The Teaching Buddha

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The Teaching Buddha

Het beoefenen van mindfulness, meditatie en yoga kan je helpen om je sterker, meer ontspannen en meer tevreden te laten voelen. De energie gaat weer stromen.

Melissa van Melle biedt lessen aan in Hatha Yoga en Yin Yoga, Mindfulness voor in het onderwijs 🪷
Melissa van Melle is offering lessons in Hatha Yoga and Yin Yoga and Mindfulness for the education field 🪷 Living in Voorburg, but life is a journey. Op deze pagina tref je aan teksten, beelden, muziek en oefeningen ter inspiratie, om kennis op te doen en ter versterking van de oefening: want het is een "ongoing practice". Mindfulness, meditatie en yoga zijn geen wondermiddelen of trucjes. Het zijn technieken en handvatten om ons aandachtsvermogen, compassie en gelijkmoedigheid te versterken. Door yoga leer je je grenzen verkennen, verleggen of accepteren. Je legt verbinding met jezelf, de ander en met een bewust-zijn dat oneindig en altijd aanwezig is. Het gaat om ont-dekken, her-kennen en meer vrijheid ervaren. In het Engels:

The bodhichitta practices are ways for us to sow the seeds of well being. Particularly powerful are the aspiration practices of the four limitless heart qualities: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. De teksten op deze pagina zullen afwisselend in het Engels en Nederlands zijn. Veel materiaal is in het Engels omdat er eenvoudigweg meer materiaal in het Engels is en bovendien bereik ik zo een groter publiek. De Teaching Buddha is oorspronkelijk ook Engelstalig opgezet. Omdat er nu echter een koppeling is met Instagram en mijn Nederlandstalige account en lessen, zullen sommige berichten in het Nederlands zijn en meer concreet gericht op mijn lessen Mindfulness en yoga, oa op school. De lessen en bijeenkomsten in Mindfulness, meditatie of yoga die ik organiseer buiten mijn eigen school om, zijn bedoeld om je kennis te laten maken met deze oude, eenvoudige en krachtige middelen om het beste uit jezelf te halen. Daarvoor is het nodig dat je weet wie je bent en dat ga je ontdekken in stilte, in oefening, in beweging, in observatie en soms ook: in gesprek met jezelf en anderen. Mijn inspiratie en levensfilosofie dank ik aan mijn leraren en opleidingen in yoga en mindfulness. Maar ook aan mijn reizen naar Vietnam, India en Nepal. Ik voel mij vrij om uit diverse spirituele bewegingen, religies en levensovertuigingen te putten. Mijn achtergrond is Christelijk, Nederlands Hervormd of Protestants. Ik voel mij thuis in de wereld van het Boeddhisme, maar ook in de yogafilosofie en in het taoïsme. Mijn belangrijkste inspiratiebron is uiteindelijk na lang zoeken, denken en voelen Thich Nhat Hanh en zijn leer van het Engaged Buddhism. Hierin komt alles voor mij samen. Alles is bewust-zijn in verbinding met elkaar.

31/12/2025

Big changes for us in the New Year…?!
My husband is going to be a correspondent for NRC, the quality newspaper of The Netherlands, in India, as of April 1st ‘26. No April Fool’s Day.
I will finish the schoolyear and will go to India in the Summer Holidays. And then I will travel back and forth to Nl and India for at least the first year, because of family affairs and care.
We will live and work in Mumbai and look forward to meet old friends and make new connections. After visiting India three times, just as tourists, we are very excited to get to know this amazing and interesting country even better and in a more profound way. Happy and Healthy New Year to all and Namasté
✨🙏🏻💫

31/12/2025

May you be Happy
May you be Healthy
May you be Safe
And live in Peace

Kathmandu, Spring 2023

28/12/2025

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24/12/2025

Being with the mystery of the Universe.
Ram Dass on life as a continuous balancing act. On oneness and diversity, on change and chaos.
And how we can use times of uncertainty for our practice in equanimity. By the way: this talk is from 2014. It is amazing how he predicts a coming era of crises in a polluted, polarised and digital world. All the social systems are changing. And the trick is: be present now. A beautiful talk for the current times and at the threshold of a new year. Becoming instruments of society and universe, able to move into the inknown without fear. Take some time to rest and listen and being with the present, despite Xmas Coziness and Craziness ✨🎄✨ Namasté, 🌟

https://open.spotify.com/episode/08WjkCtTgL1qwTnAVrPoXl?si=vmtfiX-EQDiQL5zukwsUFA&t=1983

(RD from 16.30 min. onwards.)

Ram Dass Here And Now · Episode

24/12/2025

https://www.lionsroar.com/have-a-very-buddhist-christmas/

Joy, giving, family, and peace—people of all faiths can celebrate these values of the holiday season. Eight Buddhists offer their take on yuletide dharma.

23/12/2025

From this epidode: “A fisherman is on the water at dusk with poor visibility. He sees a boat coming right towards him and starts getting frantic and yelling for the fisherman steering the boat to change course. When the other boat rams into his, he unleashes a hysterical invective at the other fisherman’s moral and intellectual competence, only to discover the boat is empty and was simply adrift.”

From: The empty boat story, from chapter 20 of the Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

(Starts after 13 min.: Ram Dass.)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UUWyE4cDsRkqZYYI3I92q?si=E3-uPXz3QFGnTgKBLzUxQA&t=785

Ram Dass Here And Now · Episode

22/12/2025

A Warm Christmas Offering from Plum Village

You are warmly invited to join us for a special live-streaming Christmas Dharma talk offered by Sister Chan Duc from Plum Village, France. (24th December, 2025, 3 PM CET, 9AM EST, 6AM PST)

At a time when many of us may feel tender, longing for connection, or simply wishing for a moment of stillness, we will gather as a global family to breathe together and touch the true spirit of Christmas — presence, compassion, and joy.

The Dharma talk will be offered in English, with French translation available through Zoom. There is no registration required. Simply click the livestream link at the scheduled time, and you can join the offering from wherever you are.

Whether you are spending Christmas alone or surrounded by loved ones, we hope this offering can be a gentle companion — a small gift of peace and connection from our monastic community to your heart.

- Christmas live Dharma talk offered by Sister Chan Duc from Plum Village, France. (24th December, 3PM CET, 9AM EST, 6AM PST)
- Christmas live Dharma talk by Sister Than Nghiem , Deer Park Monastery (25th December 1:15AM CET, 24th Dec 7:15PM EST, 24th Dec 4:15 PM PST)
- Christmas live Dharma talk by Sister The Nghiem (Sr. True Vow), Blue Cliff Monastery (24th December 10PM CET, 4PM EST, 1PM PST)

For the livestream link and details, please visit our official Plum Village website.

https://plumvillage.org/live-events/christmas-eve-dharma-talk-by-sister-chan-duc-sr-annabel-2

19/12/2025

These days I am discovering the richness of the talks and meditations of the late Ram Dass again. Ram Dass has this unique quality of combining the brain with the mind with the body with the spirit. And the Hindu religion with the Buddhist psychology and Tao philosophy. I love Ram Dass and for the coming weeks I will spend some more time with him and with you, here on this platform. Many changes are taking place, also in my personal life, but guru’s like Ram Dass keep me grounded and uplifted.

This animation: The heart had no boundaries.

Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, a prominent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr. Timothy Leary. He co...

19/11/2025

“I remembered something I had read from Thich Nhat Hanh about not running from fear, but instead taking time to recognize it, embrace it, and study it. So I sat on my meditation blanket and cracked the door to my heart open.”

08/11/2025

Haha. Have a nice weekend 🍂

Now read that Right to Left..

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