Against The Stream

Loving-kindness, as is often taught, would be considered a concentration meditation practice, because as we get into the meditation, we will be concentrating on repeating phrases and bringing intentional effort and energy to developing an attitude of mind with these words we will be using.

This 30-minute Buddhist meditation, followed by a short discussion, is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.

Jason’s Dharma talk, followed by a 30-minute guided meditation, is on developing emotional balance in your practice. "One of the ways to think about forgiveness in Buddhism means that we’re also talking about reconciling." - Jason Murphy

Compassion is totally natural on some level, and it’s somewhat foreign when it comes to meeting our own pain with tenderness, care, friendliness. Our survival instinct when we feel pain, is to hate it.

This Dharma Talk is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.

Compassion is totally natural on some level, and it’s somewhat foreign when it comes to meeting our own pain with tenderness, care, friendliness. Our survival instinct when we feel pain, is to hate it. It’s radical to learn to tolerate it, to have empathy, mercy and compassion towards our own pain.

This Buddhist meditation is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.

Jason’s Dharma Talk is on developing emotional balance in your practice with the Brahmavihārās: Loving-kindness or benevolence (metta), Compassion (karuna), Empathetic joy (mudita), Equanimity (upekkha).

Jason’s guided meditation is on developing emotional balance in your practice with the Brahmavihārās: Loving-kindness or benevolence (metta), Compassion (karuna), Empathetic joy (mudita), Equanimity (upekkha).

Refuge in the Buddha gives us the roadmap to see things clearly. To be awake. To respond appropriately to life; with compassion, non-attachment, forgiveness, and not taking things so personally all the time. We take refuge in our own potential to do this, our own Buddha nature, and we take the action by practicing the Dharma.

This Dharma Talk is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.

Refuge in the Buddha gives us the roadmap to see things clearly. To be awake. To respond appropriately to life; with compassion, non-attachment, forgiveness, and not taking things so personally all the time. We take refuge in our own potential to do this, our own Buddha nature, and we take the action by practicing the Dharma.

This Buddhist meditation is based on 'Against The Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries'.

We're making all of 'Against The Stream' available for free on our blog (one piece at a time). Read along. Link in episode notes.

Metta is one of the four Buddhist Brahmavihārās, also known as the sublime states. Metta means positive regard, friendliness, loving kindness. The four Buddhist Brahmavihārās are: Loving-kindness or benevolence (metta), Compassion (karuna), Empathetic joy (mudita), Equanimity (upekkha).

Metta is one of the four Buddhist Brahmavihārās, also known as the sublime states. Metta means positive regard, friendliness, loving kindness. The four Buddhist Brahmavihārās are: Loving-kindness or benevolence (metta), Compassion (karuna), Empathetic joy (mudita), Equanimity (upekkha).