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Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka and the author of Mindfulness in Plain English. He is president of the Bhavana Society in High View, West Virginia, an organization that promotes meditation and monastic life.
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Vipassana or insight meditation is a clear awareness of exactly what is happening as it happens.
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MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana on mindfulness of breathing.
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MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Five Practices to Change Your Mind
Basic Buddhist meditation practices can transform the way you think and the way you view the world. Here, five teachers offer introductory methods for changing your mind—and your life.
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TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
The Dog and the Lion
A brief teaching from a Buddhist monk
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Teachings Meditation Month 2022
Crossing the Ocean
Theravada Buddhist monk Bhante G explains that looking inward to realize the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena is the path to nirvana
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Bhante Gunaratana on Guiding Meditations via Zoom, Daily Mindfulness, and Facing Death
The Theravada Buddhist monk affectionately known as ‘Bhante G’ reflects on the past year and offers advice to new practitioners
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11 Benefits of Loving-Friendliness Meditation
Theravadan Buddhist monk Bhante Gunaratana outlines the ways meditation can benefit our mind and our body—and even our complexion.
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Overcoming Ill Will
How to change the way we interact with those who anger us
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The Seal of Sila
Select wisdom from sources old and new
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