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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 23 September 2022 1 hr 38 min

    Meditation on presence of mind, Dhamma talk Part 1 on Satipaṭṭhāna: The Body

    Meditation on presence of mind. Beginning of dhamma talks on Satipaṭṭhāna. Part 1: The Body. The meanings of Satipaṭṭhāna; explicitly means meditation. The four Satipaṭṭhāna meditations are body (kāyānupassī), feelings (vedanānupassī), mind (cittānupassī), principles (dhammānupassī). The body as something simple to ground oneself on. Mindfulness as "presence of mind", related to time, to keep on remembering and being conscious with firmness and steadiness.
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 16 September 2022 1 hr 10 min

    Chanting, Guided meditation on the breath, Q&A

    Chanting. Guided meditation on the breath as a simple kind of abiding; Audience Q&A: Q: How to overcome the body restricting the breath? ~A: 1. Patience. 2. Slight shift to focus on the out-breath 4. Contemplate non-self 5. Focus on pleasure in the breath. Q: How to let go of worry? ~A: Uddhacca-kukkucha one place to look, 'like conditions like' so to be happy tomorrow, do something good now. Q: Is mindfulness different to concentration? ~A: 'Concentration' term can convey controlling solutionism but concentration fine as a word. Q: Technique…
    Breath
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 9 September 2022 1 hr 28 min

    Chanting, Guided meditation on the breath, Dhamma talk on leadership

    Chanting. Guided meditation on the breath; ways to avoid instrumentalising meditation. Dhamma talk on leadership. Comparing the Queen and the Buddha, qualities of leadership the Buddha promoted, as well as leadership in the sāngha.
    Breath
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 3 September 2022 1 hr 28 min

    Chanting, Guided meditation, Dhamma talk on the Dvayatānupassanāsutta

    Chanting. Guided meditation focused on pairs of contrasting ideas to encourage contemplation on wholesome and unwholesome qualities in the mind. Dhamma talk on the Dvayatānupassanāsutta from Sutta Nipāta 3.12 (Contemplating Pairs). Detailed analysis of this sutta of contrasting pairs with correlation to dependent origination; of which one pair aspect leads to the origination of suffering, and the other pair aspect leads to the cessation of suffering. Brief discussion on the history, organization, and grouping of numbers in the suttas.
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 26 August 2022 1 hr 31 min

    Guided meditation on the breath, Dhamma talk on the 'dark sage'

    Guided meditation on the breath; peace of mind as a natural state. Dhamma talk on the disruptive and mysterious figure of the 'dark sage' with reference to three people in the suttas: Nālaka, Asito Devala, Ambaṭṭha. Discussion of this archetype, racism in the suttas, the three figures and their attempts to problematise caste.
    Breath
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  • SanghaSeva Zohar Lavie 26 August 2022 59 min

    Meditation Instructions 6: Upekkhā

    A 59-minute guided practice led by Zohar Lavie, from SanghaSeva.
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 25 August 2022 59 min

    Meditation Instructions 5: Muditā

    A 59-minute guided practice led by Nathan Glyde, from SanghaSeva.
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 25 August 2022 41 min

    Guided Meditation: Upekkhā to Phenomena

    Offering a peaceful tour around the body and opening all the senses out in equanimity, to meet all things free from preference.
    Equanimity
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  • SanghaSeva Zohar Lavie 24 August 2022 1 hr 1 min

    Meditation Instructions 4: Compassion

    A 1-hour 1-minute guided compassion practice led by Zohar Lavie, from SanghaSeva.
    Compassion
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  • SanghaSeva Zohar Lavie 24 August 2022 46 min

    Guided Meditation: Opening to Appreciation and Joy

    A 46-minute guided practice led by Zohar Lavie, from SanghaSeva.
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 23 August 2022 1 hr 1 min

    Meditation Instructions 3: Metta Continued to Include the Neutral Relationships

    A 1-hour 1-minute guided loving-kindness practice led by Nathan Glyde, from SanghaSeva.
    Loving-kindness
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 23 August 2022 44 min

    Guided Meditation: Mettā and Karuṇā to Subtilise Sensations

    Offering a wide, welcoming, and interested, good will or care to more challenging or more neutral sensations, and seeing what unfolds from that way of relating.
    Loving-kindness
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  • SanghaSeva Zohar Lavie 22 August 2022 45 min

    Guided Meditation: Mettā to Oneself, Easy Relationship, Another, and All Beings

    A 45-minute guided loving-kindness practice led by Zohar Lavie, from SanghaSeva.
    Loving-kindness
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  • SanghaSeva Zohar Lavie 22 August 2022 1 hr

    Meditation Instructions 2: Metta

    A 1-hour guided loving-kindness practice led by Zohar Lavie, from SanghaSeva.
    Loving-kindness
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 21 August 2022 55 min

    Meditation Instructions 1: Attending Well

    A 55-minute guided practice led by Nathan Glyde, from SanghaSeva.
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 21 August 2022 45 min

    Guided Meditation: Welcoming, Allowing, Opening

    A guided metta meditation based on Rob Burbea's Dukkha Ways of Looking practice.
    Loving-kindness
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  • Auckland Insight Meditation Jill Shepherd 19 August 2022 27 min

    Meditation: accepting, allowing, opening to how it is right now

    Settling in and making space for whatever our experience is in this moment, meeting it with acceptance and kindness
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 19 August 2022 1 hr 31 min

    Guided meditation on death, Dhamma talk on death

    Guided meditation on death: 'Life is uncertain, death is certain'. Dhamma talk on death; how the Buddha talked about death as something knowable, and what happens after death.
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 12 August 2022 1 hr 33 min

    Guided meditation on the five khandas, Dhamma talk on the five khandas

    Guided meditation on the five khandas (constituents / groups). Dhamma talk on the five khandas: rupa (body / appearance), vedana (feeling / experience), saññā (perception), saṅkhāra (choices), citta (consciousness). Discussion of how in the EBTs, the 5 khandas were often what people already identified with, and their impermanence was what the Buddha emphasized. Discussion of how other disciplines and near-death-experiences implicitly invoke the five khandas.
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 6 August 2022 1 hr 16 min

    Meditation and dhamma talk on the four iddhipādas

    Meditation and dhamma talk on the four iddhipādas (feet/powers): enthusiasm (chanda), energy (viriya), awareness (citta), inquiry (vīmaṁsā). Discussion on the four iddhipādas and vibhava-tanhā (the desire to not exist) and its antidote, the wish to know. The basis of psychic powers as expansions of things we know already. Ideas on how to develop the iddhipādas.
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 29 July 2022 1 hr 27 min

    Guided mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on war

    Guided mettā meditation for a loved one with focus on feelings, noticing and sensations inside the body. Dhamma talk on war, with discussion of the first precept, 'just war theory' and peace. Discussion of peace and the work people do to maintain peace.
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 22 July 2022 1 hr 24 min

    Meditation talk and guided meditation on sense of self, Dhamma talk on hopelessness

    Meditation talk on reducing a sense of self. Guided meditation on sense of self and gentle awareness of mood. Dhamma talk on hopelessness. Losing hope/living without hope, and how we can commit without a sense of emotional investment to something in the future. Differences between hope, faith (sadha) and enthusiasm (chanda).
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  • Lokanta Vihara Bhante Sujato 15 July 2022 1 hr 32 min

    Guided meditation on letting go, Talk about the rains retreat

    Guided meditation on letting go and meditating in the present. Talk about the rains retreat tradition and its origin stories, various traditions, events and rules around the rains period, possible commitments laypeople can make.
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  • SanghaSeva Nathan Glyde 14 July 2022 46 min

    Guided Meditation

    A 46-minute guided practice led by Nathan Glyde, from SanghaSeva.
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  • Lokanta Vihara 17 June 2022 1 hr 42 min

    Bhante Akāliko: Ceremony, Creating space for meditation, Breath meditation and letting go, Update

    From Harris Park. Why there's a ceremony at the beginning of a meeting. Creating space for meditation. Breath meditation and letting go. Bhante is now a "Middle Monk", time to move on and go out into the world, and the letting go that's involved in that.
    Breath
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Nathan Glyde 16 June 2022 40 min

    Guided Mettā, Gratitude, Anattā Practice

    A 40-minute guided gratitude & joy practice led by Nathan Glyde, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
    Gratitude & joy Loving-kindness
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Zohar Lavie 16 June 2022 58 min

    Day 6 Meditation instructions: Anattā

    A 58-minute guided practice led by Zohar Lavie, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Nathan Glyde 15 June 2022 56 min

    Day 5 Meditation instructions: Unsatisfactory Dukkha

    A 56-minute guided practice led by Nathan Glyde, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Nathan Glyde 14 June 2022 44 min

    Mettā to Easy & Neutral Relationships (Sparsely Guided)

    A 44-minute guided loving-kindness practice led by Nathan Glyde, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
    Loving-kindness
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Zohar Lavie 14 June 2022 58 min

    Day 4 Meditation instructions: Inconstancy Anicca

    A 58-minute guided practice led by Zohar Lavie, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Nathan Glyde 13 June 2022 58 min

    Day 3 Meditation instructions: Attending to Vedanā

    A 58-minute guided practice led by Nathan Glyde, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Zohar Lavie 12 June 2022 53 min

    Day 2 Meditation Instructions: Skilful with the Difficult

    A 53-minute guided practice led by Zohar Lavie, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Nathan Glyde 11 June 2022 1 hr 3 min

    Day 1 Meditation instructions: Listening with Spacious Intimacy

    A 1-hour 3-minute guided practice led by Nathan Glyde, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
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  • Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Zohar Lavie 11 June 2022 40 min

    Long and Pleasant Breath: Guided Meditation

    A 40-minute guided breath practice led by Zohar Lavie, from Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland.
    Breath
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  • Southern Insight Meditation Jill Shepherd 10 June 2022 30 min

    Meditation: equanimity

    A 30-minute guided equanimity practice led by Jill Shepherd, from Southern Insight Meditation.
    Equanimity
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  • Lokanta Vihara 10 June 2022 1 hr 47 min

    Bhante Akāliko: Dhamma talk about meditation.

    From Harris Park. Dhamma talk about meditation.
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  • Southern Insight Meditation Jill Shepherd 9 June 2022 30 min

    Meditation: spaciousness

    (Southern Insight Meditation (Staveley Camp)) Tuning in to space as a support for experiencing spaciousness in the mind
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  • Southern Insight Meditation Julie Downard 9 June 2022 16 min

    Meditation: self-soothing compassion

    (Southern Insight Meditation (Staveley Camp)) Using physical touch to self-soothe and support self-compassion
    Compassion
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  • Southern Insight Meditation Jill Shepherd 8 June 2022 30 min

    Meditation: mindfulness of mind

    (Southern Insight Meditation (Staveley Camp)) Beginning by establishing mindfulness of the body and breathing, then opening to sounds and the experience of thinking
    Breath
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  • Southern Insight Meditation Julie Downard 7 June 2022 53 min

    Instructions and guided meditation: hearing

    (Southern Insight Meditation (Staveley Camp)) Opening up the field of awareness to include the experience of hearing
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