January 25, 2024 | 45 min.

Six Sense Spheres & the Bahiya Sutta

John Martin

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January 25, 2024 | 45 min.

Six Sense Spheres & the Bahiya Sutta

John Martin

September 4, 2023 | 1 hr. 28 min.

Monday Night Meditation & Talk

John Martin

This meditation and talk was recorded at Monday Night Meditation and Talk on Monday, September 4, 2023.

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September 4, 2023 | 1 hr. 28 min.

Monday Night Meditation & Talk

John Martin

This meditation and talk was recorded at Monday Night Meditation and Talk on Monday, September 4, 2023.

June 9, 2023 | 50 min.

Gratitude, Generosity and Sīla: Foundational Supports for Practice

John Martin

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June 9, 2023 | 50 min.

Gratitude, Generosity and Sīla: Foundational Supports for Practice

John Martin

December 27, 2021 | 1 hr. 50 min.

Monday Night Dharma Talk & Meditation

John Martin

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December 27, 2021 | 1 hr. 50 min.

Monday Night Dharma Talk & Meditation

John Martin

July 9, 2021 | 51 min.

Compassion: Introduction and Meditation

John Martin

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July 9, 2021 | 51 min.

Compassion: Introduction and Meditation

John Martin

February 25, 2020 | 54 min.

Wise Intention

John Martin

When we practice with wise intention, we bring more happiness into our lives, and more happiness into the lives of people around us. Intention includes three aspects: renunciation, or letting go of sense desires, loving kindness, which counters ill will, and compassion, which counters cruelty. Renunciation—letting go of needing things to be different than they are, loving kindness, and compassion all deeply support our practice of waking up and realizing a deeper happiness. Practicing wise intention is a gift both for the world and for our own practice right here.

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February 25, 2020 | 54 min.

Wise Intention

John Martin

When we practice with wise intention, we bring more happiness into our lives, and more happiness into the lives of people around us. Intention includes three aspects: renunciation, or letting go of sense desires, loving kindness, which counters ill will, and compassion, which counters cruelty. Renunciation—letting go of needing things to be different than they are, loving kindness, and compassion all deeply support our practice of waking up and realizing a deeper happiness. Practicing wise intention is a gift both for the world and for our own practice right here.

February 11, 2020 | 52 min.

Four Noble Truths & Mindfulness of Death

John Martin

There are many different reasons we come into this practice. But for most of us, suffering is one of the key components that brings us here. Physical pain, mental suffering, pain in the body, difficult emotions. For me, hearing the first Noble Truth for the first time resonated deep inside—that there is suffering, that this is a universal condition, that I wasn’t alone in my suffering. That there is a cause—that this can be understood. That there is the potential to open to peace, to realize an end of suffering. And that the Buddha offered this path of practice that leads to the very end. Something deep inside of me resonated with that. I couldn’t explain it. But it was a calling to a deeper happiness, a deeper peace.

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February 11, 2020 | 52 min.

Four Noble Truths & Mindfulness of Death

John Martin

There are many different reasons we come into this practice. But for most of us, suffering is one of the key components that brings us here. Physical pain, mental suffering, pain in the body, difficult emotions. For me, hearing the first Noble Truth for the first time resonated deep inside—that there is suffering, that this is a universal condition, that I wasn’t alone in my suffering. That there is a cause—that this can be understood. That there is the potential to open to peace, to realize an end of suffering. And that the Buddha offered this path of practice that leads to the very end. Something deep inside of me resonated with that. I couldn’t explain it. But it was a calling to a deeper happiness, a deeper peace.