analytical meditation

Analytical meditation involves investigating a subject with reflection and reason in order to integrate the meaning of the Dharma and develop virtuous qualities. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.

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Meditation

Making progress in meditation

If we are content to create the causes for progress in our meditation practice, the…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Karma

Venerable Thubten Semkye reviews the law of karma and its effects.

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Guided Meditations

Thought training

How to transform all our experiences into fuel for our spiritual practice.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: The afflictions

Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the afflictions and the factors stimulating their arising.

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on working with disturbing emotions

Venerable Thubten Chodron helps us to develop an expansive mind to put the present election…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on working with prejudice

A guided meditation to help us release fear and anger of someone we are prejudiced…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Heartwarming love

The fourth step in the seven-point cause and effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Guided metta…

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Guided Meditations

Living like we believe in karma

A meditation on integrating the teachings on karma into our daily lives.

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Guided Meditations

Virtuous relaxation

How to imbue our daily life activities with a good motivation so that we are…

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Guided Meditations

Quieting the mind after the news

A meditation on Chenrezig in the wake of the past week's shootings of black men…

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Visualization and mantra recitation

The psychological effect of doing the visualization of the Medicine Buddha and reciting his mantra

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