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Guided Meditation: Empathetic Joy with Ayya Dhammadipa #101

Episode 101

Ayya Dhammadipa leads a 12-minute meditation on empathetic joy, also known as mudita. In this practice, we use joy that is sparked by the joy of othe…

4 years ago

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Gifts Greater Than the Oceans with Ayya Dhammadipa #100

Episode 100

Ayya Dhammadipa is a Buddhist nun and teacher with a unique background: Before becoming a nun, she got an MBA, worked in investment banking, and was …

4 years, 1 month ago

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Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts (Guided Meditation) #3 [rebroadcast]

A complete guided meditation session expanding your compassion, stabilizing concentration on the breath, and observing your thoughts.

Episode 3: Guide…

4 years, 1 month ago

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What Is Meditation? #2 [rebroadcast]

Over the past few years meditation has become popular as a way to help reduce stress, be focused at work, sleep better, or simply relax. Yet meditati…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Mommysattva: Meditation and Motherhood with Jenna Hollenstein #99

Episode 99

Author, mother and meditation teacher Jenna Hollenstein joins us to challenge the stereotype of Buddhist practice as solitary and silent, offering in…

4 years, 1 month ago

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A Guided 10 Minute Meditation to Calm the Mind

Even a short 10-minute meditation has the power to calm your body and mind. Here’s a helpful guided meditation that in just 10 minutes a day can impr…

4 years, 1 month ago

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What Is A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment? #1 [rebroadcast]

Two years ago, we created A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment to share the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhist analytical meditation in a form that requ…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Guided Meditation: Turning Towards with Ben Connelly #98

Episode 98

Soto Zen Teacher Ben Connelly leads a guided meditation integrating two ways of meditating in the spirit of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism.

Episo…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Esoteric and Everyday Buddhism with Ben Connelly #97

Episode 97

Soto Zen Teacher Ben Connelly joins us to explore the relationship between science and reality, whether karma really exists, and how to be a Buddhist…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Dr. Rick Hanson on Embracing the Positive without Denying Pain #48 [rebroadcast]

Dr. Rick Hanson shares powerful insights from neuroscience on how to practically embrace the positive in our lives and grow our extraordinary potenti…

4 years, 2 months ago

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