Reflecting Before Acting
“What do you think, Rahula, What is the purpose of a mirror?” the Buddha asked. Rahula responded, “It is for the purpose of reflection, sir.” “In the same way, Rahula, an action to be done by body, speech or mind should only be done after careful reflection.” Majjhima Nikaya 61 – Instructions to Rahula at […]
Open Presence & Not Identifying With Our Thoughts
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Responding to Bad News or a Difficulty
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Awakening the Being Mind and Natural Intuition
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Anger-Eating Demon
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In Conversation with B. Alan Wallace – Looking Within and Exploring The Potentials of Consciousness
In this episode of The Samadhi Podcast, David is joined by his teacher, B. Alan Wallace. Lama Alan very kindly offers us his thoughts on the nature and potentials of consciousness, the importance of shamatha and contemplative inquiry, and his vision for the Centers for Contemplative Research.
How to Preserve Our Inner Peace and Calm in Daily Life
In this episode, David responds to a question that came through our Facebook Group about how to preserve the calm and peace we find over the holidays when normal life starts again. Responding in the context of The Five Obscurations, which obscure our natural peace and clarity of mind, David stresses the importance of keeping a watchful eye over our mind at every moment and averting afflictions as they arise.
Being Ok With Being Uncomfortable
Notes & Transcript SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021 – BEING OK WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE Hello, everyone, good morning. Please let me know if you can hear me okay, give me a thumbs-up, good. Nice to see so many familiar faces and new faces as well. I’m really glad to be back doing these sessions. I think […]
Working Through a Challenge or Question In Our Life
Notes & Transcript SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER – FREE WEEKLY GUIDED MEDITATION – WORKING WITH A CHALLENGE OR QUESTION IN OUR LIFE Good morning, everyone. I hope everyone’s having a lovely weekend. Please let me know if you can hear me okay. Just give me a thumbs up. Good good, thank you. So this morning, the […]
Can We Have a Choice in How Our Emotions Play Out?
Notes & Transcript SUNDAY 9, MAY 2021 – CAN WE HAVE A CHOICE IN HOW OUR EMOTIONS PLAY OUT? Good morning everyone, hello, welcome to our Sunday meditation session. Just to let you know the format, if I haven’t met you before, first we go straight into our guided meditation, then I’ll give a short […]