The Robert Beatty Podcast
These are teachings on Mindfulness and contemporary Buddhism by Robert Beatty. Robert is a Dharma and Meditation teacher in the lineage of Ruth Denison and the founder of Portland Insight Meditation Center. For more info visit www.robertbeatty.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 80
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
"All The World's A Stage, and all the men and women are merely players" Shakespeare
Join us in this insightful episode as we delve into the profound teachings hidden within Shakespeare's timeless words, exploring life as a journey where every individual plays multiple roles. We unco…
Journey Through the Garden of the Heart
This episode begins with a new poem by Hal McCartor read by Robert Beatty. It addresses in the simplest of language the experience of no-self so central to Buddhism.
At 30 minutes Robert guides you …
Embracing Mindfulness and Present Awareness
Join Robert Beatty on a journey into mindfulness and awareness as we explore profound teachings and poetry that illuminate the nature of the mind. Delve into ancient wisdom from Lao Tzu and reflectio…
Embracing the Power of Allowing: A Path to Mindful Freedom
In this episode, Robert Beatty guides us to explore the profound concept of 'allowing' as he begins with reading Dana Foulds poem 'Allow.' The following meditation guides us to embrace all of life's…
Awakening through Seeing, Hearing, Sitting and Touching:
This Guided Meditation by Robert Beatty introduces the listener to the teachings of the Venerable Taungpulu Sayadaw.
Robert spent a week with Ven Taungpulu Sayadaw over 44 years ago. Getting a one w…
An Invitation to Awakening and for Living With the Realities of Life: with music
Atum O'Kane was the founder and director of the Spiritual Guidance Wisdom School. He passed away recently. The first section of this recording is an invocation that came to him while sitting with his…
It Was Like This: You Were Happy a Poem by Jane Hirschfeld
Robert Beatty performs this poem to the original music by Saffire Bouchelion
An exploration of life's constant and utterly out of control nature.
The poles of life alternate and contentment arises fr…
Embracing the Present: A Journey Through Aging, Sickness, Death and Karma
Robert Beatty leads this invocation and Reflection
The Invocation comes from Atum Okane who recently passed away. One day he sat with a group of students for a long time in Padmasambhava's cave in Bh…
Embracing the Present: A Journey into Mindful Awareness
In this enlightening episode, we delve into the essence of meditation, exploring the practice of being fully present in each moment. The episode challenges the common misconception that meditation is…
The Divine Encounter: Reverend Baumgartner's Awakening
In this captivating episode, we delve into the life of Reverend Calvin Baumgartner, a passionate preacher whose Sunday sermons ignite the hearts of his congregation. Known for his heartfelt connectio…
Being Here Recent Poems of Awakening by Hal McCartor
These clear and concise poems bring one to the brink of awakening.
They point to the present moment and the realization that there is experience but no one experiencing.
They are poems about freedo…
Paiin Release Through Love and Compassion
This guided meditation will help the listener find relief from pain. It is particularly useful for pain that is chronic, or difficult to bear. Using the recording teaches one how to approach the exp…
The Extraordinary Rightness of Being
In this meditation, Robert takes the meditator on a guided tour of the various mental phenomena that populate the inner world in meditation; and he gently guides the meditator through an appreciation…
You are already OK.
In this meditation, inspired from a poem by the Indian Hindu sage, Ramana Maharshi, Robert skillfully guides the meditator through the steps of understanding the basic principles of anicca, dukkha an…
Lie Back in the Arms of Love
Love and mindfulness are synonyms. In both of them there is room for everything; nothing is excluded. With awareness of the present moment, it becomes clear that the past is a class of thoughts occur…
A Lifetime of Love and Self Blessing
This guided meditation includes an inner journey back in time to your own birth and childhood. "Let yourself imagine being present at your birth and being the first one to hold the baby. What would…
The Life of The Buddha: Robert Beatty tells the ancient archetypal story of the life of the Buddha.
All cultures have at their core an archetypal and powerful story, or myth. These myths are actually "true" in that they provide maps of the inner life that are relevant thousands of years later. The …
Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta (Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness and No Enduring Self)
Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta are known as the Three Characteristics of Existence. Everything that occurs and "exists" since the Great Flash which was the beginning of our universe has these characteris…
The Five Precepts: The foundation of a happy and productive life
In this podcast, Robert Beatty explains in a simple, down-to-earth fashion, the Buddhist Five Precepts, which are the guidelines for a happy and successful life in the world. The guiding precepts are…
Robert Beatty lays out the foundation of awakening: The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths provide the foundation of the entire Buddhist teaching. By becoming aware of suffering, its cause, its ending, and the way to its ending, we can set ourselves free. This is a ve…