Dhamma Talk Video 145: Introduction to meditation in the Early Buddhist Texts

Here’s a 44-min recorded Zoom video (135MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Topics:

• meditation, Theravada Buddhism, objects of meditation, suttas, having enough structure in one’s practice - as in a formal meditation retreat - vs. having some flexibility as to choosing a most suitable object of meditation

Sutta References:

• SN 47.8 - “The Cook”

• SN 20.1 - The Roof Peak

Other References:

• my Favorite Meditation Instructions; has links to several suttas which I draw upon in my own practice

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• My work (the video above): Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)