Wild Heart Meditation Center

In this episode, Andrew lays out the fundamental principles of cultivating compassion. Enjoy!

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildh…

In this episode Katie Burke reads the Satipatthana Sutta, the discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

First Foundation: Mindfulness of Breath and Body

Second Foundation: Mindfulness of Feeli…

Andrew offers some reflections on Impermanence, Change, and Loss & how leaning into these inevitable truths of life can bring about urgency and direction for spiritual practice.

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In this episode, Mikey Noechel discusses the first verse of the Dhammapada and how suffering is made in the mind.

"All dhammas are preceded by the mind.

They governed by the mind and formed by the mind…

In this episode, Andrew discusses the importance of "seeing the goodness" in our lives. The Buddha taught that gratitude and sympathetic joy were important antidotes to misery and jealousy. How can w…

In this episode, Andrew discusses how liberating insight is only developed if we take the time to cultivate the conditions that support it. He also talks about the concept of "sudden awakening, gradu…

In this episode Mikey Noechel discusses the enemies of compassion. The far enemies, which are known as the furtherest things from compassion, are violence and cruelty. The near enemies of compassion …

In this episode Mikey Noechel discusses the four Brahma Viharas, which are also know as the Heart Practices.

Loving Kindness (Metta)

Compassion (Karuna)

Sympathetic Joy (Mudita)

Equanimity (Upekkha)

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Spirit Rock Meditation Center teacher, Tempel Smith, visits Wild Heart Nashville and discusses the power of unconscious habits, and how mindfulness can be an essential tool for uncovering and dismant…

In this episode, Andrew discusses one of the most cliche but perhaps essential aspects of the Buddhist path, letting go. When we hold onto impermanent things, we suffer tremendously. But this means t…

Katie offers a guided meditation of Mudita or sympathetic joy

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org

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In this episode, Andrew discusses the metaphor of the "Realm of the Hungry Ghosts", which in Buddhist cosmology is the realm of an "insatiable thirst" and "longing for more" that is so much the cause…

In this episode, Andrew discusses the practice of Metta, "Loving-Kindness Meditation", as a way of inclining one's practice to reach beyond self-centeredness and into connection with others. This is …

Katie offers a guided meditation on Metta towards self, loved ones, neutral people, difficult people, and all being. 

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashvill…

Borrowing the title, "No Self, No Problem", from author Chris Niebauer's most recent book, Andrew discusses the Buddha's teaching on Anatta, the teaching of "not-self". What happens when we learn to …

If we are interested in living a more wakeful and intentional life, it's important that we consider the elements that serve as the foundation for a spiritual path. The Buddha calls these "The Five Sp…

“People have suffered in one place, so they go somewhere else. When they have suffered there, they run off again. They think they are running away from suffering, but they are not. It goes with them.…

Mikey offers a guided meditation on compassion towards self.

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org

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In this episode Mikey Noechel discusses the story of Angulimala, the serial killer who became a follower of the Buddha. 

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashv…