seem utterly different, the former encompassing
the vast universe, the latter emerging from tiny brains. Yet consciousness
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The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a
Chinese religion and philosophy. The yin, the dark swirl, is associated with
shadows, femininity, and the trough of a wave; the yang, the light swirl,
represents brightness, passion and growth. John Bellaimey explains why we all
contain the spirit of yin and of yang -- and how we can achieve a balance of
both in our lives.
Lesson by John Bellaimey, animation by TED-Ed.
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Should you read the Bhagavad Gita as a religious book? That's one way to
read India's timeless classic. But there are several other ways to enjoy a text
that is the ultimate manifesto for individual, communal and environmental
well-being. In this talk, Indian author Roopa Pai, whose award-winning
contemporary retelling 'The Gita For Children' became 2015's runaway
bestseller, teases out some of those ways. This talk was given at a TEDx event
using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local
community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
Roopa Pai is a computer engineer who always knew she wanted to write for
children. She is the author of over twenty books, including Taranauts, India's
first fantasy-adventure series, and the pop science book 'What If The Earth
Stopped Spinning?' A new book on Economics for children is due out in February
2017. Her national bestseller 'The Gita For Children' won the Crossword Popular
Award for Children's Fiction in 2016.
Roopa brings together three other loves - history, young people, and her
hometown Bangalore - in her job as tour guide with the heritage walks and tours
company BangaloreWalks.
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independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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I would bathe at 4 a.m. As the day advanced, a little sunshine would come near the staircase, and I would dry my hair then. I had very long hair in those days. A small room, after all, in the Nahabat! And that too used to be full of things. Many things were even stored in stringed suspenders from the ceiling. But I never experienced any difficulty.
This is what people close say about me: “Misfit, Dreamer, Impractical, Champion of lost causes, Always Wrong” etc. etc. Maybe they are right, maybe not. What do I think of myself? I am trying to find out.
