A Precious Human Life
Catching Your Breath
Habits, Labels and Transformation
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday Morning Meditation May 10th Teachings This week, for our discussion, I wanted to turn to this famous saying: ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’ that comes from Roosevelt and I believe that Mark Twain has a very similar version. And so this idea of comparison, comparing oneself is, as you […]
Random Acts of Kindness
Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday Meditation 4th May David Oromith Hello, hello, hello. Good morning everyone. So wonderful to see you all and to get to spend this time with you. I hope you’ve all had a good couple of weeks since I may have last seen you for one of these Sunday sessions. Meditation […]
Do You Need To Be Right?
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1070764209/166c98b039 Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday Morning Meditation 30th march Hello, hello, hello. Good morning to you all. Welcome to our Sunday session. To the mothers among us, a Happy Mother’s Day. And my love and well wishes are with those of you for whom today is a hard day. You’re in my heart and […]
Our Essential Nature is Basic Goodness
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1066302639/fbf0cd4642 Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday morning Meditation 16th March 2025 Teachings Well, for this morning’s talk or reflection, I thought we could reflect on the Buddhist teaching that we all essentially have within us a basic goodness. Sometimes, of course, what we refer to as our Buddha nature or our enlightened nature. And essentially […]
Training the Monkey Mind
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1059430667/9aa14bb5de Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday Morning Meditation 23rd February 2025 Hello. Good morning to you all. So wonderful to see you. Thanks for joining. Teachings So we’ve returned this morning to this practice of shamatha or calm abiding meditation, which is a practice of stabilising the mind; a practice of training the attention, training […]
Reigniting our Practice
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1050521043/30716ba6c9 Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday Morning Meditation 26th January 2025 Hello. Hello, good morning. Wonderful to see you all. I hope you’re all safe and well wherever you are. It’s a little bit wet and windy out there, isn’t it? So welcome, glad you could join me this morning for our usual weekly Sunday […]
The Buddha’s Message
Notes & Transcript Transcript Sunday Morning Meditation 19 January 2025 Hello, hello, hello. Good morning to you all. So wonderful to see you all this morning. So many names and faces appearing on my screen. And first time, streaming from what is Maitri cabin, my little practice space at the top of the garden that […]