Meditation Instruction (from Susan)
Here is audio instruction for Shamatha meditation. Shamatha (or Calm Abiding) meditation is the practice of stilling the mind through focus on breath. Here are two versions to try, one long (20 minutes) and one short (10 minutes).
10 minutes
20 minutes
Here is audio instruction for Maitri meditation. Maitri (or Lovingkindness) meditation is the practice of offering your heart to others. Here are two versions to try, one long (20 minutes) and one short (10 minutes)
10 minutes
20 minutes
If you find that you’d like to make meditation an ongoing part of your life, please seek personal instruction from an authorized teacher.
Seven day Freedom from Fear Program (from “How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life)
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Find a Meditation Center: Shambhala Centers
The meditation described in “How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life” is called Shamatha (peaceful abiding) meditation. I was trained in this practice by the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. It was brought to the west by Tibetan meditation master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is now directed by his son and spiritual heir, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
To find a Shambhala center in your town, please visit shambhala.org.
Find a Meditation Center: Other Traditions
The Vipassana and Zen traditions are highly recommended.
Insight (Vipassana) Meditation
Great Books About Meditation and its Benefits
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa
Turning the Mind Into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
2 responses so far ↓
1 Phil // Dec 9, 2007 at 6:42 am
These are great tips. I like the idea of doing something every day no matter how brief. “Oh yeah I can find 10 minutes here right now.” Of course this turns into a half hour. I always preferred doing a sponge, ie laying flat on the floor or mat, breathing like an ocean, having a koan like the flame of a candle which has been my most frequent centering. Letting go of worries by chasing pigeons away from my gut and attempting to relax every muscle.
2 Mark us // Jan 23, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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for health, longevity, success,
enlightenment in a Mahamudra
subject/object sense.
Missing you would make no sense!
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will be restrung into one who is
well hung! Pema Siddha that is…
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