Life seems an inevitable movement in the field of time until death interrupts.
Amidst the myriad number of events, welcome and unwelcome, we hastily conclude the way we perceive reveals the way things are.
We might find ourselves convinced of a bend at the end of the road or not.
We base our views on notions of time, of divisions of past, present and future.
We think we are wired this way. That’s what we think.
Thought is unreliable. Receptivity outside the tiny construction of thought matters.
A single sentence can change a life.
Don’t forget a simple truth. You never thought it could happen.
And it did.
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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of May 25
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the platform, click here. Monday, May 25 Appreciation, surrender and generosity Wednesday, May 27 The ten paramis: wisdom and energy Friday, May…
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The power of intention.
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October 18, 2015 Worldwide Insight talk from Shaila Catherine: “The Power of Intention”. Guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A.
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The Gratification, The Danger and The Escape
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September 23, 2018 The triad of gratification, danger, and escape is one of the Buddha’s most concise and simple teachings for investigating everyday lived experience. This formula can be applied to every single aspect of our experience. Many Buddhist scholars point out that this teaching contains the earliest roots of what we have come to know as the…
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Impermanence
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October 6, 2024 Anicca, usually translated as “Impermanence” or “Inconstancy,” is one of the three characteristics of all worldly experience. It’s the one of those characteristics we can usually get some understanding of right away. But the deeper implications of anicca are quite profound and that’s what we will explore together.
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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of 20 April, 2026
This week’s theme is: Awake Where You Are.
A week of meeting the world of experience just as it is, with receptivity and responsiveness, with wisdom and care.
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Responding to a World in Crisis with a Strong Heart
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March 24, 2024 How do we keep the heart open and strong amidst so much pain and suffering in our world? What does our contemplative practice have to offer in times of upheaval and change? Join author and Dharma teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this session focused on building inner resources to heal our hearts and respond effectively…
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Mindfulness of feeling tone (vedana).
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April 12, 2015 During this session Martine practices and explores mindfulness of the feeling tones, which is the second foundation of the practice of mindfulness. First, she guides a meditation on mindfulness of the feeling tones. Afterwards she tries to define feeling tones and how to be mindful of them in our daily life. The Pali term Vedana…
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Loving awareness and the power of intention.
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April 24, 2016 Worldwide Insight talk from Jack Kornfield: “Loving Awareness and The Power of Intention”. Guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A.
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