I Love You Keep Going with George Haas

George takes a detour from the Vipassana exploration to discuss the history of addiction in the USA, and how it connects to meditation practice. Captured live on 11/19/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

George reads from his new book "The Lower Manhattan Dormitory Effect" - a recollection of downtown life in New York City in the late 70s and early 1980s reflected on from here in LA: 2020. Order this beautiful book featuring photos and writings from George Haas at mettagroup.org/lowermanhattan.

George continues his deep dive into Vipassana meditation exploring what it means to examine the self and the world in practice. Captured live on 11/12/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

George continues his exploration of Vipassana meditation with a deep dive into the three marks of existence: impermanence (aniccā), non-self (anattā) and unsatisfactoriness or suffering (duḥkha). Captured live on 11/5/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

George explains the technique of Vipassana meditation using see, hear, feel practice applying focus in and focus out. Captured live on 10/29/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

This talk explores Vipassana meditation techniques and how touching into the sensory experience can tap into the nature of how we form self and world. Captured live on 10/22/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

In this recording, George explores compassion practice for all sentient beings. Captured live on 10/15/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

George breaks down compassion practice for "difficult people" and shares a story about how a teacher in Myanmar was more blunt and explained how Americans are reluctant to describe people as "enemies."  Captured live on 10/8/20 Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

Compassion practice, in the Buddhist sense, means turning toward the suffering experience of someone else and being willing to hold that experience. George breaks down the different models for empathy and how it relates to Buddhist vs. Western thinking. Captured live on 9/24/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.

George returns to the original text of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta to explain the dhammas,  the original elements of the Buddhist teachings. Captured live on 8/27/20 Learn more about our offerings at mettagroup.org. If you would like to develop or support your practice, consider joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup.