Calm Abiding

67 teachings

Concentration meditation that develops single-pointed stability of mind — the foundation for insight (vipassana) practice.

Calm Abiding (Choedak)

18 teachings
  • Calm Abiding — 01 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Choedak introduces calm abiding meditation in this foundational 45-minute…

  • Calm Abiding — 02 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute talk, Choedak explores the profound symbolism…

  • Calm Abiding — 03 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Choedak teaches the seven-point meditation posture, the physical foundation…

  • Calm Abiding — 04: Posture, Elements, and Breath Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Choedak offers a 21-minute detailed meditation instruction on posture…

  • Calm Abiding — 05 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute talk, Choedak explores the practical art…

  • Calm Abiding — 06 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 18-minute session, Choedak teaches a practical breathing…

  • Calm Abiding — 07 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute talk, Choedak explores calm-abiding meditation through…

  • Calm Abiding — 08 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 43-minute session, Choedak teaches the foundational breath-counting…

  • Calm Abiding — 09 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute talk, Choedak teaches the practical foundations…

  • Calm Abiding — 10 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 32-minute teaching, Choedak walks through the foundational…

  • Calm Abiding — 11 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 40-minute talk, Choedak presents the classical stages…

  • Calm Abiding — 12 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 32-minute teaching, Choedak addresses the five obstacles…

  • Calm Abiding — 13 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute teaching on calm abiding meditation, Choedak…

  • Calm Abiding — 14 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 31-minute teaching, Choedak explores how steady meditation…

  • Calm Abiding — 15 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute teaching, Choedak explores how to work…

  • Calm Abiding — 16 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute talk, Choedak explores calm abiding meditation…

  • Calm Abiding — 17 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 3-minute teaching, Choedak addresses a practical challenge…

  • Calm Abiding — 18 TtT Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 33-minute teaching from 1987, Choedak offers practical…

Calm Abiding Retreat (Geshe Dhawa Gyaltsen)

8 teachings
  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 01 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 46-minute opening session of a calm abiding…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 02 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Geshe Dhawa Gyaltsen outlines the essential conditions and ethical…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 03 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 43-minute teaching, Geshe Dhawa Gyaltsen identifies the…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 04 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 46-minute teaching, Geshe Dhawa Gyaltsen guides practitioners…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 05 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 46-minute session from a 1995 calm abiding…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 06 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 46-minute instruction, Geshe Dhawa Gyaltsen guides practitioners…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 07 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute teaching, Geshe Dhawa Gyaltsen provides foundational…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 08 CAR Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 46-minute session from a three-day retreat, Geshe…

Calm Abiding Retreat (Geshe Pema Tsering)

21 teachings
  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-05 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute commentary, Geshe Pema Tsering opens with…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-05 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The metaphor of earning money — applied to building…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-05 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. What would happen to society if everyone abandoned the…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-05 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute session, Geshe Pema Tsering opens with…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-05 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Using the analogy of remembering a boat's black hull…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-05 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Opening with Lama Tsongkhapa's verse — "renunciation without bodhicitta…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The "enemy hidden in your own house" is Geshe…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 44-minute session from a Calm Abiding Retreat,…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The story of Asaṇga — who spent twelve years…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 44-minute Q&A session from a 2002 calm…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. A shepherd scanning a hillside for both present and…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Opening with Tsongkhapa's verse that even bodhicitta cannot cut…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The ninth mental state — effortless, spontaneous concentration, like…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 45-minute closing session of a Calm Abiding…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Teacher: Geshe Pema Tsering Duration: 8m This transcript was generated using AI speech recognition and correction File: 16 CAR 2002 10 08.mp3 Collection: Audio Recordings…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Opening with the Buddha's three-line summary — "abandon all…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2002-10-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 37-minute talk, Geshe Pema Tsering prepares practitioners…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2003-10-18 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The session opens with the seventh Dalai Lama's image…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2003-10-18 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. "The elephant tied to a post" — mind as…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2003-10-18 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. "Walking alongside a thief who can kill you at…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 2003-10-18 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The image of an elephant tethered to a post…

Calm Abiding Retreat (Khensur Rinpoche)

20 teachings
  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Using a field-and-crop analogy — stones and fallen trees…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-08 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Khensur Rinpoche uses a memorable image in this 49-minute…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-09 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 48-minute session, Khensur Rinpoche focuses on the…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-09 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Using the image of a spy monitoring for intruders,…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-10 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. When the meditating mind swings between excitement and dullness,…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-10 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Khensur Rinpoche opens this 48-minute session by walking through…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-11 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The rope of mindfulness subduing the elephant of the…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-11 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 49-minute session, Khensur Rinpoche uses an irrigation-channel…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-11 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Opening with the claim that a practitioner who knows…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 1990-06-11 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 48-minute session, Khensur Rinpoche works through the…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 01 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Khensur Rinpoche opens this 49-minute first session of a…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 02 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The absence of awareness of death is why ordinary…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 03 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Teacher: Khensur Rinpoche Duration: 5m This transcript was generated using AI speech recognition and correction File: 03 CA 1994 06.mp3 Collection: Audio Recordings — Calm…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 04 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. Khensur Rinpoche opens with the image that body must…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 05 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 13-minute session, Khensur Rinpoche describes what practitioners…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 06 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The wild elephant analogy gives this session its center:…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 07 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. In this 47-minute session, Khensur Rinpoche works through the…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 08 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. A sentry who watches for enemies but cannot fight…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 09 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The lute-string image — strings too tight or too…

  • Calm Abiding Retreat — 10 CA 1994 06 Apr 14, 2026

    Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors. About this talk. The body feeling light as cotton wool, even capable…

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