Today, the accelerating pace of life poses real challenges to our wellbeing. At the same time, new understandings about meditation are shedding light on how its transformative powers can improve our daily lives. A Joyful Mind pulls back the curtain on what it means to meditate, on what modern science reveals about its benefits, and on how meditation and mindfulness can be used in workplaces and schools. This groundbreaking film serves to clear up the confusion around meditation perpetuated by the media. It features the experiences of both novice and master meditators, highlighting Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, whose teachings have touched people around the world with their clarity, wit and personal insight into how meditation can have a positive impact on our daily lives.
Category: Philosophy
Links to philosophy resources.
The Biggest Ideas in Philosophy
MINIMALISM: Official Netflix Documentary (Entire Film)
MINIMALISM: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS examines the simple lives of minimalists from all walks of life–families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker—all of whom are living meaningfully with less.
The Beginnings of this Universe – How Our Virtual Reality and the System Evolved
Tom suspects that the Larger Consciousness System (LCS) was still in the process of growing up while our virtual reality was already being inhabited by us, the Individuated Units of Consciousness. This may explain why there is a such a stark contrast in the God of the Old Testament versus the New Testament. Old mythological tales may have some truth to them, as the rules and interference done by the LCS was much different in the past versus the present.
PGS: PERSONAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM | Official Trailer HD
Shot all around the world over a three year period, the film documents Bill Bennett’s journey to find the source of a voice which saved his life while he was driving many years earlier. The film features some of the world’s leading experts on intuition, spanning the fields of science, religion, and spirituality. Bill’s search for the source of that voice would not only take him to the furthermost corners of the planet, but also to the innermost depths of his soul.
The Nisargadatta Ultimatum Pointers (audiobook)
Delivered to humanity by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, compiled by Pradeep Apte, read aloud by Philip Evan Cowlishaw.
Joseph Goldstein on Samsara – Insight Hour Ep. 170
Joseph Goldstein explores the nature of Samsara, or endless wandering, and the three interdependent cycles of defilements, actions, and results that keep the wheel of Samsara rolling.
“These three Kleshas in the mind – ignorance, craving, and grasping – they keep us moving around and around in this cycle of Samsara. There’s no balance in our lives, there’s no rest in our lives, as long as this cycle of Klesha is revolving.” – Joseph Goldstein
In this episode, Joseph explores: – The nature of Samsara and the profound questions it raises for us – The first interdependent cycle that keeps the wheel of Samsara rolling, the cycle of defilements, or Kleshas – The three root defilements that keep the cycle of defilements turning – ignorance, craving, and grasping – The second interdependent cycle, the cycle of actions and karma – The third interdependent cycle, the cycle of results – How mindfulness can help us escape the wheel of Samsara
A Glitch in the Matrix – Official Trailer
Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles this question “are we living in a simulation?” with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his search for the answer.
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Teachings from Tibet: Guidance from Great Lamas (audiobook)
How to Practice Dharma by Lama Zopa Rinpoche (audiobook)
How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas by Lama Zopa Rinpoche