Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk and author of "A Monk’s Guide to Happiness" and "Handbook for Hard Times". Jasmin Harsono: I meditate because it serves as a grounding and safe practice ...

From the mountains of Nepal to the hill of WKU, the Venerable Khepo Tsering Phuntsok traveled to give his perspective on ...

A monk decided to meditate alone, away from his monastery. He took his boat out to the middle of a lake, dropped anchor and closed his eyes to begin his meditation. After a few hours of serene, ...

Next, a monk would be buried alive in an underground ... Finally, the last step was to meditate and chant in the darkness until death. Once the bell stopped ringing, the air tube was removed ...

The advantage of this is that it calms the mind. You can do this all day, as a Taoist monk put it, when waiting for the bus for example. For the problem identified by Tett arises out of anger ...