Meditation
Learn different Buddhist meditation techniques and all the tools you need to establish a daily meditation practice.
More About Meditation
There’s more to meditation than sitting and watching your breath. The Tibetan word for meditation, gom, means “familiarizing” or “habituating.” Here you’ll find talks and guided meditations on techniques to train the mind and develop the virtuous qualities needed to become a fully awakened buddha.
Guided meditations by Venerable Thubten Chodron are also available on the Insight Timer app.
Subcategories

Concentration
Teachings from the annual Cultivating Concentration Retreat held over Labor Day weekend.
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Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
VIEW CATEGORYGuided Meditations
Guided meditations to tame the mind and generate the stages of the path to awakening.
VIEW CATEGORYMindfulness
The Buddhist approach to cultivating mindfulness for the purpose of attaining liberation and full awakening.
VIEW CATEGORYPrayers and Practices
Buddhist prayers and ritual practices to steer our thoughts and actions in a beneficial direction.
VIEW CATEGORYPreliminary Practices
Preliminary practices (ngöndro) to purify our minds and deepen our meditation practice.
VIEW CATEGORYRelated Books
Featured Series
Kamalashila's "Stages of Meditation" with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe (2022)
Commentary by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on 8th-century Indian master Kamalashila’s "Stages of Meditation," instructions on the paths of meditation that lead to the fully awakened state of Buddhahood.
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Equanimity meditation with commentary
Examining our attitudes toward others to develop equanimity.
View PostLetting go of worldly concerns
How to overcome grasping at worldly concerns to find true happiness.
View PostLetting go of unrealistic expectations
Why grasping at certain results and clinging to expectations hurts our practice.
View PostReview and guided meditation
A review of how to meditate and common obstacles plus a guided meditation on the…
View PostQ & A on how to meditate
Explaining how analytical and stabilizing meditation work together in our practice.
View PostWhy we meditate and how to do it
An in-depth introduction to meditation designed especially for those new to the practice.
View PostMeditation on developing equanimity
Guided meditation to develop an even-minded attitude without bias.
View PostThink about it this way
An interview with Venerable Thubten Chodron covering a wide range of topics related to anger.
View PostLiving in a Buddhist community
Venerable Thubten Chodron discusses practicing while living in community at Sravasti Abbey.
View PostPrayer to be Reborn in the Land of Bliss
An explanation of the aspirational prayer by Lama Tsongkhapa.
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