Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Feb 6 – 10, 2023
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
The ‘Self’ is Insubstantial
Humans live in the spell of the self, as if it had substantial existence.
Dharma offers a reflection/meditation/inquiry into this phenomenon.
One who asks 'Who Wakes Up?' lives in the spell.
Teaching will offer ways to a...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Jan 30 – Feb 3, 2023
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
How We Grow Through What We Go Through
How can we, and our communities, not just survive but thrive during challenging, post-traumatic times? Spirituality, positive psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, mindfulness and more have boosted human resilience in the face of adversity for generations....
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Nirmala Werner – Week of Jan 23 – 27, 2023
This week's theme is "5 Doorways to Love". What hinders our love? Where are we blocked? Desire, anger, dullness, restlessness and doubt are the so-called 5 hindrances: qualities in the mind which obstruct mindfulness...
This Is What We Are: Foam, Bubbles, Mirage, Banana Tree Trunks and Magical Shows
In this session, we will explore the Buddha’s wise use of images in the Phena Sutta. We will see how these are representations of the deepest teachings of Insight Meditation and how they can...
Gladness of the Wholesome: The Buddha’s Teaching on Awakening Joy
The Buddha was known as The Happy One. Though Joy is one of the Seven Factors of Awakening, with so much emphasis on working with suffering, joy can sometimes seem frivolous or unspiritual. His...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Ulla Koenig – Week of Jan 16, 2023
This week's theme is "Change, Loss and Dying: Meeting the Common Denominator". When we come in touch with the fragility of our existence, it is only natural that fear or sadness might well up....
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Jan 9 – 13, 2023
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
Saddha: Unshakeable Confidence
So many of us feel assailed by doubt, anxiety and insecurity. Unhelpful self-talk, along with the uncertainties of the world, heighten and reinforce thought tendencies. Dharma practice helps us recognize and uproot ingrained patterns,...