The Nagpa Meditation Shawl, aka, Ngakpa Zhen shawl, is the perfect accessory for your meditation practice. These shawls are warm in the cold winter months, yet cool enough for summers. You can layer them over a long sleeved shirt or robe in the winter. They are made of a light weight cotton-silk blend woven from [...]

The educational video linked below teaches you how to chant mantra which can bring great benefit into your life. It focuses on and illustrates some ways to successfully use the prayer Om Mani Padme Hum has been popularized by the expansion of Tibetan Buddhism throughout Europe, the Americas and other parts of Asia since the [...]

There are several criteria on which mala is best for you. However, “pricing” or cost should be at the bottom of your list, and here’s why. I’m always baffled that people think they can scrimp on quality when purchasing a set of prayer beads, or mala. This is one of the most profound practices in [...]

If you are seeking wholesale pricing for larger quantities of meditation cushions for a New Age store, retail bookstore, yoga center, Hindu Temple or Buddhist meditation center this information will be address some of your questions. Our company FourGates.com has manufactured a wide variety of Zafu meditation cushions, aka, zafus or the large zabuton “mats” [...]

If you are seeking meditation cushions for a yoga center, spiritual resort meditation room or Buddhist meditation center this information will be useful for you. These tools for Shamatha or Vipassna meditation are the most essential retreat center furniture for daily practice or longer sessions. For the past 17+ years Four Gates has manufactured a [...]

Resort Meditation Class Seating- Today’s post is about the benefits of the back jack as floor seating which has portability and affordability in mind. They’re light weight while providing exceptional back support during classes. The back jack is simply the perfect chair for all spiritual resort classes whether for yoga class, guided meditations and spiritual [...]

Zafu Meditation Cushions for Christmas or holiday gifts. A quality, well constructed Zen Meditation cushions, Zafu & Zabuton combo’s, buckwheat zafu, meditation pillows, cotton yoga mats for 17 years. We’re confident you’ll enjoy just as our repeat customers have as well. Four Gates hand crafts zafu meditation cushions, zabuton mats and support cushions with your [...]

Heart Sutra Wrist mala bracelets are wonderful gifts for yourself, as spiritual wedding gifts to special guests and for a spiritual teacher or lama. This wrist mala has the Heart Sutra mantra of Lord Buddha carved on each bead. Heart Sutra Wrist malas, aka, Buddhist Prostration Mala or Japa Malas, are made from rosewood with [...]

Just released is the spiritual music compilation from the best and brightest stars in the heavens of Rama. Kirtan Nation, The Best of Chanting is Here! A kirtan nation has no borders, no army, and no government. It is a place where all are welcome as citizens of the universal heart, and the only coin [...]

If you want to have the experience of a lifetime, then come to the Kirtan Concert with Krishna Das Tonight! Krishna Das will be here in Phoenix, June 16th for a memorable ecstatic chanting performance, also known as kirtan. Kirtan is more than a chanting session with Krishna Das because his presentation is often ripe [...]