Greying Out The World - 1: La-la-la-ing my life away...
This is part one of a talk Alistair gave in Scarborough on 23 March 2018 at the Samye Dzong at Londesborough Lodge. It's a light-hearted exploration of the human defence of dissociation, a subject clo...
16 Apr 201815min
We'll All Go Together When We Go
An excerpt from the February 2018 "Time Terror" course at Spa Road in London. Alistair is unpacking the second of the Four Reminders, Tibetan Buddhist texts to bring us back to life. The 2nd Remind...
8 Apr 201811min
Cardiff Talk 2018 - Is Meditation Enough?
This is a talk by Alistair Appleton given in Cardiff on 23rd February 2018 on the subject 'Is Meditation Enough?' - it's a wide ranging and relaxed introduction to Alistair's stance on the role of me...
5 Apr 201836min
British Museum Talk - The Pain Of Ego Constriction
This is an excerpt from the talk that Alistair and Ajahn Sundara gave at the British Museum in September 2017, looking at aspects of Buddhist practice and how they impact the contemporary mind.
12 Okt 20176min
Ego Is An Lethal Addiction To Painkillers
Taken from the September 2017 weekend retreat on "I see you, Mara", Alistair talks about how this problematic notion of the "ego" can be understood as an excess of thinking, a slipknot round your own ...
14 Sep 20179min
Why Doesn't The Ego Get Behind Us If The Open Space Is So Good?
An excerpt from the 2016 Samadhi retreat looking at the way in which ego arises and constricts the open space.
7 Sep 201713min
Definitions Of Mindfulness
Recorded at the August 2017 Gayles "Drawing on Mindfulness" retreat, Alistair gives a fundamental overview of the different streams of meditation coming out of the Indian Tradition and notes how mindf...
28 Aug 201714min
A Bigger Frame
This is a recording of a chat between Alistair Appleton and the art teacher Isobel Dutton after the close of the Gayles 'Drawing on Mindfulness' retreat in August 2017. Over a cup of tea, they talk ab...
24 Aug 201711min
