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Metta
Metta is a term in Buddhism meaning 'loving kindness', 'friendliness', 'goodwill'.
Metta is defined as the strong wish for the welfare and...
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Cankama
Walking meditation, usually in the form of walking back and forth along a prescribed path.
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Dukkha
Dukkah is a central concept in Buddhism. The word roughly corresponds to a number of terms in English including sorrow, suffering, affliction,...
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Nivarana
One of five 'hindrances' that obstruct the development of concentration and insight.
sensual desire
ill will
sloth-and-torpor
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Bodhi
Perfect knowledge or wisdom by which a person becomes a Buddha.
Bodhi is Sanskrit for Enlightenment.
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Zazen
Zazen is total concentration of the body and mind in an upright , cross-legged sitting posture. Seated meditation.
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Deep Ecology
Deep Ecology as it relates to Buddhism literally means "care for our house".
Ecology studies relations between beings and their...
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