With
Roshi Joan Halifax
Recorded : January 9, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has shared that compassion is not a luxury but a necessity for human beings to survive. There is no more important time to understand and strengthen compassion than right now....
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : January 3, 2022
This week’s topic is: Beginning to See More Possibilities.
The Zen master, Shunryu Suzuki, said: “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” With a beginner’s...
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With
Christopher Titmuss
Recorded : December 19, 2021
We know the cost to the reality of life through deprivation of love.
Science has eliminated love from its analysis of reality.
We cannot know ultimate reality though highlighting the mind and dismissing the heart or...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : December 13, 2021
This week's theme is: A Bright Presence.
Making an effort isn’t always easy; yet, how we show up really matters. Dharma teachings can help to enliven our sense of enthusiasm and energy on the path...
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With
David Treleaven
Recorded : December 12, 2021
In this session, we'll explore how to practice mindfulness and meditation in a trauma-sensitive way. We'll learn experiential mindfulness practices designed to support empowerment, as well as how to recognize trauma and work with...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : December 6, 2021
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Caverly Morgan
Recorded : December 5, 2021
We are deeply conditioned to blame; it’s a survival strategy. Though it can feel necessary, maybe even fruitful to part of us, blaming arises out of suffering, and leads to more suffering. The process...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : November 29, 2021
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Willa Blythe Baker
Recorded : November 28, 2021
While we might think of the body as flesh and blood, there is so much more to this mortal coil. The body in fact may be our deepest teacher. In this session, we explore...
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With
Jaya Rudgard
Recorded : November 22, 2021
This week's theme is Similes and Images from the Ancient Texts .Each morning this week we'll dive into one of the images from the natural world and daily life that the Buddha used to...
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With
Lisa Ernst
Recorded : November 21, 2021
There’s a misconception that thoughts are a hindrance to deep meditation and tranquility. Especially during this ongoing challenging time, certain thoughts may be persistent and difficult to release. Yet, thoughts themselves are not the...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : November 15, 2021
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Daigan Gaither
Recorded : November 14, 2021
Spiritual bypassing is a superficial way of glossing over problems in a way that might make us feel better in the short term, but ultimately solves nothing and just leaves the problem to linger...
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With
Leela Sarti
Recorded : November 8, 2021
This week's theme is "Deepening Heart Presence: Life, Dukkha, and Beyond". We need heart presence in order to digest life experience. It takes a lot of heart to live with integrity, sensitivity and openness....
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With
Thanissara
Recorded : November 7, 2021
However challenging, we are in these times because we need to be here. We are here to release from what no longer serves and to infuse a new story with clear, wise, conscious intention;...
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With
Nirmala Werner
Recorded : November 1, 2021
This week's theme is "Embodied Metta - The Body as a Pathway to Freedom".
The Buddha's teachings invite us to be with things as they are. This week, we'll learn embodiment practices to help us...
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With
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Recorded : October 31, 2021
When we are faced with suffering and uncertainty or life becomes overwhelming we can tense up, resist or try to control. But when we open and let go in the midst of change and...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : October 25, 2021
This week's theme is Making Sense of Self.
Although the Buddha encourages us to not indulgently ponder whether the self is real or not, he did offer us a way to explore how the sense...
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With
Vince Cullen
Recorded : October 24, 2021
During this session we be explore life’s basic necessities and drives, and the critical difference between ‘getting along’ and ‘getting ahead.’ Our meditation practice will be based on the Wise-Heartedness Bhavana to help us...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : October 18, 2021
This week's theme is: The Abundant Middle-Way.
The Buddha in his last steps of awakening turned away from austerities and the practiced hardships he had endured. He did not turn back to the indulgences of...
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With
Gregory Kramer
Recorded : October 17, 2021
If humans are intrinsically relational creatures, how do we integrate this understanding with the Buddha’s teachings on suffering and its cessation? Relational suffering and craving? Dependent origination? In this session, we explore the power...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : October 11, 2021
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
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With
Brian Dean Williams
Recorded : October 10, 2021
The pandemic has highlighted now, more than ever, how interconnected we are with life on this planet, and also the importance of human connection for us as social animals. The preciousness of relationship is...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : October 4, 2021
This week's theme is: Meeting the Bodily Companion
Mindfulness of the body is a key aspect of practice. When we're in contact with our bodies, we root ourselves in the present moment and find refuge...
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