The Robert Beatty Podcast

The Life of The Buddha: Robert Beatty tells the ancient archetypal story of the life of the Buddha.

All cultures have at their core an archetypal and powerful story, or myth. These myths are actually "true" in that they provide maps of the inner life that are relevant thousands of years later. The Buddha was an historical person, who actually walked the earth. His spiritual journey and awakening provide countless points of inspiration to anyone interested meditation and living life fully. Robert Beatty tells this story with inspiration in great depth, with humor and accompanied by varying rhythms on his hand drum, the Middle Eastern Tar. This Dharma talk was given at Breitenbush in Oregon on June 28, 2024.

Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta (Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness and No Enduring Self)

Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta are known as the Three Characteristics of Existence.  Everything that occurs and "exists" since the Great Flash which was the beginning of our universe has these characteristics.  Of course this includes ourselves, our loved ones, our possessions, and achievements.  The Buddha suggested that we use the scientific method and carry out the experiment with ourselves as the object of study: Is anything permanent?  Does anything enduringly satisfy?  Can I find an enduring self? This quest sets us free from clinging and leads us to freedom and contentment. This Dharma talk was from a retreat held in June 2024.

The Five Precepts: The foundation of a happy and productive life

In this podcast, Robert Beatty explains in a simple, down-to-earth fashion, the Buddhist Five Precepts, which are the guidelines for a happy and successful life in the world. The guiding precepts are very simple and powerful understandings of how the world works, and how we can each create a more satisfying life for ourselves and others. This Dharma talk was given at the Portland Insight Meditation Center on July 7, 2024.

Robert Beatty lays out the foundation of awakening: The Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths provide the foundation of the entire Buddhist teaching. By becoming aware of suffering, its cause, its ending, and the way to its ending, we can set ourselves free. This is a very practical undertaking; not a philosophical endeavor.
This talk was given at Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon in June 2024.

A meditation to open the heart to everything right now

This guided meditation by Robert from June 25, 2024, opens our awareness to the fact that consciousness is omnipresent.  One can awaken through seeing, hearing, touching and every sense experience.
The meditation concludes with a vast and all-inclusive loving kindness practice.  
Ajahn Sumedho, an elder Theravadan teacher of Robert says, "In love there is room for everything."

Cherishing life; rest back into the hammock of concentration and mindfulness

Robert  Beatty has been offering morning meditation gatherings since the first week of Covid. This guided meditation from June 24, 2024, invites you to be really awake, and to cherish your life. It begins with two poems: Our Jeopardy, by Thomas Carlile, and, Tomorrow We Are Bones and Ash, by David Budbill  As the meditation progresses Robert invites you to imagine finding a comfortable and inviting hammock in the woods. He guides you to allow your mind to rest as your body would;  an awake and comforting practice time.  

Allowing, Allowing, Allowing.

From June 18, 2024: This is a meditation emphasizing love. In love there is room for everything. Every breath sings the same song; every experience sings the same song. Everything is in constant change.
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Concentration: A guided meditation on one-pointedness of mind

From June 17, 2024: Concentration and mindfulness are known as the "The Wings of Awakening." In concentration one emphasizes returning to the breath, and pays little attention to "the wandering mind," or other "distractions." Concentration does not require a gritting of the teeth, or tensing of muscles. Instead, awareness lands on the training object with the delicacy of a butterfly landing on a flower.  
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Oh Death, a deep dive into mindfulness and awakening

Robert reads the poem "Oh Death," by Gina Puorro. He then guides a deep meditation on awareness and the experience of the wandering mind.

Lovingkindness Meditation from Birth to Death

In this present moment it is possible to use the power of love and mindfulness to go back in time to your birth, and every moment of your life, to bring love compassion and kindness to yourself. You are not limited to the thoughts, feeling, memories and beliefs of this moment. You can help to re-write your history and create the happy present you are really longing for. 

Guided Meditation 1.7.22

The preciousness of this moment

Guided mediation 12.29.21

One Seat Meditation

Recorded 10/21/21

”Seeing, Hearing, Touching” Guided Meditation

Recorded 10/24/21

The mind as ecological system- Cultivating awakening

Recorded 10/18/21