Shamatha Meditation Instruction

Shamatha Meditation Instruction

In this audio program,  I offer meditation instruction on Shamatha, or calm abiding meditation. This is a fundamental form of mindfulness meditation. This is excerpted from my audio learning course (available through Soundstrue.com) Dream Yoga: The Tibetan Path of...

Introduction to Dream Yoga

In the video below, Andrew offers a brief introduction to dream yoga. Going deeper, lucid dreaming can develop into dream yoga, and become a spiritual practice. This is not to say that lucid dreaming isn’t spiritual. It can be. But as a practice, and in contrast to...
The Power of Mindfulness

The Power of Mindfulness

Everyday it seems there is another article about how mindfulness meditation is being embraced by people and institutions everywhere. From Silicon Valley to pro football to the Marine Corps , the power of mindfulness seems to be gaining some very real traction these...
Reflections on Death from Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Reflections on Death from Tsoknyi Rinpoche

In this interview which is taken from the book, “Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition” by Tsoknyi Rinpoche.  These reflections on death from Tsoknyi Rinpoche offer what to do for yourself and others to...
Repetition is Key to Developing a Meditation Practice

Repetition is Key to Developing a Meditation Practice

Accomplishment in any discipline involves repetition.  If we want to build muscles, we don’t lift 10,000 pounds one time, we lift a few pounds thousands of times.  Just as repetition is the source of necessary hardship for a piano student aspiring to be a concert...