An interview with Insight Dialogue author and teacher Gregory Kramer

New Zealand is blessed next month with the arrival of Gregory Kramer, an American practitioner and teacher of Insight Meditation.
Gregory is also the co-founder and director of the Metta Foundation, Portland, Oregon, a center of Buddhist practice in the Insight Meditation tradition. He has developed a practice that takes meditation off the mat and into [...]

Why sangha (spiritual community) is the most precious thing on your path

In Buddhist practice, the three jewels of life – or the three refugees – are what you turn to for support, for guidance, and for friendship.
These are:

The Buddha nature – the ideal or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings.
The Dharma – the teachings of Buddha, or the path one walks in following the [...]

Being still for a change – why meditating is a response to climate change

by guest author Christine Dann, writer, researcher, teacher and Green activist
October 24, 2009 is a day with a difference, one that will go down in history as the first international day of grass roots action on climate change.
Hopefully it will be the last such day, because the world leaders meeting at the December climate [...]

Why nothing is a problem anymore

My work mates thought I was nuts.
A four day meditation retreat, three and a half days of which were in silence.
Doing nothing but sitting meditation, walking meditation, eating and sleeping.
To me it sounded like bliss.
No work. No website. No teaching. No relationships. No internet, tv, media, newspaper, books, magazines.
Just unadulterated being, led by one of [...]

Part 4: Completion of the loving-kindness sadhana, Day 30 to Day 40

This was the easiest sadhana (daily spiritual practice) I’ve done. Simply sitting cross-legged and repeating four lines (in English no less!) over and over.
May I be filled with loving-kindness
May I be well
My I be peaceful and at ease
May I be happy
I finished yesterday, with a twenty minute meditation. Yet this morning, getting stuck into work, [...]

Wellington Meditation Teacher: Stephen Archer

A great gain for the Wellington meditation community, Stephen Archer has recently moved here with his partner Annie Chapman. They were previously involved in the running of a retreat centre up in the Coromandel, and Stephen is now involved with the Original Nature Mediation Group.
Stephen has a long history with meditation – he first ordained [...]

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