DharmaMind Buddhist Group

Talk 4/6 Stillness and its Profound Nature

For many in Buddhism stillness of mind is just a pre-requisite for insight practice. We too use stillness to cultivate insight, but by seeing there is more to stillness than just being empty of distractions, we discover who we really are beyond this self-delusion by awakening with ever growing clarity to our infinite true nature.

Talk 3/6 The Tools of Transformation

Buddhism offers us many tools for insightful contemplation (usually based on tradition) to use in our quest for transforming wisdom. Our type of training offers a free and open chest of insightful treasures in that ongoing quest.

Talk 2/6 The Art of Non Doing

To be able to perceive a 'practice of no practice' takes a long time because it runs against all that you have come to understand in living your life.

Talk 1/6 Instruction on Formless Meditation

An in depth look at our nature of mind practice and how to find inner stillness by cultivating the formless meditation of 'silent illumination'.

The Third Option

Our thoughts tend to take us to play again experiences of the past, and when not indulging in this they take us to indulge the future, and create scenarios usually centred around an often neurotic self-view of insecurity. We therefore live most of our lives in a dream world of past or future, both heavily identified by an insecure self that is the creator of suffering. When we discover stillness on the meditation cushion we find a third option beyond this turmoil. This option is not of the restless mind but a 'place' that we can take refuge in and discover the liberation of this present moment.

Awareness - Gateway to the Deathless

If you open to your uncluttered naked awareness and ponder its unique qualities instead of following one of the many insight meditations we are encouraged so often to do, you find yourself on the threshold of the wonder and mystery of life, as well as the on the cusp for your awakening.

Don't Give Up

Becoming disheartened and negative towards dharma practice is a part of the spiritual journey that we all experience. At these times being a part of a sangha is essential, this is because it gives you both spiritual and emotional support that helps you see through these difficult times, that otherwise would not be possible to see through on your own.

The White Cloud of Transformation

How can we skilfully use the many 'tools' of insightful investigation found in reflective awareness?

How to Learn to Like Yourself

Most of us Westerns don't like ourselves. Finding a way to heal inner conflict is precisely the function of authentic dharma training.

My World and the Barking Dog

Through learning to cultivate a still mind you come to understand how you create your own suffering, but also learn how to let it go.