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Pain/No Pain

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A research study by the Université de Montréal recently reported in the January issue of Psychosomatic Medicine that Zen meditation practitioners have 18% better pain resistance than average folk. That’s not how I remember sesshin! http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/press-releases/study-finds-zen-meditation-alleviates-pain.html

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REBIRTH & the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

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The Sumeru Press is pleased to announce publication of Rebirth as Empirical Basis for The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri, PhD. Rebirth is a chronological analysis of Buddha’s enlightenment meditation and how Buddha’s growing awareness of the rebirth process was congruent with his opening to the Four Noble Truths. The book is... Read more »

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Integrating Science & Contemplation

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Find out more on the web at: http://www.mindandlife.org/ Find out more on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/mindandlife?ref=nf

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Mind & Life Institute

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According to United Airlines’ Hemispheres magazine, Buddhist psychology is one of the hot new trends for 2010 – specifically, the Mind & Life Institute in Boulder, CO. Here’s a link to the article… Mind & Life Institute in Tech Trends 2010 I wonder if they missed the implied connection to the title of the publication:... Read more »

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Life with death

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Stephen Jenkinson is a Canadian counsellor who specializes in death. The NFB recently made a movie, called Griefwalker, about his work… http://www.nfb.ca/film/griefwalker-trailer/ His website is www.orphanwisdom.com

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