David Oromith
David is a Buddhist contemplative, meditation guide and retreat leader. He is the Co-Founder of Samadhi and author of the book A Practical Guide to Mindful Living. He has received non-monastic ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and teaches workshops internationally, leads retreats across the UK and runs classes locally. David is a follower of the rimé (non-sectarian) approach, recognising the value and benefit of multiple points-of-view, with teachers in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. His primary teacher is Lama Alan Wallace, who is also rooted in a non-sectarian approach, with particular close affiliation with the Gelug and Nyingma schools and the Dudjom lineage.
Teachings
- D1S1 - Welcome, and Happiness as an Inside Job
- D2S1 - Generosity, Contentment and Gratitude
- D2S2 - Ethical Conduct, and Loving Kindness
- D2S3 - Questions, and Whether Our Habits Really Change
- D3S1 - Patience and Acceptance, and the Spark and the Fuel
- D3S2 - Joyful Effort, and the Three Kinds of Laziness
- D3S3 - Questions on Perfectionism, Judgement and Grief
- D4S1 - Concentration, and Balancing Effort With Relaxation
- D4S2 - Wisdom, and What We Take Home
- I Can't Meditate, My Mind Is Too Busy
- Session One - What Attachment Is, and Where It Hides
- Session Two - From Need to Care, and the Open Palm
- Session Two - The Natural Warmth of Awareness
- Stress Isn't What the World Does to You
- Throw Guilt Out - You Are Not Your Worst Moments
- Guided Meditation - Looking for the Inherently Existing I
- Guided Meditation - Forgiving Ourselves and Letting Go of the Past
- Guided Meditation - Releasing a Resentment
- Guided Meditation - Simply Being with the Urge to Be Busy
- Guided Meditation - Arousing Aspiration for Practice
- Guided Meditation - Harvesting Joy, Finding Delight in the Ordinary
- Guided Meditation - The Beginningless Continuum of Mind
- Guided Meditation - Recognising the Kindness of All Beings
- Guided Meditation - Repaying Kindness with Affectionate Love
- Guided Meditation - Befriending Anxiety
- Guided Meditation - Rejoicing in Your Own Life and the Good in the World
- Guided Meditation - Awareness of Awareness Through Sound, Body and Mind
- Guided Meditation - Sitting with a Difficult Emotion as a Hurting Friend
- Guided Meditation - Gratitude and Appreciation
- Guided Meditation - White Light at the Heart Centre
- Guided Meditation - Cultivating Generosity
- Guided Meditation - Meeting a Difficulty with Inner Strength
- How to Bridge Divides in a Polarised World
- An Introduction to the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas
- Exploring Attachment: a Dharma Cafe
- S1 - Relaxation Comes First
- S2 - Counting for Stability, and the Nostrils for Clarity
- S3 - Taking the Mind as the Path
- Guided Meditation - What Anger Does, an Analytical Meditation
- Guided Meditation - Avalokiteshvara, Visualisation and Mantra
- Guided Meditation - Loving Kindness and Compassion
- Guided Meditation - Tonglen, Beginning with Receiving Love
- Guided Meditation - Loving Kindness and Appreciation for Spiritual Friends
- Guided Meditation - Precious Human Life, Motivation and Responsibility
- Guided Meditation - Buddha Visualisation, Refuge and Bodhicitta
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Breathing, Knowing the Long and the Short Breath
- Guided Meditation - RAIN, Recognise, Allow, Investigate and Nurture
- Guided Meditation - Meeting Emotion in the Body with Loving Awareness
- Guided Meditation - From the Breath to Awareness of Awareness
- Guided Meditation - Feeling Tones, Pleasant, Unpleasant and Neutral
- Guided Meditation - Meeting a Small Irritation
- Guided Meditation - Mahamudra, Resting in Awareness While Thoughts Move
- Guided Meditation - Dzogchen, Looking for Where Thoughts Happen
- Guided Meditation - Settling Body, Speech and Mind in Their Natural States
- Guided Meditation - Purification with a Shakyamuni Buddha Visualisation
- Guided Meditation - Compassion (Karuna)
- Guided Meditation - Equanimity
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Breathing, Whole Body
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Breathing at the Abdomen
- Guided Meditation - This Precious Human Life
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Breathing at the Nostrils
- Guided Meditation - The Four Immeasurables Woven Together
- Guided Meditation - The Dzogchen Approach to Mindfulness of Breathing
- Guided Meditation - Refuge and Bodhicitta with a Shakyamuni Buddha Visualisation
- Guided Meditation - Taking Appearances as the Path
- Guided Meditation - The Four Point Analysis of the Self
- Guided Meditation - Taking the Mind as the Path
- Guided Meditation - Awareness of Awareness
- Guided Meditation - Purification with Loving Kindness
- Guided Meditation - Loving Kindness for Oneself
- Guided Meditation - Loving Kindness, Widening the Circle
- Guided Meditation - Empathetic Joy (Mudita)
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of the Body
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feelings
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of the Mind
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Phenomena
- Guided Meditation - Tonglen
- Guided Meditation - The Buddha's Words to Bahiya, Bare Awareness of the Six Senses
- Guided Meditation - Contemplating the Four Elements
- Guided Meditation - Meeting Our Feelings About the World with Compassion
- Guided Meditation - The Buddha's Words to Bahiya, Investigating Projection and the Sense of Self
- Guided Meditation - The Nature of Awareness
- Guided Meditation - Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta
- Guided Meditation - Settling Body, Speech and Mind
- D1S1 - Welcome, Noble Silence and the Shape of the Week
- D1S2 - Body Scan: The One Practice That Is Only About Rest
- D2S1 - Motivation, and the Fourfold Vision Quest
- D2S2 - Mindfulness of Breathing at the Whole Body, and Why Relaxation Comes First
- D2S3 - Loving Kindness, Beginning With Yourself
- D3S1 - Stability, and Counting the Breath at the Abdomen
- D3S2 - The Classic Method at the Nostrils, and Vividness
- D3S3 - Loving Kindness Through the Classic Sequence, and Its Near Enemy
- D4S1 - The Dzogchen Approach to Mindfulness of Breathing
- D4S2 - The Buddha's Instructions to Bahiya, and the Stages of Attention
- D4S3 - Compassion, and Choosing Someone You Can Work With
- D5S1 - Taking the Mind as the Path: Watching Thought Without Following It
- D5S2 - Taking the Mind as the Path: Doing Even Less
- D5S3 - Empathetic Joy, and Delighting in the Good Fortune of Others
- D6S1 - Shamatha Without a Sign: Awareness of Awareness
- D6S2 - Seeking What Is Aware, and the Nine-Round Breathing
- D6S3 - Equanimity, and the Four Immeasurables Complete
- D7S1 - The Whole Sequence in One Session, and Carrying It Home
- D2 Morning Practice - Settling Body, Speech and Mind in Their Natural States
- Session One - Awareness Is Already Here
- Session Three - The Laziness of Discouragement
- Session Two - The Laziness of Busyness
- Session One - Procrastination
- The Psychology of Stress & Burnout
- Practising with Joy: Lightness and Humour on the Buddhist Path
- The Need for Greater Self-Compassion
- Working with Moods
- S2 - Turning Inward & Forgiving Ourselves
- S1 - Looking Outward & Letting Go of Others’ Hurt
- Three Habits for a Happier Life
- S3 - Introduction to Dzogchen
- S2 - Introduction to Mahamudra
- Dealing with Feelings of Regret
- S1 - The Path of Vajrayana
- We Cant Always Get What We Want (And That’s All Right)
- That was the River, This is the Sea
- Session Three - Restraint Without Suppression
- Overcoming Distraction in Daily Life
- Ryokan and the Moon
- Session Two - What Patience Actually Means
- Attachment & Love in Relationships
- Session One - Not Debating the Insult
- Return, Renew and Begin Again
- Session Two - Extending a Hand to Fear
- Session One - Three Kinds of Worry
- Acceptance or Action?
- Session Three - Refuge, and the Three Higher Trainings
- Ask Yourself This Question
- Sitting with Emotion
- Session Two - Enthusiasm, People Pleasing and Contemplation
- Session One - What All of Us Want
- Teaching & Meditation for the International Day of Peace 2025
- Hope In Difficult Times
- Take a Step Back
- Session Three - Meeting the Emotion, and a Renewed Intention
- Session Two - The Sacred Pause
- Session One - Why Rejection Hits So Hard
- Finding a Spiritual Teacher
- S4 - Non-Sectarian Approaches to Dharma
- S3 - Teachers, Etiquette, and Devotion with Discernment
- S2 - Applying the Path Where You Are
- S1 - Refuge in Good Company
- A Precious Human Life
- Session 4 - The Eight Verses of Training the Mind
- Catching Your Breath
- Session 3 - The Eight Verses of Training the Mind
- Habits, Labels and Transformation
- Session 2 - The Eight Verses of Training the Mind
- Session 1 - The Eight Verses of Training the Mind
- Comparison is the Thief of Joy
- Random Acts of Kindness
- Session Four - Impermanence Makes Rebirth Possible
- Session Three - Perception, Emptiness and Clarity of Mind
- Being of Benefit: Aspiring Bodhisattvas in a Complex World (Part Two)
- Being of Benefit: Aspiring Bodhisattvas in a Complex World (Part One)
- Compassionate Choices: Non-Harm, Vegetarianism and Veganism in Buddhism (David Oromith)
- Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others (David Oromith)
- Compassion vs Despair: A Buddhist Approach to Witnessing Suffering (David Oromith)
- Day 7 - Closing Discussion
- D6S4 - One Useful Word and a Vision for the Sangha
- D6S3 - Completing the Text and Living It Day to Day
- D6S2 - Self-Cherishing, Honest Speech and Healthy Boundaries
- D6S1 - Diligence, Concentration and When to Step In
- D5S4 - The Three Kinds of Patience, and a Farmer's 77 Problems
- D5S3 - Non-Attachment, Generosity and the Roots of Ethics
- D5S2 - The Emptiness of Self and the Nature of Awareness
- D5S1 - Meeting Deprivation, Prosperity, Anger and Craving
- D4S4 - Bodhicitta's Final Steps, and Meeting Ordinary Scorn
- D4S3 - Responding to Disgrace, Disparagement and Betrayal
- D4S2 - Everyone's Kindness, and Hard Questions About Rebirth
- D4S1 - The Continuum of Mind and Turning Loss into Practice
- D3S4 - Equanimity and Tonglen, Two Meditations in Practice
- D3S3 - Mudita, Self-Cherishing, and the Roots of Tonglen
- D3S2 - Compassion Practice and the Two Paths to Bodhicitta
- D3S1 - Loving Kindness, Refuge, and the Workings of Karma
- D2S4 - The Company We Keep and the Qualities of a Teacher
- D2S3 - Inner Solitude and the Impermanence of All Things
- D2S2 - The Three Poisons Behind Our Reactions
- D2S1 - Verse One: The Precious Human Life
- Day 1 - Introduction
- Do You Need To Be Right?
- Session Two - The Thread That Continues
- Session One - Looking for the Chairness
- Our Essential Nature is Basic Goodness
- Training the Monkey Mind
- Session 5 - Diligence, Meditation & Wisdom
- Session 4 - Ethics & Patience
- Session 3 - Cultivating Bodhicitta & Generosity
- Session 2 - Exploring Bodhicitta
- Reigniting our Practice
- Session 2 - Practices for Inner Joy
- Session 1 - Practices for Relaxation
- Session 1 - Introduction
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Breathing for Relaxation
- The Buddha's Message
- Session 4 - Mindfulness of Phenomena
- Reflecting on the Last Year
- Session 3 - Mindfulness of the Mind
- Session 2 - Mindfulness of Feelings
- The Power of Nature
- Session 1 - Mindfulness of the Body
- Session 5 - Equanimity
- Navigating People Pleasing
- Session 4 - Empathetic Joy
- Guided Meditation - Navigating the World's Darkness with Our Light
- The Story of the Anger-Eating Demon
- Session 3 - Compassion
- Session 2 - Loving-Kindness (part two)
- Relax & Go Easy On Yourself
- Guided Meditation - Starting Your Day Right
- Session 1 - Loving-Kindness (part one)
- Session 5 - Purifying Negative Karma - The Four Opponent Powers
- Session 4 - The Ten Nonvirtues (Three of Mind) & How Karma Ripens
- Building Resilience
- Session 3 - The Ten Nonvirtues (Four of Speech)
- Session 2 - The Ten Nonvirtues (Three of Body)
- Session 1 - An Overview & Introduction to Karma
- The Twelve Dependent Links of Origination
- Session Four - Questions and Discussion
- Session 3 - Empathetic Joy & Equanimity
- Session 2 - Compassion
- Session 1 - Loving-Kindness
- Ignorance & Emptiness
- Three Types of Patience & Self-Cherishing
- Two Monks Cross a River
- Aversion and Patient-Acceptance
- Harvesting Negativity from Daily Life
- Exploring Aversion
- Good? Bad? Who Knows?
- The Antidotes to Attachment and Navigating Loss
- Radical Acceptance
- Exploring Attachment
- How Caring for Others Enhances Wellbeing
- Introduction & the Bhavachakra
- Unconditional Love for Friends, Strangers & Enemies
- Open Presence
- Prerequisites for Achieving Shamatha and Awareness of Awareness
- Reaching Shamatha and Taking the Mind as the Path
- The Nine Stages (5-9) and Taking Appearances as the Path
- A Helpful Alternative to Guilt & Shame
- The Nine Stages (1-4) and Dzogchen Approach to Mindfulness of Breathing
- Gratitude & Appreciation
- Session 3 - Path & Dedication
- Session 2 - Cultivation & Refuge
- Session 1 - Preface & Foundation
- Reducing Attachment Whilst Still Enjoying Hedonic Happiness
- Mindfulness & Introspection and Mindfulness of Breathing (Nostrils)
- Choose Compassion
- Etymologies, Why Mindfulness of Breathing, and Mindfulness of Breathing (Abdomen)
- Suggested Practices & Materials
- The Benefits of Improving Our Attention and Mindfulness of Breathing (Whole Body)
- Introduction, the Pursuit of Happiness, and Settling Body, Speech & Mind in Their Natural States
- The Four-Fold Vision Quest
- Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
- The Noble Eightfold Path: Prajñā - Right View, Right Resolve
- Week Four - Pleasure and Pain
- The Noble Eightfold Path: Samadhi - Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration
- Taking Our Practice One Step at a Time
- Week Three - Praise and Blame
- The Noble Eightfold Path: Sīla - Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood
- Turning Everyday Life into Dharma Practice
- Recognising The Kindness of All Sentient Beings
- Week Two - Status and Insignificance
- Guided Meditation on Patient-Acceptance
- Four Aspects of Patient-Acceptance
- Week One - Introduction and Gain & Loss
- Interdependence in Difficult Circumstances
- The Four Noble Truths: The Cessation and the Path Leading to the Cessation of Suffering
- Harvesting Joy and Simplifying Life
- Beyond Regret - Four Steps to Purifying Past Behaviours
- Transforming Adversity: Navigating Through Difficult Times
- The Four Noble Truths: The Causes (Origin) of Suffering
- Acceptance and Seeing Life as Like a River
- Guided Meditation - Body of Light
- A Candle in Darkness - Compassion in the World
- The Four Noble Truths: The Truth of Suffering
- The Spread Of Buddhism: Three Main Branches of Practice
- Our Need to Be Liked & Approved Of
- Introduction & The Life Story of the Buddha
- Body of Light Meditation
- Judging and Trying to Fix Others
- Week 4: Equanimity (Upekkha): Finding balance and serenity with others and amidst life’s ups and downs
- Week 3: Empathetic Joy (Mudita): Sharing in the joy and happiness of others
- Week 2: Compassion (Karuna): Cultivating a genuine concern for the sufferings of others and compassionate action
- Simplifying Our Activities and Closing The Tabs
- Week 1: Loving-kindness (Metta): Cultivating an open heart and goodwill towards all beings
- Session 28 - Contemplating the 37 Verses & Closing Thoughts (23rd May 2023)
- Reflecting Before Acting
- Session 27 - The Final Verses & Training in How to Be Rid of the Mental Afflictions (9th May 2023)
- Being 'Intelligently Selfish' & Tonglen
- Session 26 - The Practices of Concentration and Wisdom (2nd May 2023)
- Cultivating Joy
- Session 25 - The Practice of Enthusiastic Diligence (25th April 2023)
- Session 24 - The Practice of Patience (18th April 2023)
- Reflecting On Our Impermanence
- Session 23 - Observing Ethical Restraint & The Power of Vows (4th April 2023)
- Open Presence & Not Identifying With Our Thoughts
- Week 4: When We’re Blamed or Harmed - Transforming Self-Cherishing (23 March 2023)
- Session 22 - Group Catch-up & Practising Generosity (21st March 2023)
- Week 3: When Things Go Wrong - Transforming Anger (16 March 2023)
- Week 2: When We Don’t Get What We Want - Transforming Disappointment (9 March 2023)
- The Six Paramitas - Wisdom (Prajñā)
- Week 1: Introduction to Mind Training - Rising to the Challenge (2 March 2023)
- Session 21 - Emptiness of Self & Applying Emptiness To Attachment & Aversion (28th February 2023)
- The Six Paramitas - Mental Stability (Samadhi/Concentration)
- The Six Paramitas - Enthusiastic Perseverance
- S4 - Getting Off the Thought Bus, and the Sky-Like Mind
- Session 20 - Recognising our Attachment & Exploring Emptiness (31st January 2023)
- The Six Paramitas - Protecting Our Practice (Ethical Discipline)
- S3 - The Four Immeasurables, and Empathetic Joy Against Loneliness
- Session 19 - Recognising the Real Enemy (24th January 2023)
- The Six Paramitas - Patient Acceptance
- S2 - Attachment and Aversion, and the Spark and the Fuel
- Session 18 - Reviewing Verses 8-17 (17th January 2023)
- The Six Paramitas - Generosity
- S1 - The Mind Makes the Day, and Why We Fear Stillness
- Session 17 - Group Catch-up & Reviewing Verses 1-7 (10th January 2023)
- Cultivating Wholesome Emotions
- Dealing with Stressful Situations
- Guided Meditation - Reflecting Back On The Year
- Guided Meditation - Compassion (karuṇā)
- Session 16 - Being Humiliated, and Using Good Times & Bad Times on the Path (8th November 2022)
- How to Attend to Suffering Without Feeling Burdened
- Session 15 - How to Use Disparagement & Being Wronged in Return for Kindness on the Path (1st November 2022)
- Session 14 - How to Use Suffering & Disgrace On the Path (25th October 2022)
- Letting Go of Our Expectations (Live Talk)
- Failure and Guilt
- Letting Go of Our Expectations
- Session 13 - How to Use Loss On the Path (4th October 2022)
- Session 12 - Tong-len, Exchanging Oneself with Others (27th September 2022)
- Session 11 - Seven Point Cause and Effect & Self Cherishing (13th September 2022)
- Session 10 - Equanimity & Seeing All Beings As Being Our Mother (6th September 2022)
- Session 9 - Final Non-Virtues & Striving For Nirvana (30th August 2022)
- Exploring Low Self-Esteem and Resentments
- Session 8 - Four Opponent Powers to Purify Negative Karma (16th August 2022)
- Session 7 - Going for Refuge & Avoiding Negative Actions (9th August 2022)
- Session 6 - Avoid Unsuitable Friends & Rely on Spiritual Friends (2nd August 2022)
- In Conversation with Joanne Cacciatore: Bearing The Unbearable - Grief & Loss
- Session 5 - Give Up Mundane Concerns & Recognise Impermanence (26th July 2022)
- Session 4 - Simplify Our Life and Retire to Solitary Places (5th July 2022)
- Acceptance and Seeing Life As Like a River
- Session 3 - Abandon The Source Of Three Poisons (28th June 2022)
- Responding to Bad News or a Difficulty
- Session 2 - Make Use Of This Precious Life (21st June 2022)
- Session 1 - Introduction (14th June 2022)
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Self-Cherishing vs Cherishing Others
- Awakening the Being Mind and Natural Intuition
- Anger-Eating Demon
- The Mirror-Like Mind and Five Obscurations
- Aversion in Response to Tragedy
- Is it a Duck or a Chicken?
- Holding On To Our Perceptions
- In Conversation with B. Alan Wallace - Looking Within and Exploring The Potentials of Consciousness
- Making Meditation a Simple Priority
- Guided Meditation - Present Centring for Grounding and Relaxation
- How to Preserve Our Inner Peace and Calm in Daily Life
- Transforming Adversity Into Awakening
- Being Ok With Being Uncomfortable
- The True Meaning of Non-Attachment and How It Sets You Free
- Guided Meditation - Working Through a Challenge or Question In Our Life
- Working Through a Challenge or Question In Our Life
- Tong-Len and Loving-Kindness
- Working with Difficult Emotions
- Interconnectedness, Self and Other, Loving-Kindness
- Guided Meditation - Starting Your Day With Gratitude
- The Beauty of Gratitude
- The Good Nun and the Patchy Robe
- Guided Meditation - Deep Relaxation for Sleep
- Why Do We Feel The Need To Control Everything?
- Striving for Perfection
- Can We Have a Choice in How Our Emotions Play Out?
- Guided Meditation - Heartful Presence with Neil Seligman
- The Gifts of Mindfulness - In Conversation with Neil Seligman
- The Keys to Happiness in Daily Life
- Guided Meditation - Viewing the Mind As Like the Sky
- Session 5 - Mindfulness of the Mind, Thoughts and Emotions
- Session 4 - Mindful Movement
- Session 3 - Stop Living in Our Imagination
- Session 2 - Having Purpose and Leading a Meaningful and Deliberate Life
- Session 1 - Introduction + Cultivating Mindfulness Through a Daily Meditation Practice
- The Art of Forgiveness - In Conversation with Barbara J Hunt
- Guided Meditation - Self-Criticism to Self-Confidence
- Saying No to Self-Criticism
- Guided Meditation - Experiencing the Mind & Body as a Lake
- Changing Negative Habits and Cultivating Positive Ones
- Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feelings
- Developing a Daily Meditation Practice
- Guided Meditation on R.A.I.N. (with Charlotte Adler)
- Healing Trauma Through Meditation and R.A.I.N. - In Conversation with Charlotte Adle
- Dealing with Frustration
- Guided Meditation on Maitrī (Loving-Kindness)
- The Key to Happy, Healthy & Loving Relationships
- Guided Meditation - Anāpānasati
- How to Stop Thoughts in Meditation
- What to Do When You Feel Sad
- Guided Meditation - Settling the Body, Speech and Mind in their Natural States
- Why You Should Meditate
- Guided Meditation - The Space of the Mind
- Overcoming Anxiety and Worry
- Guided Breathing Meditation for Relaxation
- Genuine Happiness