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How to Practice Shamatha Meditation

By Lama Rod Owens — 2020

Shamatha meditation—mindfulness or concentration—is the foundation of Buddhist practice. Lama Rod Owens teaches us a version from the Vajrayana tradition.

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Meditation for Relaxation: 60 Meditative Practices to Reduce Stress, Cultivate Calm, and Improve Sleep

The meditation strategies and practices inside this book will help you find calm, get better sleep, and beat stress. Reset your thoughts and settle your emotions with a quick meditation or use belly breaths to achieve deep and restful sleep.

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Stages of Meditation: The Buddhist Classic on Training the Mind

The Dalai Lama explains the principles of meditation in a practice-oriented format especially suited to Westerners.

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The Dalai Lama, Kamalashila
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Dan Millman - A Simple Flame Meditation to Calm Your Mind

Dan Millman teaches a simple, everyday meditation practice for calming your mind that anyone can do with a few moments and a candle.

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Dan Millman
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A Guided Meditation on the Body, Space, and Awareness with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

In this short guided meditation, Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche gives simple instructions for bringing awareness to the body, sensory experience, space, and finally to awareness itself.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Pema Chödrön Guided Meditation to Increase Mindfulness, Awareness, Calm Abiding & Special Insight

Beloved Buddhist teacher, author, nun and mother, Pema Chödrön has inspired millions of people from around the world who have been touched by her example and message of practicing peace in these turbulent times.

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Pema Chödrön
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The Way of Shamatha Retreat with Alan Wallace (1/26)

This session is from the retreat: Way of Shamatha: Soothing the Body, Calming the Mind, Illuminating Awareness with Alan Wallace. During this retreat, Alan explored in theory and practice a range of methods for developing meditative quiescence, or shamatha.

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2019
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Dr Alan Wallace – What Is Shamatha?

Buddhist teacher Dr Alan Wallace explains the purpose and benefits of shamatha, or "calm abiding," one of the foundational Buddhist practices.

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2016
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Shamatha (Single-Pointed) Meditation with Dr. Barry Kerzin

This is part of a Virtual Retreat Series by the Altruism in Medicine Institute to help move beyond fear and anxiety using non-pharmacologic tools.

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2017
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The 4 Main Types of Meditation Styles Explained | Tom Cronin

Meditation instructor Tom Cronin reveals the four main types of meditation styles: Concentration, Contemplation, Chanting, Transcending.

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2016
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Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's public talk on Finding Happiness in Troubled Times organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) and Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India, on January 30th, 2011.

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The Dalai Lama
2011
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