The Six Paramitas – Enthusiastic Perseverance
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The Six Paramitas – Protecting Our Practice (Ethical Discipline)
Notes & Transcript Autogenerated Transcript (may not be accurate) So that practice [referring to meditation on seeing the mind as like the sky and thoughts as like clouds] we’ve done a few times during these sessions. It’s not the easiest practice, belongs to the Mahamudra tradition, but it is a very worthwhile practice to learn […]
Why Combining Meditation and Yoga During Retreat is the Perfect Combination
The Synergy of Buddhism and Yoga: Why We Combine These Two Practices To Improve Your Wellbeing and Retreat Experience Buddhism and yoga both have their roots in ancient India. The practices taught by the Buddha are a means to achieve spiritual insight and ultimately, enlightenment. The same is true of yoga, with its roots in […]
The Six Paramitas – Patient Acceptance
Notes & Transcript Autogenerated Transcript (may not be accurate) From the meditation:There are many things in life that we face that we cannot change; illness, harm, disappointments, people behaving badly, goals not coming to fruition. And any time we come into conflict with life in this way, any time we want life to be different […]
The Six Paramitas – Generosity
Notes & Transcript Automatic Generated Transcript (may not be accurate) These Six Paramitas, as I probably mentioned there, often translated as the six perfections. But the meaning of the Sanskrit term paramita doesn’t mean to perfect really. It means to transcend that. And so you can’t really perfect giving, can you? Because what would that […]
Cultivating Wholesome Emotions
https://vimeo.com/787299393 Apologies for any small noises in the background of the meditation, this is recorded from temporary accommodation where noise control is more difficult! Notes & Transcript The excerpt David was quoting from: Working with afflictive emotions requires a two-pronged approach. Managing unwholesome emotions and stopping actions motivated by them are important components, but they […]
Dealing with Stressful Situations
In this episode, David addresses a question about how to deal with stressful situations. Firstly, he explores the internal causes of stress and frustration from a Buddhist perspective, and then looks at some opposing minds that can bring us greater peace and wellbeing in such turbulent times. Minds such as acceptance, understanding, and compassion can help […]
Guided Meditation – Compassion (karuṇā)
This is a guided meditation on Compassion (karuṇā in Sanskrit). Compassion is one of the Four Immeasurables, a rich compilation of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships with ourselves and deepens our relationship with others. The essential nature of compassion is a yearning for the person we are directing our […]
How to Attend to Suffering Without Feeling Burdened
In this episode, David explores how to attend to the sufferings of the world without falling into despair and feeling burdened. Using his own experience of compassion and despair, and inspired by the teachings of the Dalai Lama, he explores why we should cultivate compassion for the sufferings of the world in the first place, and […]
Letting Go of Our Expectations (Live Talk)
The talk is from one of our weekly online guided meditation & discussion groups. The topic of discussion is ‘expectations’ – how our attachment causes us to grasp onto certain outcomes and thus results in us becoming upset when these expectations are not met. We invite you to join us live on Sundays to share in […]
