Ayyā Medhānandī
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Soft Landing – Reflections and Guided Meditation
When we meditate, we are alone and yet with all the world. Thoughts intrude from all sides. But we remain secluded within, protected, serene. Gently we open the door to the heart with unassailable tru
Sacred and Sublime
Compassion is a sublime, healing quality that restores us to goodwill, integrity, wisdom and equanimity. Not only do we repair the harm that we have caused, but we turn the wheel of Dhamma in this wor
The Buddha’s Promise
The human realm is ever fraught with greed and delusion, conflicted and loud in its extremes. These violations are just that destroyers of our spiritual verve. As pilgrims of peace, we disarm them i
Like the Sun Awakening the Lotus
Throughout history, hatred, human violence and horrific sufferings have plagued the world. Truth is never diminished by these worldly conditions. So we feed the mind with what supports inner peace and
Unsurpassed Is the Protection of the Dhamma
Impermanence stares us in the face. How then can we free ourselves to understand the raw truth of what we are? There is a sorrowless state, a way out of the pains of life where we can abide in blamele
We Have Nothing To Fear – Reflections and Guided Meditation
Emptying the mind of fearful thoughts, we stop clinging to anything of the world one moment at a time. And we come to know a liberating joy. Its a way to enter the dimension of transcendence that u
On A Diet For Awakening
Peace, patience, and practice ripen with the quality of faith. We trust the teacher on a path distinguished by compassion and a diet for awakening the heart. All suffering arises when we think about
The Buddha Was Right – Reflections and Guided Meditation
As seekers of truth, we turn the wheel of Dhamma inwardly. There alone can we understand the minds purity and directly know the true rhythm of the heart, undiluted by worldly refrains. The sounds of
Mount Everest
As the witness of suffering, we gain new eyes to see. A doorway to knowing non-duality opens there is no you, no me. We are in the realm of no separation in one moment gone beyond opinions, be
There Is An Oasis
Too long we have been caught in the grip of anxiety, anger, and clinging that lead nowhere. But there is an oasis in the depths of our native humanity. To understand what is true, we must empty all th