Daily Buddhism

The Four Immeasurables
Question:
What are the four Immeasurables?
Answer:
Good question!  The four immeasurables are a collection of meditation practices that are designed to increase four specific virtuous ideals. We’ve already talked quite a bit about the first one:
1. Loving Kindness
Remember when we talked about loving-kindness meditation a few weeks back?  The practitioner sits in meditation [...]

Review: Seeds of Kindness Beads
By: http://www.seedsofkindness.biz

“May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be peaceful, may you be safe.”
A couple of months ago, I reviewed the book “The Gift of Loving Kindness.” In the introduction of the book, one of the authors mentions that she sells beads. When I contacted her for more [...]

Book: The Kindness Handbook a Practical Companion
By Sharon Salzberg
Reviewed by Brian Schell
Publisher: Sounds True, 175 Pages, ISBN 9781591796558
Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591796555?tag=askdrarca-20
“For kindness to be more fully realized, it needs to be distinguished from being ineffectual or meek.  It also needs to be infused with wisdom, supported by courage, and threaded with balance” — Sharon [...]

Meditation Part 7: Conceptual Meditation
This is the “big one” that really confuses people. When you hear things like “loving kindness” meditation, or “meditation on impermanence,” or even meditation on a koan or physical object, this is the broad category involved. The mind focuses on itself and examines itself as you work through the problem [...]