Meditation

Learn different Buddhist meditation techniques and all the tools you need to establish a daily meditation practice.

More About Meditation

There’s more to meditation than sitting and watching your breath. The Tibetan word for meditation, gom, means “familiarizing” or “habituating.” Here you’ll find talks and guided meditations on techniques to train the mind and develop the virtuous qualities needed to become a fully awakened buddha.

Guided meditations by Venerable Thubten Chodron are also available on the Insight Timer app.

Subcategories

Group of meditators in the Sravasti Abbey meditation hall.

Concentration

Teachings from the annual Cultivating Concentration Retreat held over Labor Day weekend.

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Prayer book, dorje, bell, and damaru on a wooden table.

Deity Meditation

Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.

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Buddha statue and water bowls on altar in front of a window.

Guided Meditations

Guided meditations to tame the mind and generate the stages of the path to awakening.

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Bell with om symbol and its striker hanging on a deck overlooking landscape.

Mindfulness

The Buddhist approach to cultivating mindfulness for the purpose of attaining liberation and full awakening.

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A row of Tibetan prayer wheels in the sunlight.

Prayers and Practices

Buddhist prayers and ritual practices to steer our thoughts and actions in a beneficial direction.

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Preliminary Practices

Preliminary practices (ngöndro) to purify our minds and deepen our meditation practice.

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Related Books

Featured Series

Kamalashila's "Stages of Meditation" with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe (2022)

Commentary by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on 8th-century Indian master Kamalashila’s "Stages of Meditation," instructions on the paths of meditation that lead to the fully awakened state of Buddhahood.

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All Posts in Meditation

Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

The hidden pain of attachment

Concluding the discussion on anger and moving to the disadvantages of attachment.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

Antidotes to anger

Reviewing the disadvantages of anger and exploring specific antidotes for this affliction.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

Understanding anger

Exploring the four vows of a Medicine Buddha and the disadvantages of anger.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

Medicine Buddha’s 12 vows

Addressing questions from the previous talk and exploring Medicine buddha's twelve vows.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

Medicine Buddha sadhana

Continuing the explanation of the Medicine Buddha sadhana and answering questions about the practice.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

What to expect in retreat

How to overcome challenges during meditation and an overview of the lamrim.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2025

Introduction to Medicine Buddha

An introduction to the Medicine Buddha practice outlining who he is and explaining the mantra.

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