Hello,
I've been meditating daily since March, and have made some progress, but I think I would benefit greatly from some interaction and guidance. I have run into a few hurdles here and there, so the guidance of an experienced meditator would be appreciated.
So I am looking for someone who would be willing to talk over Skype. I have some concrete questions related to the breath and posture, but I am also looking for a general discussion about meditation. I'd love to pick your brain, so to speak.
My schedule is wide open, so you decide the time (it should be noted that I am in central Europe, GMT+1).
If you're interested and have the time, please contact me.
Thanks.
Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
This service is provided by the Barre Center for Buddhist studies.
Unfortunately, it cost a lot of money.
Perhaps you may qualify for their scholarship programme.
https://www.bcbsdharma.org/
Unfortunately, it cost a lot of money.
Perhaps you may qualify for their scholarship programme.
https://www.bcbsdharma.org/
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
Samatha.org offer a free course with skype interaction:
https://samatha.org/online-course
The course has already started for this year, but they might let you jump in and start now, worth asking anyway. The course has been developed by Peter Harvey, one of the most respected Buddhist academics.
https://samatha.org/online-course
The course has already started for this year, but they might let you jump in and start now, worth asking anyway. The course has been developed by Peter Harvey, one of the most respected Buddhist academics.
- Mal
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Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
Thank you. I have sent an email to Samatha.org and I hope they will be able to help me.
Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
Why is it called Buddhist Samatha meditation?
Don't they teach Vipassana?
Don't they teach Vipassana?
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
The preferred approach of their Thai teacher, Nai Boonman, is samathavipassanā yuganaddha, the third of the four outlined in the Yuganddhasutta.
“Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquillity in tandem with insight. As he develops tranquillity in tandem with insight, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it—his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.170
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
Thank you, Bhante.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
See also this talk by Lance Cousins, the co-founder of the Samatha Trust:
Samatha Meditation and Insight Meditation: Complementary or Competing?
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
Here's an article on the "big money" being made by some holders of retreats. Samatha.org get some good press for being the least expensive!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ebt-crisis
$200 to get a glimpse of a Tibetan lama seems a bit steep...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ebt-crisis
$200 to get a glimpse of a Tibetan lama seems a bit steep...
- Mal
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Re: Looking for meditation guidance over Skype
And no charge at all for their online Skype course.
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)