The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Jaya Rudgard's Dharma Talks at Gaia House
Jaya Rudgard
Jaya Karen Rudgard began meditating in the 1980s and practiced for eight years as a nun in the Theravada tradition with Ven. Ajahn Sumedho. A graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training, she teaches insight meditation and mindfulness in the UK and internationally.
2022-06-23 Dharma Talk 53:30
The five khandhas of form, feeling, perception, sankharas and consciousness and their similes. Perspectives that support letting go.
Gaia House Creative, Living Dharma: practising with the similes of the Buddha
2022-06-23 Morning Instructions 25:48
Mindfulness of mind states.
Gaia House Creative, Living Dharma: practising with the similes of the Buddha
2022-06-21 Dharma Talk 46:59
Images of the practice: the metaphors of the path, the stream the raft and the garden. How different images contribute to our understanding of what we are doing.
Gaia House Creative, Living Dharma: practising with the similes of the Buddha
2022-06-21 Morning Instructions 56:41
Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) and the simile of the wood turner: how we relate to our meditation object.
Gaia House Creative, Living Dharma: practising with the similes of the Buddha
2022-04-09 Dharma Talk : Passivity and Activity 30:09
What are we doing on retreat, and why? Reflections on how times of retreat are relevant to the whole of our life.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites
2022-04-07 Instructions & Lightly Guided Meditation 51:03
Feeling tone (vedana), reactivity and spaciousness.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites
2022-04-06 Dharma Talk: The Experience of "Selfing" - Finding a Middle Way. 45:35
How can we navigate through the extremes we encounter in experiencing and perceiving "ourself"? Can we let all parts belong, none of it ‘me’ or ‘not me’ ?
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites
2022-04-06 Instructions & Guided Meditation 53:01
Softening the mind's tendency to polarise: the cultivation of friendliness and good will as an antidote to reactivity.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites
2021-09-07 Loving Kindness (Metta) Practice - Radiating to the Ten Directions 44:59
Gaia House
2021-08-07 Dharma Talk: Karma and Finding a Purpose in the Chaos of Life 49:12
Gaia House Inside-outside: the mystery of I, me, mine

Creative Commons License