Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

10/7/20 - The Second Foundation - Part 1: Finding Freedom in Feelings

In this talk we explore how the Buddha saw pleasant, unpleasant and neutral  emotion and body sensations as the ground of all thoughts, views and complex mental states. We consider ways that these sensations can be turned against us to cause unconscious harm to ourselves and others and we explore the importance of being able to make direct contact with these sensations with mindfulness in order to decrease suffering.  

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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9/30/20 -The Wisdom of Impermanence (Includes Guided Meditation)

This recording is from the Wednesday Wake-Up group meeting on Zoom.  It has been edited for clarity and time.

Guided Meditation is at the beginning, to skip to talk, start at 37 min 12 sec.

In this talk we explore how the Buddha uses the fact of aging and dying as a path to bringing deeper honesty, authenticity and freedom to our day to day lived experience. We also discuss how to frame the context of death so it becomes an inspiring and welcoming topic of spiritual reflection rather than the taboo subject we are accustomed to. Talk includes suggestions on how to successfully incorporate elements of death contemplation into meditation practice.  

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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9/23/20 - 32-Body Part Meditation Part 2 (Includes Talk and Guided Meditations)

This week's talk provides a highly detailed explanation of how to successfully engage in this famous but often undervalued meditation practice. We explore how to use this practice to explore the wisdom of impermanence, suffering and not-self. The instructions include how to combine both verbal and mental fabrication to create a concentrated balance between visualization and contemplation work to gain deeper experience in your sits. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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9/16/20 - The Hinderance of Worry (Includes Opening Meditation)

This recording includes the opening guided meditation.  If you would like to skip it and head direct to the Dharma talk, skip to 36 min, 23 sec in.  

In this talk, we explore how to use the wisdom of wise view, not-self and Sangha as tools to manage and liberate ourselves from the suffering caused by worry.  

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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32-Part Body Meditation - Part 1 - (Guided Meditation Only, No Dharma talk)

A guided meditation that walks you through the steps of how to use the first parts of 'hair, nails and teeth' as objects of concentration to explore suffering, impermanence and not-self. (See episode 9/2/20 if you are interested in this with the Dharma Talk, this is for those who just want the guided meditation.)

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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9/2/20 - 32-Part Body Meditation -Part1- with Guided Meditation

This week's podcast includes a short overview of the 32-body part meditation followed by an in depth guided meditation that walks you through the steps of how to use the first parts of 'hair, nails and teeth' as objects of concentration to explore suffering, impermanence and not-self. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

8/26/20 - The Elemental Self: The Earth, Wind, Fire & Water Within

This week’s talk is a primer on the 32-body part meditation. We talked about various ways to use the traditional 4 elements as meditative objects and engaged in a 20-minute guided elemental meditation.   

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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8/19/20 - Why are we Meditating? (Includes guided meditation with Metta practice)

Without a clear understanding of how meditation works it is very easy to get side tracked or lost in our practice. When this happens meditation can quickly become routine, boring and dare we say, mindless. In this week’s talk we discuss how to keep your practice on track by gaining a deeper understanding of what skills you are developing, how healing and growth takes place in meditation and how heart/mind qualities are awakened during practice.  This talk includes a special guided body scan meditation and instructions on how to engage in Metta with full-body awareness.   

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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8/12/20 - The Power of Presence Part 4: Breathing out the past, Breathing in the future

Today we conclude our 4-part series exploring how we can access the interconnectedness of the past, present and future to free ourselves from stress and suffering while planting seeds of joy and awakening. In this episode we specifically explore the myth and drawbacks of the stereotypical ‘going with the flow’ framework and discuss ways to harness the power of intention, wakefulness, aspiration and fabrication to open the future to the grand possibility of our own imagining. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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8/5/20 - The Power of Presence Part 3: The Healing Wisdom of Karma, Not-Self & Equanimity

This is the third part of a four-part series on the power of presence. In this week's talk we explore how to use the insights of Karma, Not-Self, and Equanimity as tools to heal the hurt from our past and how to increase the speed of this healing by changing our relationship with the past by letting go of grudges and resentment. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.