Meditating While Listening To Talks

TehGuezt

I love listening to The Buddhist Society WA video talks and was wondering if I could meditate even though I'm listening to them.

Namaste

ShiftPlusOne

I suppose it can be a form of mindfulness. I would still continue with normal meditation though.

Anupassī

Thanissaro Bhikkhu gives talks to be listened to specifically during meditation. I feel that's an even better choice!

http://www.dhammatalks.org/

TehGuezt

I mean, I heard one monk say he put a talk into a tiny MP3 player and meditated while listening to it.

I dunno. I will always practice normally, but I need something to keep my attention in a way I suppose.

Jason

Thanissaro Bhikkhu gives talks to be listened to specifically during meditation. I feel that's an even better choice!

http://www.dhammatalks.org/

I second this. Thanissaro usually gives a talk during the beginning of a meditation session, which lasts for about 15 minutes, and then the rest of the period is sat in silence.

TehGuezt

Wow, it's amazing how well the Thanissaro talks worked. It was calming and he used nice pauses to givem myself moments to come to the breath.

LesC

Do you have a link for these talks?

Jason

Do you have a link for these talks?

Yes, it was given by Anupassī above:

Thanissaro Bhikkhu gives talks to be listened to specifically during meditation. I feel that's an even better choice!

http://www.dhammatalks.org/

buddhajunkie

Thanissaro Bhikkhu gives talks to be listened to specifically during meditation. I feel that's an even better choice!

http://www.dhammatalks.org/

Are all/most of these talks designed for starting meditation, or is there a special section/designation?

thanks!

Jason

Are all/most of these talks designed for starting meditation, or is there a special section/designation?

thanks!

Yes, but these ones especially so.

Brigid

Thanks, Jason.

I didn't have that link to the Basics Collection and it's going to be very useful to me. I appreciate it.