enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Congressional Prayer Room - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Prayer_Room

   The altar and prayer benches are of white oak. When illumined by the indirect lights of the shielded wall brackets, the room is a soft color harmony of blue and gold. Neither large enough for nor designed for a religious assembly, it is adequate for its avowed purpose --- a shrine at which the individual may renew his faith in his God and his ...

3. Gothic boxwood miniature - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_boxwood_miniature

   The polyptychs served as portable devices for laypersons for use in private devotion. [79] Their popularity reflects the growing merchant class living in the major northern European port cities. Their iconography often follows contemporary larger scale panel altarpieces, [ 80 ] with depictions of Christ carrying the Cross, and the Entry into ...

4. Zazen - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen

   Kodo Sawaki practicing zazen. Zazen is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. [1] [2]The generalized Japanese term for meditation is 瞑想 (meisō); however, zazen has been used informally to include all forms of seated Buddhist meditation.

5. Vipassana movement - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassana_movement

   Vipassana/Insight meditation is classed as a "deconstructive" form of meditation by Buddhist scholar and scientist Cortland Dahl and coauthors. [25] Psychology researchers differ as to whether an association exists between unpleasant meditation-related experiences and deconstructive meditation types; a recent study noted that their sample size ...

6. Bench (furniture) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bench_(furniture)

   The material affords for a lightweight, corrosive-free bench, so it is a portable and economical option for indoor or outdoor settings. Cast iron: early outdoor benches were made of cast iron, Among the earliest in America were produced by the iron foundry Janes, Beebe & Co in the mid-19th century.

7. Centering prayer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centering_prayer

   Centering Prayer is a method designed to facilitate the development of contemplative prayer by preparing our faculties to receive this gift. It presents ancient Christian wisdom teachings in an updated form.

8. Spirit Rock Meditation Center - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Rock_Meditation_Center

   The teachings at Spirit Rock focus on the practice of vipassanā meditation as taught in the Theravada tradition, emphasizing mindfulness and lovingkindness. Practices focus on training and quieting the mind, [4] the cultivation of lovingkindness and compassion, the teachings of the Buddha as found in the Pāli Canon, and on incorporating mindfulness and the Dharma into daily life. [15]

9. Tara Brach - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Brach

   Tara Brach (born May 17, 1953) is an American psychologist, author, and proponent of Buddhist meditation.She is a guiding teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW). [1]