Teachings on setting the conditions for anapanasati - having gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or an empty hut, one sets their body erect, and places mindfulness at the fore. Ever mindful one breathes in, ever mindful one breathes out. Guided meditation on the breath.

The Buddha recommended mindfulness of difficult states but also beautiful states such as peace joy as objects of meditation

This talk offers overview of the Buddhas teachings on samādhi (concentration); the experience of a unified mind, the role of concentration on the path and supports for developing samādhi.

The delicate ongoing process of balancing energy in contemplative practice.

Teachings on recognizing the metta that is already here in the body followed by a meditation.

In a Sunday Dhamma talk at Parayana Vihara, Ayya Anandabodhi discusses how the Buddhist path involves rediscovering our naturally clear and luminous mind, rather than achieving something new, and how to recognize the mental tendencies that obscure it like greed, aversion, and delusion.

Bhante Rahula's guided meditation, comments, questions and responses were offered on October 4th, 2026 at Karuna Buddhist Vihara in Sunnyvale California. 00:00 - 36:33 GUIDED MEDITATION 36:33 - 1:53:50 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES 1:53:50 - 1:57:15 CLOSING AND BLESSING CHANT Bhante Rahula is the founder and spiritual director of Pannabhumi Monastery in Jalisco, Mexico. https://www.bhanterahula.com/#bhante If you would like to support Pannabhumi Monastery and and the work Bhante Rahula does please go to this link: https://www.bhanterahula.com/#support Visit Bhante's YouTube Channel (chiefly Spanish): / anatom%c3%adadelamenteabhidhamma