Kundalini and Yantra – A Brief Introduction for Inquiring Minds by David Edwin Hill

Kundalini and Yantra - A Brief Introduction for Inquiring Minds written and illustrated by David Edwin Hill. You may have seen Tibetan mandalas, painstakingly drawn with colored sand in the utmost detail, then utterly destroyed. Did this act of destruction suggest impermanence, or did the mystical symbols suggest something far more enduring? The American Indians had them. Jung thought [...]

The Blazing Lights of the Sun and Moon

The Blazing Lights of the Sun and Moon by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche is comments on Mipham Rinpoche’s  Sherab Raltri, Sword of Prajña, by Mipham Rinpoche, sum. There are two important spontaneously written texts in which Mipham expresses his vision of Buddhist teaching. They are this Sword of Prajña of the Completely True Meaning, and The Precious Torch of Certainty. [...]

The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice – a Zen guide

“The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice” by Ting Chen is a Zen work about the basics of meditation posture and breathing techniques. Through 182 pages Ting Chen explains in details the best position of all the body parts and how to train for sitting in full lotus position. The first part of the book builds up [...]