🧘 Guided Meditations

Guided Vipassana meditation practices and Pali chanting from Satipanya Buddhist Retreat, in the tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw.

Guided Meditations

  • Introducing Vipassanā Insight Meditation
    39:46
    A foundational guided meditation introducing the Mahāsi method of vipassanā practice, focusing on noting breath sensations and developing clear awareness.
  • Vipassanā Guidelines
    3:14
    Essential instructions for vipassanā meditation, covering posture, breath awareness, noting practice, and the cultivation of right awareness leading to insight into the three characteristics.
  • 45 Minute Detailed Guided Meditation
    45:00
    Complete guided vipassanā meditation following the Mahasi Sayadaw method, covering posture, breath awareness, and mindful observation of arising phenomena.
  • 45 Minute Assisted Meditation
    41:40
    A comprehensive guided Vipassanā meditation with bell signals every five minutes, teaching the fundamental noting technique and open awareness practice.
  • 30 Minute Bodycare Meditation
    29:40
    A guided meditation offering mettā (loving-kindness) to the body, healing our relationship with this precious form through Buddhist contemplation and blessing.
  • 30 Minute Heartcare Meditation
    28:26
    A comprehensive guided mettā bhāvanā practice cultivating loving-kindness, forgiveness, and goodwill toward all beings.
  • Abiding in the Present Moment: Developing Equanimity
    14:34
    A standing meditation exploring present-moment awareness and the cultivation of equanimity as one of the four factors of awakening.
  • Just Mettā
    12:45
    A gentle guided meditation developing loving-kindness (mettā) from specific individuals to all beings in all directions.
  • Investigative Eating
    12:29
    A guided meditation on mindful eating, exploring how to engage with food and pleasure without attachment while deconstructing the components of experience.
  • Mahāsī Sayādaw Introductory Talk
    41:59
    Complete foundational teaching on Vipassanā meditation by the renowned Mahāsī Sayādaw, covering mindfulness of breathing, walking, daily activities, and the path to awakening.

Chanting

  • Why Chant
    3:40
    Bhante Bodhidhamma explains the purpose of chanting in Buddhist practice and teaches the pronunciation of traditional Pāli chants for taking refuge and precepts.
  • Morning Chant
    18:57
    Traditional Theravāda morning chanting including the Three Refuges, Five Precepts, and Mettā meditation led by Bhante Bodhidhamma.
  • Evening Chant
    19:03
    Traditional Theravāda evening chant led by Bhante Bodhidhamma, including mettā bhāvanā (loving-kindness meditation) and Maṅgala Sutta recitation.
  • Refuges and Precepts
    2:48
    Traditional Pali chanting of the Three Refuges (Tisaraṇa) and Five Precepts (Pañcasīla), foundational to Buddhist practice.
  • Evening Mettā Chant
    4:04
    Traditional Pali chanting of mettā (loving-kindness) extending goodwill to all beings in all directions.
  • Mettā Discourse
    2:23
    Bhante Bodhidhamma chants the classical Mettā Sutta (Khp 9), the Buddha's teaching on cultivating loving-kindness toward all beings.