What may appear here
- Meditation instructions and notes
- Right thinking and right speech
- Mindful-eating pages and exercises
- Short practical reflections on Buddhist conduct
Practice
Meditation, conduct, and everyday discipline.
A place for the more directly lived side of Yaksa: meditation, mindful eating, right speech, right thinking, vows, and the ordinary work of trying to live with a little more awareness.
Project in development
The Mindful Eating Trilogy
Three connected books exploring eating through Buddhist practice, psychology, philosophy, and ordinary life.
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Begin here
Meditation Instructions for Beginners
Concentration, mindfulness of breathing, working with thoughts, and an introduction to koan and hwadu practice.
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Meditation Practice in More Detail
Posture, hand position, breathing practice, meditation objects, mindfulness, hwadu, difficult experiences, and further reading.
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This page will grow slowly and deliberately. Better a few pages that are genuinely useful than a pile of worthy-sounding mush.