Unfolding the Path

Counting from one to ten.

Walking Meditation. No music.

Living Simply: Finding Time to Do Nothing

Thich Nhat Hanh talks about death.

Fourteen Precepts of the Order of Interbeing

Thich Nhat Hanh’s advice on pausing first before you retaliate against someone who has caused you suffering. Excerpt from “How to Fight.”

Unguided Meditation

To do nothing. Reflections on Ajahn Brahm’s “A Talk About Nothing.”

Notes on a Dharma Talk by Sr. Thuan Khanh: Self-Care in Times of Grief

Guided Meditation for ten minutes.

Reflections on Robert Aitken’s classic, “Taking the Path of Zen.”

This is a guided meditation from the book, “Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness With Children” by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village community.

Silent meditation begins after a short introduction from Ajahn Chah’s “A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah.”

Walking Meditation

Meditation with a singing bowl at regular intervals.

I read a few excerpts from “How to Fight,” a book by Thich Nhat Hanh.

This meditation practice will help you cultivate gratitude in your life.

Review of “peace is every breath.”

This is an excerpt from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, “Two Treasures.”

Meditate in a safe environment. If you feel lightheaded, take a break from this exercise.

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar, and peace activist. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh” is a collection of his teachings for 365 days. Each of his passages, while short and simple, are meant to be studied with care. For those who practice mindfulness and compassion, “Your True Home” is a book of transformation.

Unguided Meditation with Tibetan Singing Bowl

An excerpt on impermanence. From Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, “Your True Home.”

Thoughts on the daily practice of meditation.

loving kindness practice

Simple Guided Meditation

Books used: Stoic Practice (Acosta), Letters From a Stoic (Seneca)

Seneca writes about the importance of digesting a few quality authors rather than restlessly seeking answers from everyone. He believes that one will often forget what they have shallowly learned but will integrate into themselves what is deeply absorbed. Then he agrees with Epicurus that it is wise to be contented with what one has rather than seek the things that one doesn’t have. A wise person knows what they need and is satisfied with what they have, aware of the impermanence of what they own.

Reading from the book “Stoic Practice.”

A review of “The Art of Communicating.”

Five Minute Meditation

A meditation with a tongue drum and loving-kindness.

I read a few excerpts from “The Way of Chuang Tzu.”

Zazen Meditation for Beginners

Bells for inhalation, exhalation, inhalation, exhalation.

Metta Meditation

20 minute guided meditation

Reflections based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti

The stoic take on fame and popularity

Epictetus was born as a slave in Ancient Greece. He became a prominent Stoic philosopher during the Roman Imperial Period, later influencing such people as Marcus Aurelius. Although he never wrote his teachings down, his pupil, Arrian, did.
His main works are the Enchiridion and the Discourses.

Reflections on Jack Kornfield’s Inner Art of Meditation

We can be mindful at any time.

Thich Nhat Hanh’s Five Remembrances

A simple meditation for awareness.

Do this meditation at your own comfort level.

Tao Te Ching, Chapter 20

Bruce Lee on the Tao of Martial Arts

Reflections on Tao: The Watercourse Way

Short introduction to haiku followed by twenty haiku.