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Breath Awareness

Anapanasati. The sixteen-step practice the Buddha said was the path he himself often dwelt in.

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Portrait of Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Practices

Sati — Mindfulness

The continuous, non-judgmental awareness of what is arising in the present moment. The Buddha's central instruction — and the gateway through which the dharma has entered the West.

Portrait of Mahasi Sayadaw, founder of the modern noting method of vipassana

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Vipassana — Insight Meditation

The practice of seeing the three marks of existence — impermanence, suffering, non-self — directly in moment-to-moment experience. The Buddha's central method.

Gandharan stone sculpture of a seated Buddha in meditation, 3rd century

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Samatha — Calm Abiding

The practice of cultivating tranquility and one-pointed concentration. The companion to vipassana — the two yoked together carry the dharma.

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Mani Bhadra Pokhrel

15-Minute Daily Meditation

A fifteen-minute guided meditation in the UN Global Initiative series — a daily contemplative practice broadcast for the cultivation of individual and collective peace.

Asna Shakya

15-Minute Daily Meditation

A fifteen-minute guided meditation led by Asna Shakya in the UN Global Initiative series. Shamatha-based, lightly framed, broadcast for daily practice.

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