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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Nathan Glyde – Week of May 23, 2022

Nathan Glyde

Nathan Glyde

We’re fortunate that Nathan Glyde has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Nathan, and to view his other contributions to Sangha Live, click here. Recordings are posted 24 – 36 hours after the live session runs.

 

This week’s topic is An Enigma Inside A Mystery

 

We typically freeze in amazement or feverishly search for causes when we suffer dukkha (life’s tension). We’ve probably all experienced how these reactions exacerbate the problem. The Buddha taught that dukkha is a puzzle that can be solved: it doesn’t have to be a mystery. We can learn the resolution that brings us from bewilderment to marvellous release by paying quiet attention to the pattern of the difficulty.

A Frantic Search for Peace

May 23, 2022

Dependable Response

May 24, 2022

Puzzles Are Not Mysteries

May 25, 2022

Getting A Good Look

May 26, 2022

The Whole Life is Path

May 27, 2022

Links:

Nibbedhika Sutta (AN 6:63)

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