Category Archives: Meditation

I think that sounds a bit weird, doesn’t it?  And it certainly led to a good discussion on Monday evening, much more than any discussion about pleasurable sensations, which I thought was interesting.  Perhaps we’re more keen to hold on … Continue reading →

In Week 3 of our current meditation course we watched a teaching on contentment and contemplated a comment by His Holiness Dalai Lama which says that: granted external circumstances do to a certain extent affect our happiness, but fundamentally, happiness … Continue reading →

We’ve had lots of new people to our new meditation course, so we’ve spent some time reviewing the instructions about posture and key points to remember when watching the breath, and already we’ve had lots of really pertinent questions.  One … Continue reading →

Found this 10 minute video from a public talk in Vancouver on 15 December 2009 and it fits well into our meditation course content.  It is a good review of Week 5 from Module 1 but it is also an interesting piece which … Continue reading →

We have spent the last few weeks building confidence in our practice of shamatha meditation by learning the key points about what meditation really is and how to apply it in our daily lives.  We have heard about the scientific … Continue reading →

Thanks to an unplanned technological intervention (!), this week gave us the opportunity to recap and focus on practice.  And, of course the teachings scheduled for this week will be covered next week, so you definitely won’t miss anything.  And … Continue reading →

Although we get carried away with our thoughts and emotions, our own stories in our head, the good news is that we do have the potential for change.  We all, whatever our background, whatever our previous experiences, have the same … Continue reading →

Knowing the benefits of meditation can inspire us to practise, so this week we  learned about the benefits from the Buddhist perspective and from the scientific research.  And there is perhaps a little surprise to find that they agree. From … Continue reading →

Yes, there was a power cut somewhere and the class was sitting with candlelight only – but no problem, you can use a candle as the object of mindfulness meditation.  It’s like giving your mind just one toy to play … Continue reading →

This week we reviewed this topic, as well as doing some longer meditation sessions.  The images we considered were the difference between the sun and the rays of the sun. So our thoughts and emotions are like the rays of … Continue reading →