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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of January 11, 2021

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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.

Sitting with a wandering mind

January 11, 2021

Appreciating the goodness of being alive

January 12, 2021

Awake where you are

January 13, 2021

Intimate with and independent from

January 14, 2021

No inner world and no outer world

January 15, 2021

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