A student to Bankei (Japanese Zen master):
‘Master, I have an ungovernable temper – how can I cure it?’
‘Show me this temper,’ said Bankei, ‘it sounds fascinating.’
‘I am not angry right now,’ said the student, ’so I can’t show it to you.’
‘Well then,’ said Bankei, ‘bring it to me when you have it.’
Here is an excerpt from an email that I recently received from a friend of mine.
"The last couple of months have been unusually busy (though not necessarily fruitful) for me at work. Days seemed to be packed with demands. The to-do list would often seem longer at the end of [...]
On one of the yoga groups on LinkedIn (Yoga Instructors and Practitioners), one question that is being discussed currently is, “If yoga is a spiritual science, what happens when you take the spiritual out of it?”. Lots of different views have been expressed. I have also been contributing to the discussion by [...]
For most people the word “yoga” brings to mind the image of a yoga model that appears on the cover of a yoga magazine in a pose that is almost impossible to get into for an average practitioner. Yoga is commonly practiced as a routine which helps in improving physical fitness and [...]
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