http://www.mindfulpurpose.com Make a difference! Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:20:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/venting-machine http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/venting-machine#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:18:47 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1128 Here's a little humor on anger and stress for you. Forget stress balls and punching bags. If you’re feeling destructive and simply want to break something, check out the Anger Release Machine. Created by artists Katja Kublitz and Ronnie Yarisal, Anger Release is basically a traditional vending machine stuffed full of glassware and china. When someone pays money for a particular product (say, the beautiful vase at D4, or the porcelain cat at C3), the coils slowly push the fragile piece to the front. And then it drops just like a bag of potato chips would… except with a slightly noisier crash!]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/venting-machine/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-four-noble-truths-according-to-calvin http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-four-noble-truths-according-to-calvin#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:39:31 +0000 bodhipaksa http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=998 There is suffering, there is a cause, there is a cure, it is immersing yourself in the Way. I found this wonderful reinterpretation of this classic Buddhist teaching by Calvin. The four frames speak for themselves! This came to me via BuddhaBadges.com. They are a nonprofit organization that sells little punk badges to raise money for many good causes. Please check them out! ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-four-noble-truths-according-to-calvin/feed 3 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/sacred-sound http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/sacred-sound#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:16:27 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=975 I'm very proud to announce this new audiobook on mantra chanting, which I co-created with Bodhipaksa of Wildmind. In this comprehensive guide you'll find everything you need to get started with a mantra chanting practice, including:

• The "magical" background and history of mantras
• How mantras can help us develop centeredness and inspiration
• Preparatory exercises to open the body and free the breath
• Seven mantras chanted for listening and learning
• The meaning and symbolism of each of the seven mantras
• A print-friendly companion guide with images, pronunciation key, and musical notations

]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/sacred-sound/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/starry-night-in-hawaii http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/starry-night-in-hawaii#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:34:37 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=903 Here’s a gorgeous one-minute time-lapse video of a starry night seen from the White Mountain in Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. It took me back to that sense of wonder I felt as a child growing up in rural New Hampshire -- where I could see that dome of the vast night sky above me, filled with countless stars. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/starry-night-in-hawaii/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/how-to-cuddle-with-an-elephant-seal http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/how-to-cuddle-with-an-elephant-seal#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:43:22 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=867 Here's a delightful video for you. It's pretty amazing to see how two very different beings -- a human and an elephant seal, can establish such trust and rapport with each other.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/how-to-cuddle-with-an-elephant-seal/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/when-did-you-last-really-stop-to-smell-the-roses http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/when-did-you-last-really-stop-to-smell-the-roses#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:54:12 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=813 If we don't have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made, then how many other things are we missing? A sad and telling story of an urban experiment. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/when-did-you-last-really-stop-to-smell-the-roses/feed 1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-invisible-man http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-invisible-man#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:25:45 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=789 Continuing my tradition of things just for your amusement: here's an amazing set of pictures from an artist in China. There's no trick photography here. He just paints himself and blends right in. They just get better and better as you go down the list, so keep scrolling! ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-invisible-man/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/15-great-women-buddhist-bloggers http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/15-great-women-buddhist-bloggers#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:13:54 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=757 I'm very honored to be included in Marguerite Manteau-Rao's (@minddeep on Twitter) list of 15 Great Women Buddhist Bloggers. May our collective efforts help spread more loving, feminine energy into the world!]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/15-great-women-buddhist-bloggers/feed 1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/miscellany/never-give-up http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/miscellany/never-give-up#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:13:34 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=663 I love this video! It's of a feisty little penguin who is surrounded by a whole pod of orca whales out to get him. But he refuses to give up, and ultimately outsmarts them all!                             ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/miscellany/never-give-up/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/two-wonderful-quotes http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/two-wonderful-quotes#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:34:55 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=647 Here are a couple of wonderful quotes that came into my email inbox this morning. One by Sogyal Rimpoche is an exquisite description of the joys of meditating in nature, and the other is by Bonnie Myotai Treace about confronting fear.










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