Meditation

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen monk, poet, and peacemaker. He cofounded the An Quang Buddhist Institute, the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Vietnam, and Plum Village, a Buddhist training monastery in France. He is the author of many books, including Being Peace, The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation, and Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals 1962–1966. Listen to the produced show, "Thich Nhat Hanh on Meditation, Suffering, and Engaged Buddhism," at onbeing.org.

Zen master and poet Thich Nhat Hanh was forcibly exiled from his native country of Vietnam more than 40 years ago. We visited the Buddhist monk at a Christian conference center in a lakeside setting of rural Wisconsin. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers stark, gentle wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence. He discusses the concepts of "engaged Buddhism," "being peace," and "mindfulness."

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[Unedited] Thich Nhat Hanh with Krista Tippett

From the Plum Village dharma talk given on March 20, 2014

Four Qualities of Happiness using Pebble Meditation

A guided meditation to help you let go of any feelings of anxiety and stress and restore your inner calm by David James Lees. 
 
Relax and listen to David’s practical advice and tips to help you manage and eliminate feelings of anxiety and overcome anxiety related illnesses, such as Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), panic attacks and phobias. With positive affirmations and powerful practical and spiritual tips to help you stay happy, harmonious and at peace.

[Note. There is also a fuller audio teaching on 'Anxiety Awareness and Treatment' that accompanies this meditation posted in the 'Wu Wei Wisdom ~ Teachings and Interviews' section]

N.B. Do not listen to this recording whilst driving or operating machinery.

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Guided Meditation for Anxiety and Stress - David James Lees

Experience a soul shift with this transformational meditation from Soul Shifts author, Barbara De Angelis. Your heart knows when there is healing going on in the heart, healing so that you can be more free, more powerful, and more loving. Healing that is clearing away the dust and cobwebs of your consciousness. Take a moment to connect to the knowingness of your heart with this meditation from Barbara. 

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Finding the Knowingness In Your Heart - A Meditation from Barbara De Angelis

The Vietnamese Zen master, whom Martin Luther King nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, is a voice of power and wisdom in this time of tumult in the world. We visited Thich Nhat Hanh at a retreat attended by police officers and other members of the criminal justice system; they offer stark gentle wisdom for finding buoyancy and “being peace” in a world of conflict, anger, and violence.

Find more at http://www.onbeing.org/program/thich-nhat-hanh-cheri-maples-and-larry-ward-being-peace-in-a-world-of-trauma/74

Thich Nhat Hanh, Cheri Maples, and Larry Ward — Being Peace in a World of Trauma

Sharon Salzberg offered this Guided Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation — Sending metta to people we feel neutral towards as well as those we have difficult feelings towards — to a room full of people at an Insight Meditation Society retreat.

Guided Lovingkindness Meditation from Sharon Salzberg

Three minutes breathing space

Yoga Nidra

This is a guided meditation by Kristen Neff. It is tailored to cultivate self compassion and is a variation of the classic loving kindness practice. Learn more at http://self-compassion.org

Kristen Neff - Self Compassion Meditation

The telephone line should be called the “compassionate line.” We hope this line can be established everywhere so that young people in their suffering, despair, and strong emotions can have someone to talk with. Suicide is a real issue and young people they feel lonely and suffer so much. Who can they talk with? Someone who has the capacity to listen. Each of us can make a vow to be that person who has the capacity to listen. Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of deep listening. Compassionate listening. We have to cultivate this capacity and transform ourselves in this bodhisattva. Without the capacity of listening deeply, we cannot understand.

According to the teachings of the Buddha, love is born from the ground of understanding. We can apply this in our relationships and our families. Understanding is not something that happens “just like that” – it takes time and we have to give our ideas, our views, our prejudices, our judgment.

Understanding what? The difficulties and suffering of the other person. The deep hope and desire the person has. The kind of obstacles the person is experiencing. We can ask the other person, “do you think I understand you enough?” Once you understand, you can stop doing and saying things that cause the other person to suffer. Then you have True Love. This is the practice of love.

Do we understand ourselves? The nature of our own suffering? Everyone has an idea of happiness and we may strive for that idea. But, can we see that happiness can come from any direction? Joy comes from letting go and the first thing we can let go of is our idea of happiness.

This is Part 1 of a dharma talk given on November 25, 2004 at Plum Village.

The Compassionate Line and Our Idea of Happiness

Kristin Neff guides us through a twenty-minute compassion meditation, first directing kind phrases to ourselves and then to others.

Breathing Compassion In and Out

Become available for healing, forgiveness and a deeper connection with others.

This 15 minute guided meditation asks you to smile! This may seem an unusual practice however it is a rather beautiful way to open a connection to your heart which is the centre for healing and forgiveness. The intention of this meditation is to open your heart which allows you to connect more deeply to your own truth and to open lines of communication with others.

Open Heart Meditation

Many of us struggle to silence our inner critic on a daily basis. According to meditation teacher Tara Brach, that’s because we are living in a “trance of unworthiness,” and are addicted to self-judgment. Tara is the the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., a best-selling author, and a clinical psychologist who has been at the forefront of blending Buddhist meditation and therapeutic methods. She is perhaps best known for her teachings on RAIN, an acronym that stands for Recognize, Acceptance, Investigation, and Nurturing, and that describes a method for applying mindfulness to difficult emotions. In her new book, Radical Compassion, she focuses on using RAIN to cultivate compassion—beginning with compassion for ourselves.

Tara Brach: Radical Compassion

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The Bodhisattva & Power of Intention - Jack Kornfield

A Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation to Expand Your Perspective

Plum Village is a new, free mindfulness app with Buddhist insights and guided meditations offered by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community: https://plumvillage.app/

The Compassionate Line and Our Idea of Happiness

Plum Village App : guided meditations & talks

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