Meditation: Advice to Beginners – The Meditating Mind Is Fertile Ground Part 2

Once we learn to tame the mind with meditation, we begin to gain insight into how our minds work and how they create perception, emotion, and our experience of life. As we learn more, we see possibilities in our lives we had not seen before – possibilities for change, and spiritual liberation.
(“Meditation: Advice to Beginners” Pages 27-41, “Fertile Ground”)

Meditation: Advice to Beginners – The Meditating Mind Is Fertile Ground Part 1

Once we learn to tame the mind with meditation, we begin to gain insight into how our minds work and how they create perception, emotion, and our experience of life. As we learn more, we see possibilities in our lives we had not seen before – possibilities for change, and spiritual liberation.
(“Meditation: Advice to Beginners” Pages 27-41, “Fertile Ground”)

Meditation: Advice to Beginners – The Meditating Mind: What’s It Like?

Meditation: Advice to Beginners
By Bokar Rinpoche
Presented by Eric Weinberg

Talk Two: The Meditating Mind: What’s It Like?
Buddhist texts speak of the Mind being like the sky – vast and deep, with thought appearing and disappearing like clouds. But what does this mean to us in modern daily life? Is meditation a “vacation for the mind,” or is it an invitation to look deeper into who we are and how we experience the world?

(Pages 15-26, “More to Consider”)

Meditation: Advice to Beginners – Why Meditate?

Meditation: Advice to Beginners
By Bokar Rinpoche
Presented by Eric Weinberg

Talk One: Why Meditate?

In a busy world, meditation can seem like a pointless task. Why reduce our busy-ness? What are the benefits of meditation, and how can we create the best conditions for meditation? This talk covers the “why” and the “how” of basic mindfulness.

(Pages 3-14,”General Introduction to Meditation”)