12/16/20 - Bowing to our Blessings: The Spiritual Foundations of Generosity & Gratitude | Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof Podcast

12/2/20 - Foundations of Well-Being: Celebration, Gratitude and Reverence: In this week’s episode we explore why learning to celebrate the goodness in ourselves and the world is important in facilitating personal growth and awakening. We discuss the relationship between celebration and the cultivation of gratitude and look ... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

33 min listen

10/14/20 - The Second Foundation – Part 2: Worldly and Unworldy Feelings: This week we talk about the powerful distinction the Buddha makes between feelings that arise from sense door contact that keep us bound in stress, discontent and suffering and feelings that arise directly from our spiritual practice. This topic is i... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

53 min listen

11/18/20 - The 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 1: The Karma of Thoughts & Emotions: In this week's talk we explore some basic differences between Buddhist frameworks and Western psychology when it comes to understanding the nature of thoughts and emotions. In particular, we draw attention to how Buddhist frameworks emphasize process... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

38 min listen

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 ins... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

95 min listen

7/22/20 The Power of Presence Part 1: Doorway to the Past, Gateway to the Future: This is the first part of a four-part series on the power of presence. In this talk we reviewed the various ways that mindfulness can be used to enter the present moment as a dynamic way of changing our relationship with both the past and future. By ... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

36 min listen

11/11/20- The Sacred Practice of Renunciation: Part 2 – Letting Go On The Path: What does it really mean to let go? What exactly are we letting go of and what do we get in return? This week we complete our series by exploring how the activities of mindfulness, loving kindness, and a commitment to precepts are actually practices ... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

40 min listen

3/31/21 - Mindfulness & Insight Part 3: How Exactly is the Present Moment Created?: This week we discuss the incredible creative power of the heart-mind to bring together the raw material of the present moment in order to give us a sense of self, a sense of the world, and the feeling of becoming. The Buddha refers to this creative a... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

44 min listen

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 y... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

52 min listen

10/28/20 - The Sacred Practice of Renunciation: Part 1 – Trading Up for Happiness: On this week’s podcast we explore the cultural and spiritual inheritance of views that often discourage us from fully participating in the practice of renunciation. We discuss the misunderstandings and myths about the nature of freedom in hopes of le... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

40 min listen

11/4/20 - Guided Meditation: Recollecting our Shared Humanity: This week we had a unique meeting due to the United States national election. Instead of a formal Dharma talk, as a group we shared our experiences about using mindfulness during this time. For the sake of privacy this episode only contains the guide... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

33 min listen

3/17/21 - Mindfulness & Insight Meditation Part I: Beginner's Mind, Biased Mind: In this week's episode we begin a series exploring the similarities and differences between the ancient Buddhist practice of Insight Meditation and the modern version of Mindfulness Meditation. In particular we explore an overview of the many biase... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

43 min listen

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 unconsci... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

48 min listen

1/13/21 - The Triple Gem Part 1: A Brief History of Buddhist Bling: In this week’s episode we explore both the history and practical aspects of the ancient ritual of taking refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. We discuss how this ritual evolved out of pre-Buddhist culture and then supported meditators for several tho... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

33 min listen

4/7/21 - Fabricating our Reality Part 1: Self-creation Through Body Awareness: This week we explore how the heart-mind unconsciously creates a sense of self through the interaction between awareness, body posture, breath, and energy movement. We then practice how to engage in the Buddhist practice of Bodily Fabrication to gain ... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

78 min listen

10/21/20 - The Second Foundation – Part 3: Happiness Beyond the Sense Doors: In this week’s talk we explore the aspiration to cultivate pleasure that is not dependent on sensual experience and discuss the transformative power of the deeper nourishing pleasures that are the rewards of wisdom, generosity, loving kindness, conce... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

44 min listen

5/12/21 - Suffering and its End: What Healing Can We Expect from the Dharma?: What personal, spiritual and psychological change can we expect from meditation practice and how long will it take to get there? Is the Dharma designed to heal things like acute trauma, formal mental health conditions and systemic suffering? What is... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

51 min listen

7/15/20 - Grief & Loss during the pandemic: Healing Lessons from the Dharma: We are living through an unprecedented time of loss. Loss of jobs, loss of health, loss of connection and belonging, loss of confidence and loss of trust just to name a few. It is an ideal time for deep self-reflection and much needed self-compassio... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

43 min listen

12/23/20 - Bowing to our Blessings Part 2: Caring Comes with a Cost: This week we continue our exploration of generosity and gratitude by directing our attention to the shadow side of opening our hearts to others. This often-ignored topic is extremely important for a skillfully engaged Dharma. Whether you are caring f... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

44 min listen

5/19/21 - Inner work vs Outer Work: Is pursuing my own liberation selfish?: In this week's episode we explore how to successfully balance our practice between meditation time on the cushion and engaged activity in the world. Specifically we frame this discussion in light of the Buddhist idea of skillful effort, beginner's mi... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

55 min listen

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 agin... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

87 min listen

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 su... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

50 min listen

5/5/21 - Misunderstandings, Misconceptions & Missteps on the Path: Why is it that mindfulness practice and spiritual development can be so challenging? What is it about the human heart-mind that makes giving up harmful habits so difficult. Why is it that we struggle to let go of unhealthy relationships and harmful w... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

40 min listen

7/29/20 - The Power of Presence Part 2: The First Noble Truth: This is the second part of a four-part series on the power of presence. In this week’s talk we continue the second part of our journey by exploring how comprehending the First Noble Truth of Suffering is a challenging but necessary step on the road t... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

43 min listen

What Exactly Is Buddhism?: What is Buddhism? Many of us have come from some very negative or challenging experiences with organized religion and the idea of religion can be quite difficult and complicated. Gregory talks about our cultural ideas around spirituality, religion,... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

46 min listen

9/14/22 - Dukkha, Karma, and The Transcendent Inner Life: The Buddha stated to be a good student of the Dharma one must have the qualities of observation and truthfulness. Most especially, an awareness and understanding of how our karmic actions fabricate both happiness and suffering. Gregory chats about ... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

51 min listen

1/20/21 - The Triple Gem Part 2: Safety & Security in Buddha, Dharma & Sangha: This week we explore the traditional instructions related to taking refuge while clarifying some common misunderstandings. We also discussed how taking refuge in Dhamma can lessen doubt, and the historical importance of having awakened beings in 'Ide... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

37 min listen

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3/3/21 - The Lessons of 2020 Part 2: Skillful Speech with Special Guest Doyle Banks: Gregory talks skillful speech with NVC facilitator and fellow Dharma teacher Doyle Banks. About Doyle: Doyle Banks is an authorized Dharma teacher in the lineage of Ruth Denison and the vipassana (Insight Meditation) tradition of Buddhist meditation.... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

55 min listen

5/27/20 - The Present Moment is the Doorway to Freedom (with Guided Meditation and Practical Techniques): 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... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

91 min listen

6/24/20 - Mindfulness, Ardency, and Alertness: Basics of Vipassana: 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... by Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

44 min listen

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12/16/20 - Bowing to our Blessings: The Spiritual Foundations of Generosity & Gratitude

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