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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Christine Kupfer – Week of July 15, 2024

Christine Kupfer

Christine Kupfer

We’re fortunate that Christine Kupfer has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions this week. To find out more about Christine, and to view her other contributions to Sangha Live, click here. Recordings will be posted by the end of the day of the live session.

 

This week’s topic is “Freeing The Heart-Mind From Doubt”

 

Doubt is like any other mind state. But it is a tricky one and can be a sticky one. It’s questioning component is a means for liberation, but it can also suck us into a maze. Lets explore doubt and free the heart-mind this week in the light of the Buddha’s teachings, presence and meditation.

Doubt is like muddy water

July 15, 2024

Discerning wholesome and unwholesome thoughts

July 16, 2024

The roots of doubt

July 17, 2024

The questions light the way

July 18, 2024

Touching the earth

July 19, 2024

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