Trusted Sources

RESOURCES

(Check calendars for up-coming Sesshin’s and Zazenkai’s)

-EmptyBowlZendo.org (Ray Cicetti, Guiding teacher, Morristown)

-HeartCircleSangha.org (Joan Hoeberichts, Guiding teacher, Ridgewood, NJ)

-LincroftZen.org (Merle Boyd, Guiding teacher, UUCMC Wednesday evenings, 7-9)

-Monmouth Zen Circle (John Bailes, guiding teacher. Meets Saturday mornings in Bradley Beach.  1st Saturday of the month is a zazenkai.  Find out more on Facebook)

-MorningStarZendo.org (Robert Kennedy, Guiding teacher, Jersey City)

-UUBuddhistFellowship.org (list of other UU congregation who have meditation groups)

-ZMM.MRO.org (Zen Mountain Monastery and Mountain and Rivers Order, Mt. Tremper, NY…beautiful monastery setting)

Cushions and incense:

Amazon.com (cushions and products, etc.)

DharmaCrafts.com

MonasteryStore.org

SamadhiCushions.com

Zafu.net (Carolina Morning)

SHAKUHACHI

YouTube:

Various Shakuhachi performers, type in Shakuhachi

CD’s:

Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin has many solo CD’s

Stan Richardson    “Shakuhachi Meditation Music” 2 discs   

            “Moon on the Water” beautiful, with water and bird sound

Riley Lee    “Satori: Music for Yoga and Meditation” with strings (Koto)  

Various Artists    “Lullabye for the Moon” very lovely combination of

new and old music

READINGS IN EARTH SANGHA

John Kabat-Zenn  “Wherever You Go, There You Are”

Jean Smith, ed.    “Breath Sweeps Mind: a First Guide to Meditation Practice”

Jon Kabat Zinn: Quotes on Mindfulness Meditation

Jon Kabat-Zinn



"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”  
― Jon Kabat-Zinn

“The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn

 

“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life  

 

 “Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life          

 

“Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

 

 “Maybe the fear is that
we are less than
we think we are,
when the
actuality of it
is that we are much much more.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness     

Metta Meditation

METTA MEDITATION

The practice of Metta meditation is a gift to ourselves and all sentient beings.  One recites specific words and phrases directed toward the self, and then an outside recipient or cause. The strength of this intention is not limited to or by family, religion, or social class. We begin with our self and gradually extend the wish for well-being happiness to all beings.

Brief Instructions for Loving-Kindness Meditation

To practice loving-kindness meditation, sit in a comfortable and relaxed manner. Take two or three deep breaths with slow, long and complete exhalations. Let go of any concerns or preoccupations. For a few minutes, feel or imagine the breath moving through the center of your chest - in the area of your heart.

Metta is first practiced toward oneself, since we often have difficulty loving others without first loving ourselves. Sitting quietly, mentally repeat, slowly and steadily, the following or similar phrases:

May I be happy. May I be well. May I be safe. May I be peaceful and at ease.

While you say these phrases, allow yourself to sink into the intentions they express. Loving-kindness meditation consists primarily of connecting to the intention of wishing ourselves or others happiness. However, if feelings of warmth, friendliness, or love arise in the body or mind, connect to them, allowing them to grow as you repeat the phrases. As an aid to the meditation, you might hold an image of yourself in your mind's eye. This helps reinforce the intentions expressed in the phrases.
After a period of directing loving-kindness toward yourself, bring to mind a friend or someone in your life who has deeply cared for you. Then slowly repeat phrases of loving-kindness toward them:

May you be happy. May you be well. May you be safe. May you be peaceful and at ease.

All Are Welcome