The Buddha teaches meditation to Ananda

Meditation Methods: an overview from the Girimānanda Sutta by the abbot of Empty Cloud Monastery, New Jersey (Buddhist Insights @ Empty Cloud), streamed live July 26, 2023. American Theravada Buddhist monk Bhante Suddhaso gives an overview of ten meditation methods presented in a sutra delivered to Girimananda on the occasion of Ananda's illness.

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