ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

David Cooper, Father of Buju

By Jay Michaelson — 2014

For nearly 20 years, Rabbi David Cooper has been among the pioneers of Jewish meditation. Through his bestselling books and popular retreats, Cooper and his wife Shoshana have helped to create the hybrid of Buddhist and Jewish meditation practices that is now commonplace at synagogues across the country. Love it or hate it, the “BuJu” phenomenon continues to grow, influencing clergy and laypeople, the religious and the secular, traditionalists and innovators.

Read on forward.com

FindCenter Post-Image

What Type of Meditation Is Best for You?

One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Meditation Is Ridiculously, Amazingly Simple

If you approach your practice as a path of love, the rhythms of life will teach you moment by moment how to proceed. Each little discovery about what breathing feels like will give you more access to your inner life and the secret power of recovery built into your body.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Which Type of Meditation Is Right for Me?

Not all meditation styles are right for everyone. These practices require different skills and mindsets. How do you know which practice is right for you?

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Ready to Give Meditation a Try?

A beginner's guide to quieting the mind in a time of stress. Includes three guided meditations by popular mindfulness teachers to try now.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Buddhist Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta)

Loving-kindness is defined in English dictionaries as a feeling of benevolent affection, but in Buddhism, loving-kindness (in Pali, Metta; in Sanskrit, Maitri) is thought of as a mental state or attitude, cultivated and maintained by practice.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Surprising Benefits of Compassion Meditation

It can be powerful medicine for both your mind and relationships.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Big Brain Benefits of Meditation

Science proves meditating restructures your brain and trains it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress, and more.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Letter to a New Meditator

Everything you ever wanted to know about meditating, but didn't have a teacher to ask.

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Buddhism