Mindfulness is the focusing of attention and awareness‚ based on the concept of mindfulness in Buddhist meditation‚ but is defined in many ways. It is moment to moment awareness. It is being fully awake. It involves being here for the moments of our lives‚ without striving or judging. Despite its roots in Buddhism‚ mindfulness is not inherently religious and is often used nowadays. Research suggests that mindfulness practices are useful in the treatment of pain‚ stress‚ anxiety‚ depressive relapse
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Mental Peace Cultivating mindfulness is the key to overcoming suffering and recognizing natural wisdom: both our own and others’. How do we go about it? In the Buddhist tradition and in Contemplative Psychotherapy training‚ we nurture mindfulness through the practice of sitting meditation. There are many different kinds of meditation. For example‚ some are designed to help us relax; others are meant to produce altered states of consciousness. Mindfulness meditation is unique in that it is not
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The Stone Temple at Urfa gave way to many diverse belief systems and religions from the time it was erected to the time it was buried. Based on archaeological data‚ Urfa was the place of many ’firsts’ in history; such as the first wheel‚ stone quarry‚ settlement‚ animal breeding‚ writing‚ mosiacs‚ the first temple‚ Bible and church. When this temple was built‚ it seemed to cause shifts in the way things worked at that time in the community. Due to disagreements and differences in opinion‚ the culture
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and holding a trident and a small drum or more often in the form of the linga‚ an elongated stone representing his generative powers. The most important linga is situating in the holy shrine of Pashupatinath to west of Kathmandu. In front of Shiva temples one usually sees a statue of Nandi‚ the divine bull that serves as Shiva’s vehicle. Another popular form of Shiva in Nepal is the terrifying Bhirav. Different aspects of Bhairav play major roles in many of the Valley’s festivals.Vishnu‚ whose primary
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Temple Grandin was born to Richard Grandin and Eusatcia Culter on August 29‚ 1947 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. At the age of two years‚ she developed some brain harm and was taken to a controlled nursery school with caring teachers who showed great concern for her. In 1950‚ Grandin was diagnosed as autistic‚ and she received little attention from the rest of the people and was not able to communicate sufficiently. This made her mother seek speech therapy and employed a nanny who ensured a social environment
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Michael Brennand-Wood Michael Brennand- Wood was born in the UK in 1952. He is a contemporary artist‚ he specializes in creating eccentric works of art and sculptures by the means of wood-work‚ embroidery lace‚ patterns‚ textiles and in recent times floral imagery‚ he created exuberant pieces of art from exploring and evolving his own techniques merging textiles and other media in ingenious ways. Michael’s work is distinctive because he has persisted in the amalgamation of modern and historical
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Anatman‚ The Five Skandhas‚ and Emptiness Anatman and the Five Skandhas: Anatman (trans: “no self”): the doctrine that there is no _________ or __________ entity that can be identified as the “self.” The Five Skandhas In particular‚ the notion of anatman amounts to the claim that the “self” is nothing more than a set of five ______________ and everchanging _____________. The processes are collectively called the five skandhas (trans: “aggregates”). They are: _____________: the matter that makes up the world around us and our
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A Visit to Zhengjue Temple Zhengjue Temple is located on Wentworth Avenue in the center of China Town in Chicago. It is a small-scale Mahayana Buddhism temple founded in 2003 by a Malaysian nun. It currently consists of two nuns --- the Abbot and founder of the temple and Rev Chi-Miu Sik. The decoration of the temple looks very similar to temples I used to visit in China‚ except for the fact that Zhengjue Temple is smaller in size. It has one big hall mainly used to place the statues of Buddhas
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Temples have become a key aspect in Hindu religion. The temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community - religious‚ cultural‚ educational and social. Hindus believe that their lives are merely stages in the progression to ultimate enlightenment. The temple is a place where God may be approached and where divine knowledge can be discovered. All aspects of the Hindu temple focus on the goal of enlightenment and liberation - the principles of design and construction‚ the
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Location: The Brihadeeswara is located in Tanjavur district in Tamilnadu‚ India. The temple was built on the banks of River Cauvery with its water turned to the moat. The temple‚ constructed entirely of granite‚ stands amidst fortified walls. There was no rock formation around this area. It is believed that the rocks would have been brought from a place at least 50kms away. History: The temple had its foundations laid out by the Tamil emperor Arulmozhivarman‚ popularly called Rajaraja Chola I
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