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How to Sit on a Chair for Meditation
In this video, Michael provides instructions on how to sit correctly in a chair for seated meditation.
Here’s an assortment of videos, including a few Dharma talks that have been filmed, as well as conversations with other teachers and activists. There’s even a Tedx Toronto talk in which Michael deconstructs the whole notion of spirituality and suggests we are not materialistic enough!
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Michael Stone: Unplugging After Dinner
Yoga and meditation teacher Michael Stone and his family go offline every night after dinner. What do they do with their media-free evenings? Interview with Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
Awake in the World
Activist and Buddhist teacher, Michael Stone, explores being awake in the modern world, and how being intimate with one’s experience is a form of social activism.
Carina Stone & Erin Robinsong Interview
In this poignant and moving interview, Carina Stone speaks about Michael’s latest book and the legacy of his life and teachings. She is joined by Erin Robinsong, editor of Michael’s book ‘The World Comes to You’. This is a tender
Everything Changes
When we return and stay connected to our breath, we let things come and go. None of these things, we start to see, belong to us. They come from the situation of this moment and then they pass away and
I Saw You Fall. So I Helped.
This lecture is about offering our Bodhisattva spirit to others, no matter what. It’s about making a vow to serve others and then spending the rest of our lives trying to figure out how to make that vow a reality.
Mindfulness & Concentration: Practice Tips with Michael Stone
How does concentration develop? Michael Stone outlines the difference between mindfulness and concentration.
Mindfulness & Social Action: Towards a Secular Spirituality
In this simple and profound lecture, Michael explores how the most radical thing that anyone can do is tell the stories that are not being told. He links together contemporary issues like climate change, economic inequality, and the atrophy of
Nobody’s Life Is Just Their Life
A conversation between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Shoken Michael Stone.
Part 3, Emptiness
This is the third of three parts where Michael speaks about the three characteristics: dukkha, impermanence, and emptiness.
Part 2, Impermanence
This is the second of three parts where Michael speaks about the three characteristics: dukkha, impermanence, and emptiness.
Part 1, Dukkha
This is the first of three parts where Michael speaks about the three characteristics: dukkha, impermanence, and emptiness.
A deeper materialism: Michael Stone at TEDxToronto
The fifth annual TEDxToronto conference took place on September 26, 2013, at The Royal Conservatory of Music. For our 2013 TEDxToronto Conference, all talks, performances and demos were rooted in our selected theme, “The Choices We Make.” In this talk,
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