Created especially for the beginner, this in-depth course helps you honestly meet and compassionately relate with your mind. Learn the basics of mindfulness awareness practice (proper posture, breathing and relaxation), as well as shamatha (also known as calm abiding), the art of stabilizing the mind. Overcome common obstacles, like physical discomfort and difficult emotions with the gentleness, patience and humor of American-born, Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön.

5 CDs, 5 3/4 hours.

In her first-ever audio course, this world-renowned Zen teacher shares her hallmark teachings and insights from nearly 50 years of meditation practice. Bare bones simplicity and tart common sense are the trade-mark style of Charlotte Joko Beck—offered here on Living Everyday Zen to help you realize the fruits of your sitting practice in every aspect of your daily life. Beyond the meditation cushion, where do you ultimately find the profound clarity, presence, and simple joys of Zen? "Where it has always been — in everyday life," teaches Charlotte Joko Beck.

3 CDs, 3 hrs.

The traditional Tibetan Buddhist meditation teachings of lamrin, also known as Stages of the Path, are the subject of this book and the accompanying CD. The lamrin presents a step-by-step method to gradually tame and transform the mind. Thubten Chodron, American-born Buddhist teacher, explains these teachings beginning with guidance in establishing a daily practice and instruction in both stabilizing and analytical meditation.   more...

Based on his latest book of the same title, renowned American born Tibetan-Buddhism teacher, Lama Surya Das, offers teachings on how to "be and become a bodhisattva" through practices that cultivate bodhichitta, the motivation to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.   more...

Enjoy a respite from the warp speed of everyday modern living. Renowned Insight Meditation teacher, Sharon Salzberg, delivers an interactive kit covering eight core topics, including calming the mind, facing challenges, being present, and more. This teaching set provides meditation techniques and guidance for discovering who you fundamentally are.

Set includes:

• 2 CDs (over 2 hours) with ten guided meditations that teach "taking refuge in letting go"
• 30-page workbook with tips for breaking free from habitual patterns
• 32 contemplation cards and easel with insightful teachings.

Hosted by Richard Gere and Keanu Reeves, this thirteen-part teaching series on DVD touches all the vital points of the Buddhist path as presented in the Gelug lineage of the Dalai Lama's tradition. Teachings on the nature of Mind, the role of the spiritual teacher, refuge, emptiness, karma, bodhicitta, and many other essential instructions are offered by some of the greatest Tibetan lamas of our time   more...

Renowned Insight Meditation teacher, Jack Kornfield, leads listeners through a series of six essential guided meditations that will progressively deepen your practice, whatever your level of experience.   more...

Geared towards experienced Buddhist practitioners yet still accessible to those new to Buddhism, this in-depth course, taught by renowned Insight Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein, elucidates the core teachings of the Buddha known as the "Four Foundations of Mindfulness."   more...

Geared towards experienced Buddhist practitioners yet still accessible to those new to Buddhism, this in-depth course, taught by renowned Insight Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein, elucidates the core teachings of the Buddha known as the "Four Foundations of Mindfulness."   more...

A special gift-boxed collection of beloved Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's most popular teachings   more...

The Eight Verses is a centuries old text that teaches us how to develop the bodhisattva spirit. These verses were transmitted to His Holiness when he was a small boy, and he has recited them every day as part of his personal practice. His Holiness offers a profound commentary on the entire Eight Verses and stresses the importance of implementing these teachings in daily life.   more...

Receive training in mindfulness (Vipassana) meditation from the internationally known scientist, best-selling author, and meditation teacher who brought mindfulness practice into mainstream medicine and society. This new instructional CD set includes 5 guided meditations that lead you into the essence of Kabat-Zinn's acclaimed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR),   more...

This comprehensive instructional program, taught by esteemed Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh and one of his principal students, presents the serene spiritual practice of walking meditation in a unique format that combines a 56 page book with a DVD and audio CD.   more...

Perhaps no other person has done more to bring mindfulness meditation into the contemporary landscape of America than Jon Kabat-Zinn. Through Kabat-Zinn's pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he is the founder of the world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, mindfulness is now recognized as a highly effective tool for dealing with stress, chronic pain, and other illnesses.   more...

A bodhisattva is one who seeks liberation from suffering not only for oneself, but for all beings. Pema Chödrön explores timeless insights and practices from the Buddhist classic, The Way of the Bodhisattva, by the 8th century spiritual master, Shantideva, who taught that the key to liberation lies in training the mind.

Known for bringing Insight Meditation to the West, Jack Kornfield offers his most popular teachings in this set of four complete audio learning courses.   more...

WHO DIES? The answer to this question goes straight to the heart of the 1200 year old school of Tibetan Buddhism called Dzogchen. This audio learning course by renowned meditation master Sogyal Rinpoche presents a grand and transforming vision of life and death.   more...

Includes Guidebook and Instructional CD
The Bon Dzogchen healing tradition invokes the Five Warrior Syllables — "seed" sounds that bring us to the essential nature of mind and release the positive qualities that are fundamental to it. Through the medicine of sound, obstacles of the body, the energy and emotions, and the subtle sacred aspects of our being can be cleared.   more...

Living Wisdom gives you the opportunity to personally experience the grace of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and to receive his teachings in your own home.   more...

Six Guided Meditations for Insight, Inner Clarity, and Cultivating a Compassionate Heart

This is an interactive learning course for beginners in vipassana, or insight meditation, consisting of a book and a CD of guided meditations by renowned meditation teacher and author, Jack Kornfield. The practice of insight meditation emphasizes mindful attention to all aspects of our lives.   more...

One of the Buddha's most radical teachings, "metta " or lovingkindness, is much more than common, everyday niceness. It is a real-life practice to awaken empathy with all beings and then radiate the fire of compassion into the world.   more...

Getting Unstuck is a recording that will help everyone, no matter what Path you follow. Pema Chödrön introduces a teaching about shenpa that has become critical to her own practice. Shenpa is the Tibetan word for that urge we constantly succumb to which reinforces our cravings, habits, and addictions.   more...

Within the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism is a practice called Chod (literally, "to cut") that was developed almost 1,000 years ago by the legendary yogini, Machig Lapdron, for facing and dissolving our greatest fears and attachments. This method is still practiced today by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.   more...