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The Secular Buddha
Stephen Batchelor reflects upon secular Buddhism and revisits the Four Noble Truths, primary Buddhist ideals, assumptions, and dogmas. Recorded March 28, 2010.
Fear, Rebirth, and the 3 Insights
Describing how the Buddha met fear, Michael maps out how concentration practice unfolds, then offers a mind-opening view of rebirth and reincarnation.
What Is This? Short Guided Meditation
An 8-minute guided meditation with Martine Batchelor. Recorded in Toronto, March 28, 2010.
From Fear to Sympathy
How to meet others who are in fear or anxiety, how to help anxious kids, how to validate the feelings of other people without exacerbating what’s going on for them, and how to develop concentration practice.
Fear, Dread & Anxiety: The Buddha in the Forest
On retreat, Michael speaks about the Buddha’s instructions for practicing alone in the wilderness, how past actions haunt the body, how to turn towards anxiety and a moving story about his son and autism. Recorded March 25, 2017, in Wisconsin.
20 min. Guided Meditation on Thinking
For the purposes of meditation, what you’re thinking about is not important. But as we pay attention to thinking in meditation, you might notice other aspects of the process of thinking besides the content. So, for example, if you’re thinking
20 min. Guided Meditation: Unstable Emotions
See if you can find out where in your body that emotional state or mood is most manifested, most expressed. What sensations or feelings in your body let you know that you’re having this emotional state? See if you can
20 min. Guided Meditation: Feeling the Sensations of the Body
Nothing needs to be refused. Let the breath travel the body without picking up speed. The clouds of thought haul across the sky. Let them come and go. Let the breath move the way blood moves: let it find its
Heart Sutra & Bodhisattva Vows
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Maha Prajña Paramita Heart Sutra Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, doing deep Prajña Paramita, Clearly saw emptiness of all the five conditions Thus completely relieving misfortune and pain. Here Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than form; Form
20 min. Guided Meditation: Tuning into Breath in the Nostrils
A 20-minute guided meditation on tuning into the breath in the nostrils to explore subtle sensations and bring the mind into its natural state.
20 min. Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of the Breathing Body
A 20-minute guided meditation on mindfulness of the breathing body in the abdomen to settle thoughts. Recorded in 2017.
20 min. Guided Meditation: Receptive Listening
A 20-minute guided meditation on receptive listening using sound as an anchor to ground attention.
About the Community Library
Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.
Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.