Seven Zen Stories That Could Open Your Mind

Seven Zen Stories That Could Open Your Mind

by Melanie Pinola: For centuries, Zen masters have used stories and koans, or paradoxical riddles, to help students realize their true nature… These stories are often puzzling and may seem nonsensical, but ponder them yourself and you might emerge wiser and more self-aware. Here are seven of our favorite Zen stories. We’re not going to try to explain the…

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How You Can Help Others By Practicing Mindfulness

How You Can Help Others By Practicing Mindfulness

by Christopher Willard: Research shows that meditating benefits everyone around you—whether you’re in the same household or connecting virtually… A great meditation teacher once described the frightening scene in the refugee boats floating adrift after the end of the Vietnam war. Overcrowded with children and elderly people, rich and poor, and everyone in between, it…

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World’s largest, China’s first 10,000-ton all-electric smart container vessel delivered

World’s largest, China’s first 10,000-ton all-electric smart container vessel delivered

by Zhang Yiyi: The world’s largest and China’s first 10,000-ton pure electric intelligent container vessel, the Ningyuan Diankun, set sail on Wednesday from the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port bound for the Zhapu Port area in Jiaxing, marking the official start of its commercial operations, and ushering in a new phase of exploration and development for China’s coastal…

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Adyashanti The Indispensable Qualities of Awakening

Adyashanti The Indispensable Qualities of Awakening

by Adyashanti:  In essence the entire spiritual endeavor is a very simple thing: Spirituality is essentially about awakening as the intuitive awareness of unity and dissolving our attachment to egoic consciousness. By saying that spirituality is a very simple thing, I do not mean to imply that it is either an easy or difficult endeavor….

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