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    Meditation for Sleep Guided by Jason Stephenson
    Sleep
    January 22, 2024

    Meditation for Sleep Guided by Jason Stephenson

    If stress, anxiety or ruminative thoughts are keeping you awake at night, sleep meditation may help. Sleep meditation is a relaxing guided practice you do while lying in bed at night. Unlike daytime meditation, which invites us to remain alert and awake, sleep meditation encourages us to welcome drowsiness and drift off to sleep. A […]

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    Elemental Body Awareness
    Audio Meditations
    January 1, 2022

    Elemental Body Awareness

    The elements of life are not just around us – they are also within us. Sean Fargo leads a body awareness practices that focuses on sensing into the elements. What can you observe by sensing into the earth, air, water, and fire within the body?

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    Observing Frustration
    Audio Meditations
    January 1, 2022

    Observing Frustration

    Sean Fargo leads a guided meditation that invites us to explore the feeling of frustration. After calling to mind a situation that sparked mild frustration within us, we are guided in exploring that emotion – the thoughts and the physical sensations of it – with care and curiosity.

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    Three Centers- Belly, Heart, and Head
    Audio Meditations
    January 1, 2022

    Three Centers: Belly, Heart, and Head

    Sean Fargo leads a mindfulness meditation to bring body awareness to three centers in the body: the belly, the heart, and the head. Which one calls for your attention the most?

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    Guided Meditation on the Breath
    Audio Meditations
    March 18, 2020

    Guided Meditation on the Breath

    Gil Fronsdal leads a Guided Meditation on the Breath. There are 2 general ways of being with the breath in mindfulness meditation. To choose a home base.

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    Guided Metta
    Audio Meditations
    March 18, 2020

    Guided Metta

    Guided Metta meditation led by Gil Fronsdal. Metta is Loving-Kindness, is one of the cornerstones of Buddhist Practice and a companion of Mindfulness.

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    Gentle Mindful Yoga
    Audio Meditations
    March 14, 2018

    Gentle Mindful Yoga

    Gentle Mindful Yoga is a guided practice that begins with centering, moves through postures and movements, and closes with a relaxation and a meditation.

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    Yellow autumn leaves seen from below against a blue sky
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Mind Like Fungi

    Ajahn Amaro gives the talk “A Mind Like Fungi” from a Buddhist perspective, on the mind and body, the within and the without.

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    State Of Grace
    Addiction
    February 18, 2018

    Sex, Violence And The State Of Grace

    In this talk, Ajahn Amaro speaks about spiritual discipline in working with addiction, and about how sex, violence and the state of grace relate to one another.

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    impermanence as uncertainty
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Impermanence As Uncertainty

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, teaches on impermanence as uncertainty in this talk.

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    Mindfulness for holiday stress
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Working With Pain

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, talks about working with pain in this talk.

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    Nature of Awareness
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    What Are We Doing Here?

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, shares how the Buddhist teachings of enlightenment have a purpose in the world.

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    The inner committee
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    The Inner Committee

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, teaches Buddhist wisdom about different personas, roles, and characters, including the so-called “Inner Committee.”

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    Embracing Each Moment
    Addiction
    February 18, 2018

    From Difficulties To Freedom

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, chants a Buddhist teaching said to point toward freedom from a life bound by hatred and difficulty.

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    Mindfulness exercise, Judging Mind, no self no problem
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Fear of Public Speaking

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, teaches that our perceptions are unreliable, subjective and impermanent, and how this bears on public speaking.

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    MoMy Life As A Monk
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    My Life As A Monk

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, shares about his life as a monk, his first contact with Buddhist meditation, and how it led him to monastic life.

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    Nature of Awareness
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    The Force of Harmony

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, explains that each of us has a force to contribute to the environment.

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    The Place of Acceptance
    Anxiety
    February 18, 2018

    The Place of Acceptance

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, distinguishes loving kindness from liking and fundamental acceptance.

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    Nature of Awareness
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Happiness of Renunciation

    Ajahn Amaro, a Theravada Buddhist monk trained in the Thai Forest tradition, teaches on the happiness of renunciation.

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    Mindfulness exercise
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Who Are You, Wanderer?

    Jack Kornfield explains that our life is just but a moment of our journey. Who are we? We just wander striving to know our purpose.

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    Poetry, Beauty And Art
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Poetry, Beauty And Art

    In mindfulness, attention is inclusive of appreciating poetry, beauty, and art. Jack Kornfield explains that they are all integrated into our existence.

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    mindfulness meditations online
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Teachers And Cults

    Jack Kornfield talks about teachers and cults. He expounds the importance of independence or spirituality and truth; in order not to fall astray into cults.

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    karma and intention, boredom
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Karma and Intention

    Gil talks about intention and karma. Part of the core of mindfulness is the appreciation of the present moment with intentions causing the choices we make.

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    Big Flower, Small Flower
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Big Flower Small Flower

    Gil Fronsdal talks about Acharias- women who have become gurus of the Buddhism teachings. He said the path of the Buddha leads to liberation.

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    Seven Factors of Awakening
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Seven Factors of Awakening

    Gil Fronsdal talks about the seven factors of awakening. They are mindfulness, investigation, energy or engagement, joy, calmness, concentration, and equanimity.

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    mindfulness exercises
    Audio Meditations
    February 18, 2018

    Guided Meditation on Contentment Audio

    Listen to Guided Meditation on Contentment audio by Gil Fronsdal. Gil Fronsdal is the primary teacher for the “Insight Meditation Center” in Redwood City.

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    Mindfulness meditation, nature of awareness
    Audio Meditations
    January 30, 2018

    Nature of Awareness

    Guy Armstrong talks about the nature of awareness; mindfulness and consciousness being different properties. What about the word awareness?

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    Mindfulness for holiday stress, metta
    Audio Meditations
    January 30, 2018

    Metta: Near and Far Enemies

    The practice of Metta is an exploration. How Metta is relevant in the unfolding of the Dharma? How the heart responds as we identify loving kindness.

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    Keys to a long retreat
    Audio Meditations
    January 30, 2018

    Keys To A Long Retreat

    “Refrain from violence and work to end hatred” is a good way to reflect on during the long retreat. Attitude and simple living are the keys.

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    karma and intention, boredom
    Audio Meditations
    January 30, 2018

    Karma and the End of Karma

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, talks about karma and the end of karma, which he presents as the science of happiness in the Buddhist teachings.

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    The Multiplication of Courage
    Anxiety
    January 29, 2018

    Working With Fear

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, talks about working with fear, which he says has haunted human development but can be uprooted.

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    Mindfulness for holiday stress
    Audio Meditations
    January 29, 2018

    Seven Factors of Enlightenment

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, discusses the seven factors of enlightenment: mindfulness, investigation, energy, rapture, calm, concentration and equanimity.

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    Big Mind Guided Meditation
    Audio Meditations
    January 29, 2018

    Big Mind Guided Meditation

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, leads a Big Mind guided meditation, a practice for calm and relaxation, strengthening mindfulness and liberating consciousness.

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    mindfulness meditations online
    Audio Meditations
    January 29, 2018

    Unentangled Knowing

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, explains what “unentangled knowing” means: knowing that prevents tangling from happening.

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    The Power of Lovingkindness
    Audio Meditations
    January 29, 2018

    The Power of Lovingkindness

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, teaches on lovingkindness (metta) and how the practice makes the heart more responsive.

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    Mindfulness for holiday stress
    Audio Meditations
    January 29, 2018

    The Attitude In Awareness

    Guy Armstrong, a vipassana teacher, teaches relaxing, observing and allowing as three guidelines for the attitude in awareness meditation.

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    Undoing Mental Knots
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Undoing Mental Knots

    Anam Thubten, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, explains that we all want to be free from a troubled existence and that undoing mental knots is central to Buddhist teaching.

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    Mindfulness exercise
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Impulse To Freedom

    Anam Thubten, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, speaks about the impulse to freedom, a spiritual longing he describes as bigger than any other desire.

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    Nature of Awareness, Nature of Aversion
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    What Is Your Original Face?

    Anam Thubten, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, speaks about our longing for self-discovery and how awakening consciousness reveals our original face.

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    Go Inside and Ask
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Go Inside and Ask: What Do I Want Most?

    Anam Thubten, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, offers insight on self-discovery and on asking what we want most, including why “everybody wants happiness” is not entirely true.

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    A waterfall over mossy rocks in a forest
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Surrendering to Life

    Many people try to find the answer to the suffering of human life. In parallel, the entire Buddha’s teaching deals about human suffering.

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    A person standing in a green field with arms open under a blue sky
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Relaxing the Mind

    If you can change your mind, you can change a lot of things in your life. Anam Thubten teaches to relax the mind in finding unconditional happiness.

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    A heart-shaped opening in green leaves
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Melting Into Love

    Anam Thubten urges us to melt into love. Our mind is like water. Its nature is to flow and pristine, however, it is usually frozen due to anger or fear.

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    A green wheat field under a blue sky with clouds
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Sacred Fertilizer

    Sacred Fertilizer- sometimes we need a powerful dose of challenges, tribulations, crisis such as loss of loved ones or unbearable feelings to awaken.

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    Embracing Each Moment
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Embracing Each Moment – Talk

    Anam Thubten talks about how embracing each moment ‘as it is’ leads to concentration and worry-free living vis a vis dwelling to past.

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    Nature of Awareness
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    Guided Heart Meditation

    Anam Thubten leads the guided heart meditation, to remind the memories of the heart, compassion, and loving-kindness, and awaken the heart.

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    No Self, No Problem
    Audio Meditations
    January 15, 2018

    No Self, No Problem

    Anam Thubten talks about No Self No Problem. No self is an old concept in the Buddhist sutras. To Anam, we are no singular entity but more of multi-dimensional, if we look deep into our consciousness.

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    Mindfulness for holiday stress, generosity, surrendering to life
    Audio Meditations
    December 19, 2017

    Generosity

    Marcia Rose talks about the seamless circle of the paramies of generosity. Paramies are the accumulated forces of purity within the heart and mind.

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    karma and intention, boredom
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    Boredom

    Shaila Catherine talks about boredom as a hindrance to meditation. A hindering force that prevents us from being aware and awake from what is happening.

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    Investigating Aversion and Anger with Shaila Catherine
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    Investigating Aversion and Anger

    Shaila Catherine speaks about aversion and anger in meditation practice. We don’t need to judge ourselves for being angry; in practice, we see the anger and investigate aversion or anger as suffering.

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    Many Kinds of Thoughts
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    Many Kinds of Thoughts

    Shaila Catherine talks about the many kinds of thoughts. A liberated one will think what he wishes to and will not be controlled or seduced by various whims.

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    Mindfulness of the Body with Shaila Catherine
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    Mindfulness of the Body

    Shaila Catherine leads a guided meditation that emphasizes mindfulness of the body. She offers the body as a resource for bringing our attention to the present moment.

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    Listening Deeply with Kate Munding
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    Listening Deeply

    Kate Munding talks about the five precepts, a commitment to non-harming, and about listening deeply with compassion as a form of wise speech.

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    Resting the mind
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    Resting the Mind

    Kate Munding talks about the natural tendency of resting the mind: that sometimes it’s nothing to feel bad about, and that it’s part of being human.

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    The Role of Motivation and Intention with Kate Munding
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    The Role of Motivation and Intention

    “Everything rests on the tip of one’s motivation.” Kate Munding talks about the role of motivation and intention, and asks whether we truly live our lives as though that were true.

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    The Dharma of True Friendship with Kate Munding
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    The Dharma of True Friendship

    Kate Munding shares a story about the Buddha’s advice on friendship, along with her own story of the friendships she had when only a few of them were good.

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    The Earth and the Buddha with Kate Munding
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    The Earth and the Buddha

    Kate Munding speaks about the Buddha and the earth. The Buddha’s teachings are considered a path to freedom in the heart and the mind, and the earth represents the delusions and illusions of life.

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    A lone tree reflected in a tidal pool at sunset
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    This Precious Human Life

    Kate Munding, an Insight Meditation teacher, shares how we can make the little moments in life become a different experience. The preciousness of human life doesn't only come with beauty.

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    Sunlight shining through a large tree with autumn leaves
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Letting In The Love

    James Baraz explains that the relationships we have, our connections, are channels of positive energy that make us feel alive. Letting in love is to give.

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    The sun breaking through dark clouds over a calm sea
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    The Light & The Darkness

    James Baraz talks about light and darkness, and describes greed, hatred, and delusion as the source of human despair that has gained so much power in our times.

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    Looking up at yellow aspen trees against a blue sky
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Mindfulness With Attitude

    James Baraz shares that the first day of a retreat is a detox process, with some resistance, and how an attitude toward mindfulness starts.

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    Sunbeams through tall trees in a misty forest
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    The Tall Poppy and the Shrinking Violet

    James Baraz describes the characteristics of the tall poppy and the shrinking violet as they relate to oppression and benevolence. The mind can be arrogant and it can be humble.

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    Nature of Awareness, Nature of Aversion
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Trust

    James Baraz talks about trust in relation to self-discovery. And how it relates to believing, and how it facilitates the opening of doors to Dharma.

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    Four young children smiling at the camera, two holding up peace signs
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Awakening Joy for Kids

    Are you a parent looking to pass mindfulness on to the next generation? James Baraz offers a talk on awakening joy for kids.

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    Rows of red, white, and yellow flowers under a sunset sky
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Peaceful Warrior in Modern Times

    Hatred never ceases by hatred. James Baraz discusses how love is the only way to end hatred, as we are called to be peaceful warriors in these modern times.

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    A green tree inside a glass bubble with a city skyline behind it
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Working With The Judging Mind

    James Baraz talks about working with the judging mind in meditation practice. Sometimes the best ones who can perform deep meditation are the worst ones.

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    Two women embracing on a bridge with a city skyline behind them
    Audio Meditations
    December 12, 2017

    Hatred Never Ceases by Hatred

    Hatred does not cease from hatred; hatred ceases by love alone. This is an ancient and eternal law. James Baraz speaks about how much we need love in the world.

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    Practice as a Path of Happiness
    Audio Meditations
    December 11, 2017

    Practice as a Path of Happiness

    James Baraz talks about how practice leads us to a path of happiness. By which the purpose of life is to be happy because we open up the gifts we have.

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    Metta For the Difficult
    Audio Meditations
    December 11, 2017

    Metta For the Difficult

    James Baraz leads us to understand the Metta for the difficult. When our realities don’t match with other’s, this causes hatred and confusion.

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    The Multiplication of Courage
    Audio Meditations
    December 11, 2017

    The Multiplication of Courage

    James Baraz talks about the power of community. There is a kind with creativity or collective intelligence, and sometimes multiplication of courage.

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