We Declare! Songs, Chants, Dances, and Multimedia Projects by composer and instrumentalist Merrill Collins presents a unique melding of music, interactive projects, and learning about musical instr...
Raphael LaFontaine's parents were "root workers," hoodoo practitioners who sold potions, infusions, vapors, and spells in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
Both before and while she was pregnant wi...
MAGNUS CHOIR is a virtual instrument plug-in which can be used to create natural and synthetic choirs, using a combination of synthesis and sampling.
Choirs, Vocal Textures and Pads are combin...
Well, it's about a girl called Livien. She's in her last year of high school, and her exams are coming up but then she figures out that she's a Holder, a gardian of the second world. All of this ad...
"Anapanasati Bhavana (developing the awareness of breathing) uses the breath as the objective support of the heart and consists in knowing and mindfulness (sati) of in and out breathing. In becomin...
“Big brother elephant, we wish to speak with you.”
Clearly hearing this, the elephant suddenly swung around to face the monks. It stood stock-still, its ears fully extended.
“Big brother elepha...
Venerable Acariya Mun Bhuridatta Thera is a towering figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He was widely revered and respected during his lifetime for the extraordinary courage and determination h...
“Over on that hill, in that cave, or under that overhanging cliff the air is good, it is right for meditation (bhavana) and the heart (citta) can easily become concentrated and drop into a state of...
“Buddhism is derived from practice. The Buddha himself practised until he fully understood the true nature of Dhamma; only then did he begin to teach others. Buddhists, therefore, understand the im...
Let me stress once more that we have each come from our parents and have gained knowledge from our teachers. This is why we shouldn’t forget ourselves and think that we’re smart and self-sufficient...
Excerpt: “Training the heart to attain happiness is the way that all the Buddhas proclaimed to be the right and true way. When our hearts never have time to rest and attain calm, they are not funda...
Excerpt from Acariya Maha Boowa explaining his meditation practice: "From then on I accelerated my efforts. It was at that time that I began sitting in meditation all night long, from dusk until da...
“The heart is pre-eminent. Nothing surpasses the heart in importance. The business of the heart is therefore extremely pressing and imperative. All things originate from the heart – just this much ...
“The heart is pre-eminent. Nothing surpasses the heart in importance. The business of the heart is therefore extremely pressing and imperative. All things originate from the heart – just this much ...
“Buddhism is derived from practice. The Buddha himself practised until he fully understood the true nature of Dhamma; only then did he begin to teach others. Buddhists, therefore, understand the im...
"Anapanasati Bhavana (developing the awareness of breathing) uses the breath as the objective support of the heart and consists in knowing and mindfulness (sati) of in and out breathing. In becomin...
Let me stress once more that we have each come from our parents and have gained knowledge from our teachers. This is why we shouldn’t forget ourselves and think that we’re smart and self-sufficient...
Excerpt from Acariya Maha Boowa explaining his meditation practice: "From then on I accelerated my efforts. It was at that time that I began sitting in meditation all night long, from dusk until da...
Excerpt: “Training the heart to attain happiness is the way that all the Buddhas proclaimed to be the right and true way. When our hearts never have time to rest and attain calm, they are not funda...