This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on July 27, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - GUIDED MEDITATION
21:53 - DHAMMA TALK
43:50 - Q&A
In this recording, Shaila Catherine offers detailed instructions in the form of a guided meditation for systematically cultivating sympathetic joy (mudita). The method involves directing attention to beings who occupy a variety of categories, while the meditator reflects on phrases that stimulate an attitude of rejoicing. Mudita is a powerful quality that uproots envy, ends jealously, and overcomes aversion, chronic comparing, and excessive competitiveness.
This guided meditation includes a full body scan, and the recognition of the formless awareness that includes and is the source of all experience. By recognizing that awareness we discover the silence and stillness that is the ground of all experience.
