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Sit : Love : Give

sit : love : give

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candleLast night I taught the first night of a class on achieving Insight through meditation.

This being the first night there was a bit more talking than there will be in the rest of the four-week course, so I thought I’d record the talk, in which I discuss why we should think more about getting Enlightened, what holds us back, and what we need to do to set up conditions for Insight arising.

I also recorded the guided meditation that I led.

By the way, I had a cold, so there’s some coughing, hacking, and nose-blowing!

Both the talk and the meditation are unedited, and the sound quality isn’t great.

Here’s the talk, which is 41 minutes long:

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The meditation was in three parts:

1. A brief mindfulness of breathing
2. A brief period of lovingkindness
3. A reflection on the Earth Element

Here’s the meditation, which is 45 minutes long. All three parts are included in this recording.

[mp3player width=300 height=60 config=fmp_jw_widget_config.xml file=http://www.wildmind.org/audio/Insight_meditation_1.mp3]

About Bodhipaksa

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Bodhipaksa is a Buddhist practitioner, writer, and teacher, and is also the founder of Wildmind. His most recent book, Living as a River, was published by Sounds True in October, 2010.

Bodhipaksa teaches at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, New Hampshire. He muses, rants, and shares random aspects of his life on his blog at bodhipaksa.com. You can follow Bodhipaksa on Twitter, join him on Facebook, or hang out with him on the super-cool .

Bodhipaksa has published many guided meditation CDs and many guided meditation MP3s. Read more articles by .

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Comment from Brandon
Time: April 22, 2010, 9:06 am

Thanks, Bodhipaksa – amazing meditation practice! I had no idea about the coloring from dead blood cells and released iron. Among other things, a great imagination exercise!

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