Visualization practices continued!  On today's podcast, Gregory talks about the Tibetan practice of Tonglen, and compares / contrasts it to metta (loving-kindness) practices.  Includes a guided Tonglen meditation around the 30:45 min mark. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE Follow Gregory on...

This week, Gregory continues his talk about visualization meditation practices.  He includes practical examples of it being used commonly in day to day life, how it produces demonstrable success, and includes several guided meditations in this episode. Minute 20:33 is where the guided meditations begin after the talk. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast...

This week, Gregory reviews mental fabrications and visualization practices. Visualization is not just about what you see!  This is a great episode for gaining a greater understanding of perception, self-talk, and how to use your faculties of imagination for greater compassion and awakening. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can...

Meditation Teacher, Nonprofit founder, and published author Caverly Morgan joins Gregory in studio to chat mindfulness, activism, spirituality and her new book, The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together. When Caverly Morgan reentered society after eight years as a Zen monk, she was confronted with a question many of us are asking these days: When faced with the enormity of the collective problems before us, how can one individual’s spiritual practice make a tangible difference in...

This week, Gregory continues his thread on Discernment.  He goes over characteristics of a mind in delusion, and takes folks through an exercise of inquiries to notice, reflect, and think differently to reduce stress and suffering. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE Follow Gregory on...

This week Gregory starts a new series on Discernment.  Mindfulness is not just noticing what IS present, but noticing what is also NOT present.  What happens after mindfulness?  Find out in this week's episode. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To...

"A truthful heart is a vulnerable heart."   Gregory talks about heart mind qualities as spiritual motivation and brings key takeaways from the last few talks together on those qualities that make a good student of the Dharma (according to the Buddha).     ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE Follow...

The four noble truths are what give "appropriate attention" its meaning.  Learn all about how appropriate attention functions in your practice and its connection to mindfulness and developing wisdom in this week's podcast. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE Follow Gregory on...

This week Gregory chats about heedfulness in meditation practice, and its opposite - complacency.  He also connects the cousin of heedfulness, investigation (enlightenment factor) and ardency to success along the path.   ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE Follow Gregory on...

Gregory continues his chat about prerequisites for the 8-fold path and qualities attributed to a good student of the Dharma.  Today's talk provides encouragement for the journey through a review of Samvega and the Buddha's own story that led him to renunciation and the pursuing the path of spirituality. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it...

The Buddha stated to be a good student of the Dharma one must have the qualities of observation and truthfulness.  Most especially, an awareness and understanding of how our karmic actions fabricate both happiness and suffering.  Gregory chats about our inner life and where we have control in this week's talk. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay...

The Buddha cited truthfulness as being a significant requisite on the path of practice.  How are we truthful with others?  How are we truthful with ourselves?  What are our blind spots and how can we acknowledge them in a space of safety?  Gregory chats about how truthfulness shows up in our lives in this week's talk. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast...

This week we have a special guest teacher, Gary Sanders of Boundless Heart Dharma.  (Follow him on Instagram @boundlessheartdharma.) Gary gives a lively and insightful talk that combines helpful meditation on concentration practice and metta, guidance on the Six R's, and how to cultivate tranquility and right effort.  There is also a short guided meditation included in the recording. This is a talk not to be missed! ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from...

Gregory brings in a bit of Buddhist history and a modern-day context to understanding the Noble Eightfold Path. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing...

Gregory concludes his series on the aggregates with one of the most challenging to understand: the consciousness aggregate.   ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday...

100th Episode!! Gregory chats about fabrication, sankharas/formations, and the connection to full freedom from suffering.   ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday...

Gregory does a brief chat about fabrication, an aggregate review, and guides a body scanning meditation. Meditation starts at 15:31 and runs about 40 minutes. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in...

How do we relate to the objects of craving?  How do we work with sensuality, desire, and attraction within the framework of the body?  Gregory chats about bodily contemplations and their relationship to death and sensuality in today's podcast. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on...

Gregory continues the discussion on the aggregates and talks Form, Feeling, and Perception in today's podcast.     ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up...

This week, Gregory chats about the aggregates: what they are and how your understanding of them can lead to freedom and non-attachment.  Understanding the aggregates is a real needle-mover in your practice. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats,...

What habits and routines make us feel stable, secure, and lively?  Is it the morning cup of coffee, a walk to pick up your favorite scone, or perhaps it is a holiday tradition that is never missed - what attachments do we have to things we do on the regular?  Gregory chats about habits, identity, and clinging in this week's episode.  ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support...

An understanding of clinging and craving can support us in the ultimate understanding: how to let go.  But why do we cling?  Where does clinging show up in our lives?  Gregory talks about the nature of clinging in this week's podcast. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on...

Why is the concept of "bare attention" so important?  What does Samadhi (concentration) mean to your practice?  Concentration is highly debated in Buddhist schools.  Why is that?  Gregory chats about the significance, the debates, and the efficacy of concentration in today's podcast. ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please...

Gregory chats impermanence, and reviews some of the fundamentals of Vipassana practice.   ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.   Join us Live...

How does doubt play a part in our lives?  What is the difference between a "hindering" doubt and a "questioning" doubt?  Gregory takes on the second part in a two-part series about doubt, and its role in Dharma practice.   ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage. If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma To...