DharmaCrafts' Teachings
Waking Up to Serenity
If you’re reading this, you’re not alone. At minimum, you’re attached to the internet, hearing the voices and seeing the faces and reading the words of people all around the...
Waking Up to Serenity
If you’re reading this, you’re not alone. At minimum, you’re attached to the internet, hearing the voices and seeing the faces and reading the words of people all around the...
The 4 Seated Meditation Positions
The goal of meditation is to connect the mind, body, and spirit. By taking these moments out of our day, we eventually unlock an inner sense of self-awareness of our...
The 4 Seated Meditation Positions
The goal of meditation is to connect the mind, body, and spirit. By taking these moments out of our day, we eventually unlock an inner sense of self-awareness of our...
Is It Someone I Know?
This morning, a fire truck went by, sirens blaring. Yesterday, walking downtown, I saw two ambulances and heard another a few streets away. Every time I hear those sounds and...
Is It Someone I Know?
This morning, a fire truck went by, sirens blaring. Yesterday, walking downtown, I saw two ambulances and heard another a few streets away. Every time I hear those sounds and...
How to Choose Which Meditation Bench is Right f...
Who should use a meditation bench and why? All of our meditation benches are designed to increase comfort while in the seiza position. Seiza is a seated meditation position that...
How to Choose Which Meditation Bench is Right f...
Who should use a meditation bench and why? All of our meditation benches are designed to increase comfort while in the seiza position. Seiza is a seated meditation position that...
Enough Really Is Enough
In “The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings,” Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen in Japan, wrote that the second is “knowing how much is enough.” He quotes the Buddha: “If...
Enough Really Is Enough
In “The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings,” Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen in Japan, wrote that the second is “knowing how much is enough.” He quotes the Buddha: “If...
The Practice of Now
I recently stumbled across a picture of myself from high school, right around the age when I started meditating. This was around 1990, and you can tell: in the photo,...
The Practice of Now
I recently stumbled across a picture of myself from high school, right around the age when I started meditating. This was around 1990, and you can tell: in the photo,...