7am weekday meditations
included in your membership
When - 7am to 7:20am / Monday to Friday / Online only
Upcoming term breaks - Monday 20th Jul to Friday 28th Aug
How to take part - Click the link in your weekly members’ email to join the stream.
What happens in a session?
We spend 15 minutes enjoying a guided meditation from the ‘Living Meditation’ series (see below). We use the same meditation Monday to Friday to help us gain familiarity and comfort with each one.
The last five minutes are spent reflecting quietly on a few words from Buddha’s teachings, chosen to be universally applicable and relevant to modern life. This ‘thought for the day’ helps to orient our mind towards a positive outlook with which we can meet the rest of our day. You can read the current week’s contemplations below.
A perfect complement to our Introduction to Meditation classes
Our 7am sessions follow the same meditation used in that week’s Introduction to Meditation class.
There are nine meditations in total, a new one each week, carefully structured to help beginners and experienced meditators alike build deep personal experience.
These meditations are available from Tharpa Publications, allowing them to be enjoyed in your own time too. Click on the images below to find out more.
This Week’s Contemplations
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“When we see things as they really are, our delusions naturally disappear and virtuous minds naturally manifest.”
-Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’ -
“All delusions are based on a mistaken way of seeing things.”
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’ -
“Minds such as love and kindness are based on reality and are an expression of our pure nature.”
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’ -
“Buddha compared our Buddha nature to a gold nugget in dirt, for no matter how disgusting a person’s delusions may be, the real nature of their mind remains undefiled, like pure gold.”
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’ -
“In the heart of even the cruellest and most degenerate person exists the potential for limitless love, compassion and wisdom.”
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’