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Posts tagged ‘yamas’

Nov 3 10

make a monkey break

by Tom

I started out this blog with the idea of writing about zen and yoga. I’m finding myself very interested in trying to write about zen and a whole lot less interested in writing about yoga. I think that’s because yoga’s for doing which is difficult to share in writing whereas zen requires a bit more [...]

Aug 30 10

The yamas have snuck up on me

by Tom

One of the things I set out with the intention of writing about on this blog was the yamas, the yoga code of social ethics. I couldn’t really get round to it though as, to be honest, it seemed a little bit dull. I didn’t have much to say and it seemed much more interesting [...]

Aug 27 10

Jellyfish burger, anybody?

by Tom

This post contains a bunch of videos from youtube, so if you can’t see them in your feed reader then please go over to my website … One of my passions is watching films or perhaps I should say movies for my non-English readers. Recently I’ve been checking out the work of Isabel Coixet. I [...]

Aug 20 10

The more you say, the less you say

by Tom

Bashō: Come, see real flowers of this painful world. book, The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry, Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikenoto

Jun 14 10

The answer to life, the universe and everything

by Tom

Should buddhists and yogis eat meat? The Dalai Lama eats meat because his doctor tells him to for health reasons. Did the Buddha eat meat? Maybe, there seems to be some disagreement on this. Does eating meat violate the first yama of ahimsa or non-violence? Gandhi thought so: “I do feel that spiritual progress does [...]

Jun 13 10

How to lose weight the zen yoga way

by Tom

Dieting books, dieting plans, diet T.V.  … dieting is an insanely large industry. Financially successful, it lures people in with unflattering before shots and glamorous after shots. Unfortunately, the customers are not usually so happy because the diets aren’t  successful. Even if the diet is temporarily successful the weight is soon put back on after [...]

Jun 9 10

Do you think too much about goats?

by Tom

I’m currently living in a big house with plenty of space. Space to pile up books, space to lay down my yoga mat, space to think. I was very lucky to find the place. It’s a lovely old Japanese house, built in 1942 with many traditional features such as tatami mats and sliding paper screens. [...]