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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Jan 9 – 13, 2023

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Martin Aylward

We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Martin, and to view his other contributions to Sangha Live, click here. Recordings will be posted by the end of the day of the live session.

Simplicity: being simple with practice.

January 9, 2023

To be simple in the midst of complexity.

January 10, 2023

Simply entering into our kinship with the whole of Life.

January 11, 2023

The bliss of blamelessness : a simple heart!

January 12, 2023

The picture in this recording is lost about 10 minutes before the end, but audio is unaffected.

Contact, Curiosity, Care: Be simple!

January 13, 2023

Om Mani Padme Om

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