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Meditation on Compassion

By Jack Kornfield

To cultivate compassion, let yourself sit in a centered and quiet way. In this traditional form of practice you will combine a repeated inner intention with visualization and the evocation of the feeling of compassion.

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Meditation Monday - Meditation on Letting Go with Sister Jenna

Join Sister Jenna for a special talk along with meditations and the practice of “Drishti.” During Raja Yoga meditation by the Brahma Kumaris, “Dhristi” is a technique which is used to help one focus on the vision of the soul while absorbing and sending God's vibrations to another.

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Sister Jenna
2021
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Meditation: Intimate Experiences with the Divine through Contemplative Practices

Contemplate the intimate journey of coming home to yourself as Sister Dr. Jenna and our sacred storytellers share their true, personal stories about meditation as a gateway into the mystical.

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Sister Dr. Jenna
2022
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Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation

If you want to meditate but have no idea where to begin, then best-selling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver is here to help. Her book Start Here Now contains everything you need to know in order to begin—and maintain—your own meditation practice.

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Susan Piver
2015
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Early Buddhist Meditation Studies

In this book, Bhikkhu Analayo, scholar and meditation teacher, examines central aspects of Buddhist meditation as reflected in the early discourses of the Buddha, based on revised and reorganized material from previously published articles.

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Analayo
2025
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BIPOC + ALLY Meeting at the Intersection: Mindfulness, Compassion, and AntiRacism with JoAnna Hardy

This is a meditation meeting for people of color and their allies interested in using the Buddhist principles of mindfulness and compassion to help work with and understand how to be AntiRacist. JoAnna will share wisdom and experience on topics that are pertinent and immediate in the country today.

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JoAnna Hardy
2020
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Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level.

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Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson
2017
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Meditation For Dummies

Take an inward journey for a happier, healthier life Meditation has been used for centuries to reduce stress, increase energy, and enhance overall health and well-being―so it's no wonder more and more people in today's fast-paced and stress-centric world are adopting this age-old practice.

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Stephan Bodian
2016
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Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

Too busy to meditate? Can’t turn off your brain? Curious about mindfulness but more comfortable in the gym? This book is for you. You’ll also get access to guided audio meditations on the 10% Happier app, to jumpstart your practice from day one.

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Dan Harris, Jeffrey Warren, Carlye Adler
2025
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10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works—A True Story

Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.

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Dan Harris
2025
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How Meditation Impacts the Brain and Implications for Health

How does mindfulness and meditation improve health? Helen Weng, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explains that training our internal mental lives can have positive effects on our minds, health, and relationships.

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Helen Weng
2016
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