Meditation Notes

A very good 10 minute introductory video on how to meditate in the Vipassana style.

In this video Bhante Vimalaramsi discusses Vipassana meditation and Loving Kindness meditation. It contains some good general instructions that can be applied to both styles of meditation.

In this follow-up video, Gudo Nishijima explains the meaning of zazen. He gives more practical advice on sitting (”it is necessary for us to practice zazen two times a day, at least.”) and delves into some of the scientific understanding of meditation that has been uncovered in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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In this video Gudo Nishijima, a zen meditation teacher in his 80s shows the proper way to practice zazen. What I find interesting about this video is the amount of time he devotes to the purely practical instructional aspects of sitting. Unfortunately the camera is not mounted perfectly horizontally, so Master Nishijima is [...]

This is a good brief introduction to Vipassana meditation with an overview of the process and goals of meditation.