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In this Best of Awake in the World podcast episode Michael explores the “post-negation” section of the Heart Sutra, focusing on the lines, “...

Guest speaker, Dr. Lauren Corman gives a gripping talk on animals and non-violence, given during a 12-day intensive at Centre of Gravity, Re...

In this Awake in the World podcast Michael begins by stating that “this practice is a matter of life and death” and describes how yoga can h...

In this Best of Awake in the World episode Michael explores the difference between mindfulness and being self-conscious, Shantideva's practi...

In this Best of Awake in the world episode Michael leads a thirty-minute guided meditation focuses on noticing and letting go of commentary....

in this Best of Awake in the World podcast episode based on a koan (Case Forty-five from the Gateless Gate) this talk explores the complex w...

In this “Best Of” episode, we revisit a powerful conversation where Michael breaks down the fundamentals of Jhana practice (the 4 stages of...

In this Best of episode Michael explores the magic mantra that concludes the Heart Sutra, one of the most famous teachings in the Buddhist t...

On Silent Retreat Michael Stone explores the Zen koan “Why Can’t the Tail Pass Through” along with thoughts on hope, optimism, and despair....

One of the last days of the 6 month Precepts course. Following chanting the Heart Sutra, five students present on the five ethical values of...

In this episode, Michael explores the intersection of mindfulness and situational ethics, unpacking how awareness can guide us through the c...

In this week's episode, we continue our deep dive into The Five Ethics with a modern exploration of brahmacharya, often translated as the wi...

Michael interviews Simone Moir, Registered Psychotherapist, on the precept of aparigraha (non-greed) and the practice of generosity. They di...

In this week’s Best Of episode, Michael explores the ethic of not stealing, (asteya). The Zen master Dōgen offers a beautiful translation: “...

In this week’s Best Of episode, Michael reflects on satya, the practice of honesty. Satya isn’t an abstract ideal, it’s a lived experience t...

Michael sits down with physician and abortion provider Pat Smith for a thoughtful conversation on the principle of non-harming. Together, th...

In this week’s episode, we explore a deceptively simple question: How do you be interconnectedness? It’s drawn from the first video in Micha...

In this talk, Michael explores anatta (not-self) and emptiness as lived practices rather than abstract ideas. He shows how our thinking is o...

Using the metaphor of time travel, Michael explores the inner journey described by the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th limbs of yoga. Rather than tra...

Michael invites the sangha to take a good look at the elephant in the room by sharing their habits, strong emotions, and patterns of reactiv...

In this podcast episode, Michael discusses the relationship in our daily lives between form and formlessness as it relates to creativity and...

In this Best of episode, Michael discusses the relationship between awareness and morality or mindfulness and ethics. When we are faced with...

In this 30-minute guided meditation, Michael explores how to work with thoughts during sitting practice, focusing on the breath in a way tha...

Annual Poetry Evening. Erin Robinsong, Sarah Selecky, Michael Stone read from their favourite poems. A wonderful evening of words to support...

In this Awake in the World podcast episode, Michael references the Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha, reads a koan from The Book of Ser...

In this episode, Michael talks about Zen Case 55 from the Blue Cliff Record — “Tao Wu’s Condolence Call.” He weaves together insights from t...

A lively discussion on meditation and the Tibetan Lojong Practices for Training in Compassion. Portland, Oregon. Recorded on December 3, 201...

Tibetan Buddhist Teachings for transforming what’s unpleasant, letting go of grasping, and the 3 treasures of awakening, reality and communi...

Michael continues his month-long discussion about masks and how they shouldn't stick to your face. He gives the sangha some insight into the...

Michael tells the story of Angulimala, a murderer who met the Buddha and changed his ways though was still stoned to death. This teaching il...

Michael talks on another Dongshan where he asks his students if they can go to a place where there are no weeds. Michael’s commentary is tha...

Michael Begins with a reminder not to push through practice, but to relax in the present moment. Learn to let go of the expectations of what...

Michael dedicates the final evening of this retreat to Alan Ginsberg, whos self-portraits and multi-fauceted expressions have inspired him....

Learning how to be present with an un-agitated heart. Meditation teaches us to be wiser with what’s difficult. Embodying our meditative prac...

Michael offers a talk on the teachings of the insentient, how the snow and silence can hold hidden lessons. Can you give attention to the wa...

Take a moment to notice where in your body this emotional state or mood is most present. What physical sensations let you know that you're e...

In this Best of Awake in the World epside Michael introduces Case 12 of the Mumonkon, "The Master". He ties waking up with social action and...

In this Best of episode Michael describes how the Buddha met fear, mapping out how concentration practice unfolds, then offers a mind-openin...

During a workshop in France, Michael teaches on the 3 characteristics — a teaching found in both the Yoga and Buddhist traditions. This talk...

A community talk at Tassajara Monastery with Michael Stone & Zen teacher Paul Haller. They each share some of their biography and field Q&A...

Nothing needs to be refused. Let the breath travel the body without picking up speed. The clouds of thought haul across the sky. Let them co...

In this thoughtful and powerful talk, Michael unpacks the transformative act of sharing the untold stories—the ones that challenge the statu...

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara talks about the Lotus Sutra and the parable of the burning house. Even in the world of the dharma we can get caught u...

Michael teaches a one-day introduction to meditation workshop on how you can turn anything into a practice, even a bike lock. Sometimes awak...

In this Best of episode, Michael explains how the meditation we need is the “initial application of attention,” then “sustained application”...

Looking at early Pali texts, Michael tries to recover the original and fuller meaning of mindfulness from its current usage in the west. "Mi...

In this Best of episode, Michael reflects on how more people seem to be afraid of uncertainty than they are of physical pain. If we do somet...

In this episode of Best of Awake in the World, While on silent retreat, Michael Stone reflects on the Zen koan "Oak Tree in the Garden," exp...

In this insightful Best of Awake in the World episode, Michael delves into how the mind works, the benefits—and limitations—of meditation, a...

Michael begins with talking about finding simplicity in meditation practice; stepping back from the details of thinking to notice the subjec...
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