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New for June! Sacred Sound: Mantra Meditations for Centeredness and Inspiration |
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Coming July, 2010 Wildmind: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation, |
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Coming Oct 1, 2010 Living as a River: Finding Fearlessness in the Face of Change, by Bodhipaksa |
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Get support and guidance from an experienced meditation teacher when you take an online meditation course.
Experience the convenience of learning meditation at home, with 24/7 access.
Develop greater peace of mind with the help of our online readings and MP3 meditations.
Next courses start Aug 2.
meditation guides
Teach yourself meditation with our step-by-step guides to classic Buddhist meditation practices
applied meditation
Learn how meditation can be applied in your life
what is meditation?
The term meditation covers many different techniques that help cultivate qualities such as calmness, relaxation, concentration, lovingkindness, and insight
In meditation we focus on an object such as the breath, emotions, sounds, visualized images, etc. Click to read more »
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about buddhist meditation
In a way there's nothing very "Buddhist" about the meditation you'll find on Wildmind. When you pay attention to your breath, or to the sensations in your body as you walk, or when you cultivate feelings of love for another person, you won't have a sense that you're doing anything very "religious." In a way these are simply "human" meditation practices -- ways that a human being can pay attention to his or her own experience, and gently cultivate greater awareness and love.
The simplest form of meditation we teach here is mindfulness of breathing. The essence of this practice is that we simply bring our attention to the sensations of the breathing, and when the mind wanders, as it will, we gently steer it back to the breath once again. However in the form we teach here, there are four stages, each of which has a specific purpose in helping us to develop calmness, energy, continuity of awareness, or one-pointedness.
The other main form of meditation that we teach is the cultivation of lovingkindness, in which we take responsibility for our emotions, and encourage the development of qualities of empathy, patience, kindness, and compassion.
We also teach you how to set up your meditation posture (an essential consideration in any form of meditation practice), as well as walking meditation.
And outside of these structured guides to meditation, we have a blog with a vast collection of news stories about meditation, articles on practice, and reviews of books, CDS, and videos.