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What is Meditation – Really? (teaching, 8 min): Ven. Losang Gendun shares how meditation on and off the cushion create a beautiful cycle that helps us learn how to see the world anew, with curiosity and delight.
Who is the Buddha? (teaching, 4 min): The Buddha started out just like us, dealing with the problems and frustrations of daily life. But he looked for a way out, and found that wisdom and compassion combined can eliminate suffering for anyone. In this video, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II explains what it really means to be a Buddha.
What is Enlightenment? (podcast, 40 min): Is enlightenment really possible for people like you and me? Do you lose yourself when you become enlightened? Are there people on earth who are enlightened right now? Buddhist scholar Dr. Jan Willis answers these questions and more as we explore what enlightenment (or awakening) really means.
How to Find Peace of Mind (meditation, 3 min.): By understanding the nature of interdependence, impermanence and compassion we can train our minds to think differently and cultivate happiness and peace of mind.
Basic Awareness (meditation, 10 min): Short guided meditation on basic awareness with Martin Ström.
Natural Goodness of the Mind (meditation, 17 min): In this meditation guided by Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) we let go of all our negative, disturbing states of mind like anger, anxiety, or fear; and cultivate our positive mental qualities of compassion, wisdom, and courage.
Buddha Said Not To Believe Him (teaching, 2 min): Geshe Kelsang Wangmo explores the Buddhist approach to faith – not blind belief, but faith based on reasoning and personal investigation. Learn why Buddhism encourages questioning, how faith should be temporary until direct realization, and why even the Buddha said not to accept his words without analysis.
Why Human-Made Problems Need Spiritual Solutions (teaching, 2 min): Yangten Rinpoche talks about how all of our problems require spiritual solutions.
Buddhism & Science (teaching, 8 min.): Can Buddhism and science truly complement each other? Khandro Rinpoche shares a unique perspective on where these two worlds meet—and where they don’t. In a world that increasingly looks to science for answers, does Buddhism hold insights that go beyond the material?
Advice for Daily Life
Buddhism for Busy People (advice, 2 min.):
Buddhist teacher Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II talks about Buddhist practices for busy people.
Finding Happiness, No Matter What (advice, 2 min.): Wise words on finding contentment and satisfaction, no matter what, from Geshe Tenzin Zopa.
Practice What You Preach (advice, 1 min.): What’s the most important advice you’ve ever received? “Practice what you preach!” says Jhado Rinpoche, in this short and light-hearted video.
Buddhist Tips for Life (7 video playlist): Practical wisdom for everyday living, drawn from timeless Buddhist teachings. Explore how to bring more peace, resilience, and compassion into your daily experiences. Down-to-earth insights to help you navigate life’s challenges with more clarity and kindness.
How to Stop Overthinking (podcast, 44 min.): From ancient Buddhist wisdom to everyday examples, we explore the difference between thinking things through and getting stuck in your head. Along the way, we talk cell phones, karma, crying monks, and why Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II thinks compassion is “crying with an answer.”
Meditation, Mindfulness & the Mind
Shamatha, or calm-abiding, meditation aims to settle the disturbances and dysfunctions of our body and mind in meditation so that we can truly abide here and now peacefully.
Calm Abiding (teaching 14, min): His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains how to meditate for a calm mind.
Every Single Thing Comes from Your Mind (teaching, 30 min): Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the different aspects of the mind and how they function together, encouraging us to observe how all experiences arise from the mind and to cultivate mindfulness of this process.
How to Meditate – Discovering Buddhism Module 2 (teaching, 26 min): Learn the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit, how to set up a meditation session, different meditation techniques, and how to deal with obstacles to meditation with Ven. Rene Feusi.
Getting to Know Your Mind (meditation & teaching, 2 hours): Explore the nature of mind in this 3-part playlist from the new FPMT course Buddhist Mind Science, with the creators of the program Hans Burghardt and Marina Brucet.
Love & Compassion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama (teaching, 1 hour) introduces the basic techniques of meditation and explains how we can cultivate altruism and compassion for our own personal contentment and a more peaceful world.
What is Bodhichitta? (teaching, 3 min): Compassion isn’t just a feeling—it’s a profound practice. Khandro Rinpoche unpacks the different levels of compassion, why we often misunderstand it, and how to cultivate bodhichitta.
Loving-Kindess Meditation (25 min) with Geshe Thubten Sherab
Meditation on Compassion (6 min) with Ven Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald)
Embracing Self Compassion (meditation, 14 min): Embrace your difficulties as a natural part of the human experience, and meet yourself with kindness and understanding in moments of distress. By treating yourself with the same compassion you offer others, you can cultivate courage, healing, and resilience.
Giving and Receiving Love (meditation, 23 min): Buddhist psychologist Lorne Ladner leads this loving-kindness meditation to help you cultivate connection, gratitude, self-acceptance, and inner peace.
Breathing and Sending Love (meditation, 12 min): Paula Chichester guides you through breathing techniques that foster an inner sense of kindness and compassion – extending love and care to all beings, recognizing our interconnectedness.
Becoming Loving-Kindness (meditation, 25 min): Elaine Jackson guides a heart-warming loving-kindness meditation using visualization to bring about our natural state of loving awareness for ourselves and all beings.
Equanimity
Equanimity is the quality of remaining balanced and undisturbed amidst all of life’s experiences.
Stranger-Friend-Enemy (meditation, 15 min): Ven. Lozang Yonten leads this classic meditation on exploring how we label others in our life.
Equanimity Meditation with Scott Tusa (15 min): Scott Tusa leads guides us through the three kinds of relationships in our life, to cultivate compassion, loving-kindness, and understanding.
The First Immeasurable: Equanimity (teaching, 1.5 hours): Geshe Tenzin Zopa teaches on freedom from strong reactions (positive or negative) to others and events.
Dealing with Difficult Emotions
The Origin of Depression and How to Overcome It (teaching, 16 min): Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the origin of depression is attachment, then discriminating thought and anger. Rinpoche gives us advice to apply Tonglen practice. Then, instead of becoming a cause of suffering, depression becomes a cause for liberation.
Eliminating Destructive Emotions for a Peaceful Society (teaching, 1 min): Geshe Tenzin Namdak shares how transforming destructive emotions is an essential step toward cultivating both inner peace and a more harmonious world.
Healing Anxiety and Negative Self Talk (meditation, 18 min): Ven. Amy Miller helps you create a safe mental space, reconnect to the positive, and relax your body through breathwork and thought-replacement.
Exploring the Texture of the Mind (meditation, 25 min): Emily Hsu leads an analytical meditation that explores the inner landscape—texture—of the mind and the differences between constructive and unconstructive mental states.
Working with Anger (podcast, 38 min): Anger – what it is, why it’s harmful, and how we can work with anger in ways that heal relationships, rather than destroy them.
Transforming Anxiety, Depression and Other Difficult Emotions (podcast, 55 min): Ven. Amy Miler shares how we can practically manage anxiety and depression in our daily life with a meditation practice and mind training techniques.
Free Yourself From Fear (teaching, 2.5 hours): Overwhelmed? Anxious? Ven. Robina Courtin leads us in examining the components of our fears directly, helping us care for ourselves in moments of overwhelm and strengthen our capacity to support others.
Coping with Anxiety and Depression (meditation and teaching, 1 hour): What does anger, attachment, pride, jealousy, depression, anxiety, fear look like? Do we like how it looks? Learn to identify our afflictive states of mind and choose to cultivate a variety of healthy coping mechanisms.
The Mindful Path: Meditations on 16 Core Human Qualities (meditation and discussion, 1.5 hours): Drawing from timeless teachings and adapted for modern life, we’ll explore 16 qualities that research shows can literally rewire our brains for greater happiness and resilience. Each session focuses on one quality—from humility and patience to courage and service—through gentle meditation practices, time for personal reflection, and opportunities to share insights with others on a similar journey.
Joy
Guided meditation on Joy, Love and Compassion (6 min) with Ven. René Feusi
Gratitude Journaling: Working Towards Wellbeing (3 min): Gratitude Journaling is a simple exercise that anyone can do. It aims to help people identify the good things in their lives, however small. Over time, along with other strategies, it can change the way we think and feel for the better.
The Practice of Joy (3 min.): narrated by Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
A Joyful Mind – Meditation and Mindfulness (documentary, 1 hr): How to develop joy and peace. Features interviews with a variety of Buddhist teachers.
Deity Practices
Deity yoga uses visualization as a skillful means of personal transformation. The deities used in tantric practice are a manifestation of our pure Buddha nature. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “In brief, the body of a Buddha is attained through meditating on it.”
MEDICINE BUDDHA PRACTICE
with Geshe Tenzin Zopa
GREEN TARA PRAYERS
with Ven. Robina Courtin
CHENREZIG PRAYERS
with Ven. Yonten
WHITE TARA PRACTICE
with Ven. Thubten Chodron
VAJRASATTVA PRACTICE
with Ven. Thubten Chodron
MEDICINE BUDDHA DHARANI AND TALK
with Geshe Thubten Soepa
CITTIMANI TARA PUJA with Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek
PROTECTOR PRAYERS AND INCENSE PUJA
with Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
HERUKA VAJRASATTVA TSOK PRACTICE
with Miffi Maxmillon
En Español
Lista de reproducción en español de 9 partes
Hans Burghardt – Los Tres Aspectos Principales del Camino
Marina Brucet – Meditaciones