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WELCOME TO SOUL PAGES
The Amandari journal
Reflections on Mindfulness & Yoga
from past classes for your inspiration.
Some articles are by other teachers or authors;
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Speech and silence...
"Speech is blasphemy, silence is a lie. Beyond speech and silence is the way out." --- I-tuan - 250AD Speech is a violation and silence...
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Making nothing and achieving no-mind, mind-without-mind.
There is an Zen phrase which is sometimes used: “Do not make anything ” In meditation this means do not add anything to merely sitting...
3 min read


Stop being dead serious about your life ...
A short, 2 minute clip of a wonderful teaching by Sad Guru Jaddi Vasudev on why not to take yourself or what you do too seriously ... I...
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Listening - the ear is worth ten eyes ...
Listening by Zen Master Dae Gak "I've been studying Chinese characters. There is something disheartening about studying Chinese...
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Sound, Silence & Koans (what is a koan?)
What is a koan? I’m sure you’ve heard a koan described as a device or method used in Zen meditation as an aid to achieving enlightenment....
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Beauty Of Silence: by Helen Keller (1935)
PERHAPS I have chosen a peculiar subject for this article. How can one who does not hear a sound contrast noise with silence? Most people...
3 min read


I can't meditate...
I have often heard people say: "I can't meditate, I can't sit still or empty my mind." Sometimes new students say that It seems as if,...
2 min read


Investigating Silence and the Mind...
Investigating Silence and the Mind When you experience enjoyment, enjoy that feeling as much as you can. But if the experience of your...
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Universal breath
We begin meditation by following the breath. We notice the breath. We observe the breath. We realise the breath is not a "thing" but a...
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