Where we are: Corcovado National Park – Osa Peninsula – Costa Rica

Gandhi’s Yoga:

http://www.yogamag.net/archives/1983/isep83/gany1.shtml Mahatma Gandhi was a karma yogi who tried to put into practice various yama and niyama. He tried to follow the path of truth, non-violence, self-restraint, brahmacharya, etc. The following ten rules (1) guided him through life: 1. Truth. 2. Ahimsa (non-violence). 3. Brahmacharya (chastity). 4. Restraint of palate, which he elaborated as eating […]

11/4 Art: Secret Garden

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8/5 Art: Japanese National Treasure, The Miroku Bosatsu statue

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana on the present moment

The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future. Mindfulness helps us […]