Today I accomplished something I’d never thought possible; I managed to hold a video conference with a meditation student in London, England whom I’ve never met; someone who’s only introduction to this practice was through my Youtube videos. I was even able to demonstrate walking meditation and correct both walking and sitting methods through Skype. Nice to be able to help people in this way, even a little bit; I wouldn’t say it replaces face-to-face communication, but I’d bet it is a great way to introduce people who’ve never practiced meditation to the great world of inner peace and clarity. After all, these are desperate times that call for desperate measures…
Random Quote
Oh, you charity-mongers! Go to the poor and learn, for the poor alone are the charitable. They neither give nor withhold from their excess. They have no excess They give, and they withhold never, from what they need for themselves, and very often from what they cruelly need for themselves. A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.
— Jack London, The RoadFollow
Recommend
Subscribe
Recent Comments
- Peter on February
- Mikell Herrick on February
- Wineeta on Internetish
- Branislav Kovačević on Haiku #1
- Charline Cormier on Chapter One: What is Meditation?
Tags
america asides book buddha computer construction contact dhamma ego forest god haiku home homelessness humour impermanence Info Internet karma media meditation monastery monk morality nature news pali photo politics quote rains religion samsara science society speech suffering talk teaching thought travel video weblog women writing
Yuttadhammo
I've heard of a number of teachers doing this and, in fact, had a skype conversation with my Zen teacher fairly recently.
I've thought that this kind of conversation combined with streaming video (or the Youtube videos like you are doing) provide an opportunity for people scattered physically to still work with teachers and advance their practice.
Seems to provide that indeed…