Meditation
Learn different Buddhist meditation techniques and all the tools you need to establish a daily meditation practice.
All Posts in Meditation
Venerable Thubten Chodron Ignorance, anger, purification
Retreat discussion on topics such as the four distortions, how anger destroys merit, using pain…
View Post
37 Practices: Verses 1-3
Making the lamrim personal, changing environments to change negative habits, and relaxing as we see…
View Post
Panic fear, wisdom fear, and the adrenaline rush
Discussion with retreatants on the proper way to use the death meditation, the I that…
View Post
Peeling away the view of permanence
Even though we die and are reborn so often, we think the experiences of this…
View Post
Preciousness of the opportunity for retreat
The incredible rarity of meeting the Mahayana teachings and being able to do retreat.
View Post
Explanation of the extensive offering practice
An explanation of the symbolism of the extensive offerings practice; imagining vast offerings in order…
View Post
What is important at the time of death
A guided meditation on imagining our own death. How to practice in preparation for death…
View Post
Recovering after Hurricane Wilma
Advice to a Buddhist group on developing renunciation and bodhicitta in the aftermath of Hurricane…
View Post
Stilling the critical mind
A guided meditation on the breath to cultivate a sense of contentment with the present…
View Post
Breathing meditation
An explanation of how to do stabilizing meditation focused on the breath.
View Post
Antidotes to afflictions
Definitions, disadvantages and antidotes for key afflictions: attachment, anger, jealousy, and arrogance.
View Post
Meditation 101
On the two main kinds of meditation and how to prepare for a meditation session.
View Post