Dr. Miles Neale

What Buddhist Psychotherapy Really Is. Part 2: Treatment Method, by Dr. Miles Neale, What Meditation Really Is Blog, February, 2012

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Meditation Toolkit: Cultivating Wellbeing, Altruism & Inspiration

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In this practice-oriented workshop Dr. Neale provides a sampler of Nalanda Institute’s three core meditation techniques of mindfulness, mind-clearing and visualization. Through basic instruction, short guided sessions and Q&A, experience a taste of wellbeing, altruism and inspiration that each technique … Continue reading →

What Buddhist Psychotherapy Really Is. Part 1: Objectives and Goal, by Dr. Miles Neale, What Meditation Really Is Blog, January, 2012

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Mindfulness Meditation: Buddhist & Clinical Applications

milesneale — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:01 +0000

A significant body of research exists on the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation to access the mind and brains capacity for healing, learning and neuroplasticity. In this workshop, Dr. Neale guides you through the practice of mindfulness meditation, and present its … Continue reading →

Making Life Meaningful: Gradual Path Series Part 1

milesneale — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:13:09 +0000

This is a twelve-class Buddhist Studies Series tracing the stages of realization along the Gradual Path to Awakening (lam rim). In this first installment of four classes, Dr. Neale discusses the themes of the Four Mind Trainings of the Preciousness of Life, Death, Causality, and Conditioned Existence that help us develop attitudes of determination, refuge, virtue and renunciation. These themes and their corresponding attitudes serve as prerequisites for the next installment of classes that focus on the Awakened Heart of compassion. Recorded live at the Tibet House.

Essence of Tibetan Buddhism: The Three Principal Paths

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In this four-class Buddhist Studies Series Dr. Neale distills the essence of Tibetan Buddhism based on the classic 14th century text Three Principal Paths (lam-tso nam-sum) by enlightened yogi-scholar Je Tsongkhapa. Explore the meaning of Renunciation, Bodhicitta, and the Correct View, the three realizations one achieves on the path to awakening. Series begins with the Tibetan approach to visualization meditation through instructions of the six preliminary practices rehearsed during each subsequent class.

Essence of Yoga: Foundation, Practice, Goal

milesneale — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:17:58 +0000

In this four-class Buddhism and Yoga Series Dr. Neale distills the essence of Yoga through excerpts from the classic 2nd century text Yoga Sutras by Master Patanjali. Explore how the path of Yoga views the nature of suffering and its causes, and how it offers a range of contemplative practices and lifestyle recommendations that lead to the ultimate goal of freedom.

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Class 1: What Assails Us – The Five Afflictions (Kleshas).
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Class 2: Ethical Foundations – The Five Restraints (Yamas)
Monday, February 07, 2011
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Class 3: Ethical Foundations – The Five Observances (Niyamas)
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Yoga & Meditation Workshop – Mindfulness Meditation and
the Four Immeasurables
Sunday, February 20, 2011
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Class 4: Final Integration (Samadhi)
Monday, February 21, 2011
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Scholar & Shrink Dialogues: Selflessness and Karma

milesneale — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:25:43 +0000

Dr. Miles Neale joins Buddhist teacher Ethan Nichtern for an interdisciplinary dialogue in this four-class Buddhism and Psychology Series. During the first two classes they compare the nature of the self according to western psychotherapy with the often misunderstood subject of selflessness according to Buddhist psychology. In the second two classes Ethan and Miles explore Buddhist karma theory and the psychodynamic perspective on how our current experience is the shaped by the past. Each class begins and ends with guided meditations. Recorded live at the Interdependence Project.

Recommended Readings:
Search for Selflessness by Dr. Mark Epstein
Personal Agency Across Generations by Dr. Joseph Loizzo

Medicine Buddha: The Healing Mentor Archetype

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White Tara: The Healing Mother Archetype

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