Natural Meditation podcast

We begin the practice by taking on the suffering of a person we know to be hurting and whom we wish to help. For instance, if you know of a child who is being hurt, you breathe in the wish to take awa...

30 Sep 201749min

Tonglen can be translated as "taking in and sending out." It is a Buddhist practice that can assist us in countering the human tendency to resist emotional discomfort. Instead of engaging in the habit...

29 Sep 20171h 25min

Tonglen practice, also known as “taking and sending,” reverses our usual logic of avoiding suffering and seeking pleasure. In tonglen practice, we visualize taking in the pain of others with every in-...

27 Sep 201752min

We base our lives on seeking happiness and avoiding suffering, but the best thing we can do for ourselves — and for the planet — is to turn this whole way of thinking upside down. If we’re ready to tr...

25 Sep 201749min

We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling o...

12 Sep 20171h 28min

Phenomena do exist, but they don't exist in the manner in which they appear. They don't exist in a independent, absolute way. They are empty of inherent existence. The view of emptiness is not a negat...

29 Aug 201740min

Chitta means “mind” and also “heart” or “attitude.” Bodhi means “awake,” “enlightened,” or “completely open.” Sometimes the completely open heart and mind of bodhichitta is called the soft spot, a pla...

25 Aug 20171h 35min

“Stay close” is an invitation to become intimate with the energy of your emotions, to befriend them and to trust their natural evolution. “Do nothing” points to the practice of giving space, allowing ...

13 Aug 201748min