30 episodes
Peace Beyond Suffering Ajahn Achalo
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- Religion & Spirituality
Peace Beyond Suffering is a resource for the practice of meditation presented by Ajahn Achalo with readings from Buddhist suttas and excerpts from the Dhamma Talks of contemporary meditation masters.
If you would like to study and practice with Ajahn Acahlo's teaching material in more depth, please visit his website: www.peacebeyondsuffering.org
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Metta meditation leading into investigation of the body as elements in space
Here I am demonstrating an important and beautiful process, wherein we can incline the mind to peace and well-being through contemplating the body as elements.
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Metta meditation with body contemplation (hair, teeth, backbone)
In this meditation we brighten and calm the mind by generating metta first, and then take the good energy and even mindedness resulting from having generated metta, as the foundation for then investigating the true 'deeper' nature of the physical body.
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Breath meditation with Body Contemplation (Hair, Nails Teeth)
A breath meditation and contemplation of the body, where hair, nails and teeth are meditated upon as earth element and not a self.
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Accepting death ... forgiveness in the face of death
The meditation begins with awareness of the body and breath before contemplating death, and impermanence as a great equalizer that can illicit forgiveness.
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Letting go of aversion to oneself and others, through wisdom and compassion
Here we confront the habits of aversion to oneself and others by challenging some of our assumptions.
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Forgiveness practice for oneself and others
After establishing body based awareness a contemplation on forgiveness is presented.