Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof – Details, episodes & analysis

Jhana (and the pleasures of Jhana) are considered a kind of nourishing food for the mind, even being referred to as "the Food of the Gods".  Today, Gregory chats about mantra practice, the pleasures of Jhana, and how to frame your attitude toward meditation and get the most out of your time on the cushion.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

After a hiatus, Gregory is back!  This week, Gregory chats about how to attune and be present in the body, giving practical exercises and helpful guideposts to cultivate your Jhana meditation practice. 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

When learning the Dharma, we may run into things that seem confusing, contradictory, or even paradoxical.  How do we resolve this?  Tune in to this week's podcast where Gregory runs down three wisdom tools of the meditator, and how to cut through confusion to get to the illumination.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

The Dharma is freely given, but if you would like to support this podcast and pay it forward, you can donate and support it HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

On this week’s podcast we explore the cultural and spiritual inheritance of views that often discourage us from fully participating in the practice of renunciation. We discuss the misunderstandings and myths about the nature of freedom in hopes of letting go of the unconscious fears and prejudice that prevent us from receiving the incredible treasures of the spiritual life.

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

In this week’s talk we explore the aspiration to cultivate pleasure that is not dependent on sensual experience and discuss the transformative power of the deeper nourishing pleasures that are the rewards of wisdom, generosity, loving kindness, concentration and letting go. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

This week we talk about the powerful distinction the Buddha makes between feelings that arise from sense door contact that keep us bound in stress, discontent and suffering and feelings that arise directly from our spiritual practice. This topic is important because it speaks to the source of the Buddha’s insight about the nature of his awakening and helps us to conceptualize the experience of enlightenment. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

In this talk we explore how the Buddha saw pleasant, unpleasant and neutral  emotion and body sensations as the ground of all thoughts, views and complex mental states. We consider ways that these sensations can be turned against us to cause unconscious harm to ourselves and others and we explore the importance of being able to make direct contact with these sensations with mindfulness in order to decrease suffering.  

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

This recording is from the Wednesday Wake-Up group meeting on Zoom.  It has been edited for clarity and time.

Guided Meditation is at the beginning, to skip to talk, start at 37 min 12 sec.

In this talk we explore how the Buddha uses the fact of aging and dying as a path to bringing deeper honesty, authenticity and freedom to our day to day lived experience. We also discuss how to frame the context of death so it becomes an inspiring and welcoming topic of spiritual reflection rather than the taboo subject we are accustomed to. Talk includes suggestions on how to successfully incorporate elements of death contemplation into meditation practice.  

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

This week's talk provides a highly detailed explanation of how to successfully engage in this famous but often undervalued meditation practice. We explore how to use this practice to explore the wisdom of impermanence, suffering and not-self. The instructions include how to combine both verbal and mental fabrication to create a concentrated balance between visualization and contemplation work to gain deeper experience in your sits. 

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  

This recording includes the opening guided meditation.  If you would like to skip it and head direct to the Dharma talk, skip to 36 min, 23 sec in.  

In this talk, we explore how to use the wisdom of wise view, not-self and Sangha as tools to manage and liberate ourselves from the suffering caused by worry.  

Gregory Maloof follows the traditional Buddhist practice of not charging for teachings.  If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate Dana here

Gregory is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.