Meditation

Learn different Buddhist meditation techniques and all the tools you need to establish a daily meditation practice.

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Happy Retreatants with Venerable Thubten Chodron
Vajrasattva

Preparing for Vajrasattva retreat

Preparatory instructions, including explanations of purification, visualization, practicing in retreat, and mantra recitation.

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Om Ah Hum spray painted on bricks.
Buddhist Meditation 101

Purification meditation

How one can calm the mind by meditating on the breath, visualizing the Buddha, and…

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Abbey guest meditating outside.
Meditation

Dealing with distractions

Techniques for dealing with the mind and body that can't sit still in meditation.

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Thangka image of Manjushri
Manjushri

Introduction to Manjushri practice

About the practice of the Majushri sadhana, the symbolism of the deity's appearance and what…

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Mandala offering hand mudra.
Mandala Offering

Mandala offerings

The meaning and purpose of the practice of making mandala offerings, especially in the context…

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Venerable Chonyi meditating outside.
Meditation

Questions and answers on meditation

Answers to all the questions you have ever had about how to meditate.

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Four nuns with four Sravasti Abbey cats named after the four immeasurables.
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Practicing rejoicing

What we get jealous about, what we do when we get jealous, and how to…

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Four nuns with four Sravasti Abbey cats named after the four immeasurables.
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditating on the four immeasurables

Developing love for all sentient beings, cultivating gratitude, and a discussion about karma.

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Four nuns with four Sravasti Abbey cats named after the four immeasurables.
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Love and contentment

What it means to be happy, practicing contentment, and practicing generosity with wisdom.

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Four nuns with four Sravasti Abbey cats named after the four immeasurables.
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Equanimity and forgiveness

Practicing equanimity with those we dislike, cultivating kindness in everyday life, and what it means…

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Four nuns with four Sravasti Abbey cats named after the four immeasurables.
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Introducing the four immeasurables

The meaning of immeasurable equanimity and love and the significance of the word "all" when…

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