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Calming (Samatha) Meditation



Calming meditation, or samatha, is practiced by focusing one’s attention on an object with the goal of quieting the mind. One of the most common forms of calming meditation is the practice of mindful awareness of one’s breath. Samatha, which translates from Sanskrit as “tranquility of the mind,” is practiced in many Buddhist and yoga traditions.

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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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How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence

In 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). This book is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat.

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How to Practice Shamatha Meditation

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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FindCenterMake peace with silence, and remind yourself that it is in this space that you’ll come to remember your spirit. When you’re able to transcend an aversion to silence, you’ll also transcend many other miseries. And it is in this silence that the remembrance of God will be activated.

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Tara Brach Leads a Guided Meditation: Opening and Calming

This meditation guides us in collecting and quieting the mind with the breath, and then relaxing all effort, and simply resting in what is.

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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

The book that bestselling meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg raves “brings the path of meditation to life,” The Mind Illuminated is the first how-to meditation guide from a neuroscientist who is also an acclaimed meditation master.

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Shamatha Meditation: Training the Mind

“The process of undoing bewilderment is based on stabilizing and strengthening our mind,” says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. “Shamatha meditation is how we do that.”

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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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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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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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