Guided Meditations

I have been fascinated by the number of guided meditations and contemplations that Lama Surya Das has embedded in "Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World."

Here is a provisional list and where they start:

Page 021 - "Where to Begin"
Page 049 - "Daily Necessities" (A contemplation)
Page 071 - "Mingling Dharma with Your Daily Life" (A contemplation)

A Daily Meditation:
Page 128 - "Four Transforming Thoughts That Redirect the Mind"

Page 135 - "Visualizing Your World as a Buddha Field"

The Six-syllable Mantra Meditation:
Page 141 - "Om Mani Padme Hung"

Page 162 - "Tonglen Meditation: Exchanging Oneself for Others"
Page 189 - "The Heart Sutra" (A Sutra to Chant)
Page 195 - "Try a Little Silence"
Page 228 - "Meditation on Right Action"
Page 256 - "Contemplating the Possibility of Right Livelihood"

A Meditation on the Four Divine Abodes:
Page 292 - "The Best Place to Live"

Page 299 - "The Mirror of Mindfulness" (A Vajra Song to Contemplate)
Page 312 - "The Three-Stage Meditation

Finding the Natural Mini-meditations in Your Own Life:
Page 318 - "Beach Chair Meditation"

Page 326 - "Living up to Death: A Meditation"
Page 332 - "Dream Yoga: A Meditation"

Concentration Exercises:
Page 340 - "Breath Counting"
Page 343 - "Awareness of Breathing"
Page 345 - "Walking Meditation"
Page 346 - "Walking-Breathing-Synchronization Meditation"
Page 347 - "Standing and Walking Backward Meditation"
Page 348 - "Chewing Meditation/Chew This Over"

Dzogchen Meditations:
Page 358 - "A Rushen Meditation - Discerning Differences"
Page 360 - "Dzogchen Five-Element Meditation"
Page 362 - "Sky-Gazing Meditation"
Page 364 - "Ahhh Meditation"

Visualizations:
Page 367 - "Candle-Flame Concentration/Visualization Meditation"
Page 369 - "Buddha Light Visualization Meditation"

Vajra Song by Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche:
Page 374 - "Free and Easy: A Spontaneous Song"


It would be nice to have these 30 meditations/contemplations in a separate notebook for small group work. Perhaps I'll check Lama Surya's other texts for more contemplative and concentration exercises.