With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : May 30, 2022
This week's theme is: Bringing the Practice to Life. The Buddha’s teachings emphasise the whole of our lives as a rich ground for exploration and growth. Through meditation, we cultivate skills and ways of relating...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : May 29, 2022
The practice of equanimity supports us to find balance, stability and steadiness within the changing conditions of our lives. We can then respond with wisdom and compassion to whatever is unfolding. Equanimity is a...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : May 23, 2022
This week's topic is An Enigma Inside A Mystery. We typically freeze in amazement or feverishly search for causes when we suffer dukkha (life's tension). We've probably all experienced how these reactions exacerbate the problem. The...
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With
Pamela Weiss
Recorded : May 22, 2022
The divisiveness we see around us begins in the binary mind: self and other, me and you, us and them. In each moment, we like and don’t like, pick and choose, evaluate and judge....
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : May 16, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Tenku Ruff Osho
Recorded : May 15, 2022
Sometimes as much as we want to help, we feel stuck. When we see children suffering and grandmothers crying in Ukraine, our hearts break, but the enormity of suffering feels like more than we...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : May 9, 2022
This week's topic is Disentangle the Net of Needs. We all have needs. Existential needs, needs for safety, connection, spirituality and much more. Our attitude towards needs, what strategies we choose to meet them...
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With
Justine Dawson
Recorded : May 8, 2022
When a monk asked the 10th Century Zen master Yunmen, “What are the teachings of a whole lifetime?” Yunmen replied, “An appropriate response.” What is this appropriate response and how do we know we’ve got...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : May 2, 2022
This week's theme is: Opportunities for Deepening Compassion and Wisdom. Dharma teachings and practices invite us to use our difficulties and problems to awaken our hearts. Rather than seeing the unwanted aspects of life as...
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With
Brian Dean Williams
Recorded : May 1, 2022
The Buddha spoke of the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. We see all three of these showing up in the realm of global events currently, and in particular, the phenomenon of ‘fake...
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With
Catherine McGee
Recorded : April 25, 2022
This week's theme is "Exploring and Developing the Power of a Light Touch". A light touch can allow our practice to unfold more easefully, make the depths of our hearts more available and create a...
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With
Shaila Catherine
Recorded : April 24, 2022
Shaila will be sharing teachings from her new book, Beyond Distraction. This talk will introduce five pragmatic strategies to help you overcome distraction in meditation and develop clarity in relationships, work, and daily life. The...
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With
Leela Sarti
Recorded : April 18, 2022
This week's theme is "Timeless Presence in Daily Life: Being Yourself, Being at Home". This week we will be exploring the possibility of being grounded in the depth of timeless presence in the midst of...
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With
Leigh Brasington
Recorded : April 17, 2022
2 Kings. Palace Intrigue. A Murder. 500 Elephants. A nighttime visit to see the Buddha. And that’s just the backstory to one of the Buddha’s deepest teachings: his curriculum for spiritual advancement. Join us...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : April 11, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Akincano Weber
Recorded : April 10, 2022
During this session we discuss the teaching on ‘wisely directing one’s attention to the roots’ (yoniso manasikāra). It is a remarkably pragmatic approach to contemplative practice and one of Early Buddhism’s unique contributions to...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : April 4, 2022
This week's topic is A Sense of Essence. In his teachings the Buddha utilised the liberating yet frequently misunderstood concept of karma. Karma refers to how an action is carried out rather than the...
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With
Ralph Steele
Recorded : April 3, 2022
The practice of Mindfulness from breath to breath is essential. If you have knowledge of the Four Noble Truths then you have the foundation; only practice is needed to gain insight into the Dharma. ...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : March 28, 2022
This week's topic is Shelter from the Storm. Whether it is restlessness, worry, anxiety, panic, worry or rumination, all aspects of fear have one thing in common: they rob us of our peace of...
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With
Daigan Gaither
Recorded : March 27, 2022
The 5 precepts often given to lay practitioners are (with positive instructions in parenthesis): I vow not to kill (Love and support all beings)I vow not to steal (generosity)I vow not to misuse sexuality...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : March 21, 2022
This week’s topic is: Harmonising Our Life. The Buddha's wisdom highlights how we often live entangled in stress and distress. The earliest mentions of this disharmonious state called it being in an argument with...
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With
Leslie Booker
Recorded : March 20, 2022
In a world riddled with addiction, violence and loneliness, it can feel challenging to figure out how to reclaim our humanity. We can begin by remembering that we belong to each other. On this...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : March 14, 2022
This week's theme is: Gathering in the Goodness. 'Drop by drop the pot of goodness is filled.' -Buddha. Gathering in community we become more than the sum of our parts. We are each supported by,...
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With
Diana Winston
Recorded : March 13, 2022
Our practice cultivates qualities of boundless love, whether through loving kindness practice, or opening to the love inherent in deep states of awareness. But can we really love everyone boundlessly? What about political leaders...
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