Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

In American culture, freedom is often defined by going with the flow – full spontaneity, no calendars, no rules, no goals.  In B…

This episode, Gregory begins a new series on Skillful Ways to Evaluate your Practice adapted from Gil Fronsdal.

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Den…

Visualization practices continued!  On today's podcast, Gregory talks about the Tibetan practice of Tonglen, and compares / contrasts it to metta (loving-kindness) practices.  Includes a guided Tongl…

This week, Gregory continues his talk about visualization meditation practices.  He includes practical examples of it being used commonly in day to day life, how it produces demonstrable success, and…

This week, Gregory reviews mental fabrications and visualization practices. Visualization is not just about what you see!  This is a great episode for gaining a greater understanding of perception, s…

Meditation Teacher, Nonprofit founder, and published author Caverly Morgan joins Gregory in studio to chat mindfulness, activism, spirituality and her new book, The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Fre…

This week, Gregory continues his thread on Discernment.  He goes over characteristics of a mind in delusion, and takes folks through an exercise of inquiries to notice, reflect, and think differently…

This week Gregory starts a new series on Discernment.  Mindfulness is not just noticing what IS present, but noticing what is also NOT present.  What happens after mindfulness?  Find out in this week…

The four noble truths are what give "appropriate attention" its meaning.  Learn all about how appropriate attention functions in your practice and its connection to mindfulness and developing wisdom …

This week Gregory chats about heedfulness in meditation practice, and its opposite - complacency.  He also connects the cousin of heedfulness, investigation (enlightenment factor) and ardency to succ…

Gregory continues his chat about prerequisites for the 8-fold path and qualities attributed to a good student of the Dharma.  Today's talk provides encouragement for the journey through a review of S…

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 …

The Buddha cited truthfulness as being a significant requisite on the path of practice.  How are we truthful with others?  How are we truthful with ourselves?  What are our blind spots and how can we…

This week we have a special guest teacher, Gary Sanders of Boundless Heart Dharma.  (Follow him on Instagram @boundlessheartdharma.)

Gary gives a lively and insightful talk that combines helpful medi…

Gregory brings in a bit of Buddhist history and a modern-day context to understanding the Noble Eightfold Path.

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Den…

Gregory concludes his series on the aggregates with one of the most challenging to understand: the consciousness aggregate.  

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher fro…

100th Episode!!

Gregory chats about fabrication, sankharas/formations, and the connection to full freedom from suffering.  

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from …

Gregory does a brief chat about fabrication, an aggregate review, and guides a body scanning meditation. Meditation starts at 15:31 and runs about 40 minutes.

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How do we relate to the objects of craving?  How do we work with sensuality, desire, and attraction within the framework of the body?  Gregory chats about bodily contemplations and their relationship…