Imagine You're The Buddha | Ven Canda

Venerable Canda guides us through a gentle guided meditation where we can imagine being the Buddha - being fully contented, sitting under the Bodhi Tree near the river Niranjana in India and being free from all burdens. Patiently observing every experience with full kindness and compassion. Knowing that everything evolves according to its nature. No need to strive anymore - being fully at peace.

Guided meditation from 3 Day New Year Retreat - Between Knowing & The Known 2019.

Transcript

So to begin the meditation I'd like to offer a little visualisation, Imagination, Which you may join in with if you wish. Otherwise just let the words float over your head. Repeat however you wish, Asking your mind what it needs and remembering to put some of your awareness in the space between the knower and the known. How you're relating to your experience. Is it with desire or with letting go, Making peace? Is it with aversion, Irritation, Frustration or loving kindness? Are you pushing your mind, Being too hard, Too forceful? How are you being gentle and compassionate? Keeping some part of the awareness on the way that you relate to whatever arises in your body-mind. So for those who'd like to join in with the visualisation, Imagination, Just settling in to the body, Allowing the body to guide you into this present moment, Becoming aware of the sensations, The way you're sitting. Information on your body, The sense as to whenever you're older, What is the direction So now we're going to imagine that we're sitting outside under a tree. A tree with beautiful heart-shaped leaves by a clean slow flowing river. The river Niranjala in India. A long time ago. Feeling completely at ease. With nothing more to be done. You're a Buddha. Fully enlightened. With nowhere to get to. No regrets. Your heart is completely at peace. Done is what had to be done. You're free. You're sitting just for the sake of sitting. Completely content in this moment. Observing whatever arises with a big compassionate mind. Understanding that everything that arises passes away of its own accord. Just nature doing its thing. Nothing belongs to me. Nothing to control. Nothing to own. Nothing to keep. Imagine how that feels. All the struggles are over. No more fighting with your mind. You're fully, Totally at peace. For the first time in your life you can completely relax. 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Reviews

Thankyou 🙏 A beautiful, simple meditation. It was fascinating to see how imagining myself as the Buddha transformed my experience, bringing so much more compassion and acceptance do all of my experience. I loved the presence of the background noise on the recording, which gave me a sense of meditating in the real world, an alive space with the presence of others, including a rumbling tummy at one point which gave me a smile of recognition, acceptance and shared humanity. This is such a simple guidance but so very profound, teaching me that enlightenment is very much within reach of every one of us. Thankyou, thankyou 😊🙏

Oh so lovely. Lots of nice quiet pauses. Your voice is so kind. Metta and thank you! ☮️💖🙏🖖🪷