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Daily Meditation Recordings with Nathan Glyde – Week of September 16, 2024

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.

 

This week’s topic is “That Changes Everything”

 

The Buddha instructed us to “notice how all conditioned things change”. How we understand this instruction changes depending on which words we emphasise. If we emphasise ‘change’ it sounds like “that’s simply how it is”. If we emphasise ‘how’ and ‘conditioned’, it invites us to question and play a part.

 

Notice where we are, and free what we can

September 16, 2024

How is this Dukkha?

September 17, 2024

Conditioned to appear

September 18, 2024

Links:

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Dhp/Ch01.html

How are things really?

September 19, 2024

Help yourself to a world of change

September 20, 2024

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