Course curriculum

  • 1

    Intro

    • What is Mindfulness?

    • Notes

    • Suggested Readings

    • Beginning Guided Meditation

    • Beginning Meditation (just gathas)

    • Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness (satipatthana sutta)

    • Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing (anapanasati sutta)

    • Resources
  • 2

    Week 1: Calming Breath and Body

    • Lecture

    • Counting Breaths

    • Guided Calming Meditation

    • Calming Meditation (just gathas)

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 3

    Week 2: The Body Alive

    • Lecture

    • Awareness of Posture Guided Meditation

    • Changing Posture Guided Meditation

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 4

    Week 3: A Sack of Beans

    • Lecture

    • Constituents Guided Meditation

    • Constituents Meditation (just gathas)

    • Deep Relaxation

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 5

    Week 4: Elements

    • Lecture

    • Elements Guided Meditation

    • Elements Meditation (just gathas)

    • Suggested Readings

    • Practice Guide

    • Notes
  • 6

    Week 5: Death

    • Lecture

    • Guided Meditation: Decomposition of a Corpse

    • Guided Meditation: The Five Rememberances

    • Suggested Readings

    • Practice Guide

    • Notes
  • 7

    Week 6: The Oasis

    • Immersed in Pleasure: Lecture

    • Immersed in Pleasure: Guided Meditation

    • Immersed in Pleasure: just gathas

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 8

    Week 7: Bursting the Bubble

    • Lecture

    • Mind Conditioning Guided Meditation

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 9

    Week 8: Cultivating the Heart

    • Cultivating the Heart: Lecture

    • Freeing the Mind Guided Meditation

    • Immeasusreable Minds guided meditation

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 10

    Week 9: Falling Apart

    • Falling Apart: Lecture

    • Unbound guided meditation

    • Not Me guided meditation

    • Nothing Grasping guided meditation

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 11

    Week 10: The Gate Keeper

    • The Gate Keeper: Lecture

    • Unbound guided meditation

    • Signlessness guided meditation

    • Not the Rain guided meditation

    • Practice Guide

    • Suggested Readings

    • Notes
  • 12

    Week 11: That's Life

    • Dharma Talk: All there is to do is live fully