Tag Archives: Shamatha

Nowhere

by Chris Lemig Posted on May 30, 2011

I am sitting with some dharma friends at the Inner Space in downtown Colorado Springs. We are doing our usual Sunday morning shamatha, or calm abiding, meditation practice. We sit for forty minutes but thirty minutes in, I realize I … Continue reading →

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Daily Practice, Part 3: Breathe!

by Chris Lemig Posted on February 24, 2011

OK. So we’ve decided that meditation is something worth trying. We’ve gotten comfortable on a pillow or meditation cushion and realized that “comfortable” is probably just a metaphor for something else entirely. Now what? First of all, meditation is about … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, Uncategorized | Tagged Addiction, Buddism, Coming Out Memoir, Gay Spirituality, Meditation, Recovery, Shamatha | Leave a comment

A Noisy Meditation

by Chris Lemig Posted on October 20, 2010

Meditation doesn’t require stillness and serenity. We should train ourselves to meditate in whatever environment we find ourselves in. Today I woke up, swept my meditation room. I made offerings of saffron water, light, insence. I bowed, tried to set … Continue reading →

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