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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Ulla Koenig – Week of Jan 16, 2023

Ulla Koenig

We’re fortunate that Ulla Koenig has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Ulla, 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 theme is “Change, Loss and Dying: Meeting the Common Denominator”

 

When we come in touch with the fragility of our existence, it is only natural that fear or sadness might well up. The constant inward and outward change contrasts with our lack of control. To experience change, loss and death, is a substantial challenge for all of us. The Buddha did not shy away from these common human denominators, but offered perspectives and practices which allow us to meet them with compassion, while enabling the heart to rest in love and peacefulness.

Mindfulness of Change

January 16, 2023

Live and Love in a Changing World

January 17, 2023

Please note that the picture is lost at about the 12 minute mark, but audio continues until the end.

Dynamics of Grief and Gratitude

January 18, 2023

The Dark Night of the Soul

January 19, 2023

Contemplating Death

January 20, 2023

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