4.9 RECOLLECTION OF THE PURE ABODES Guided Meditation - Lifting the Mind (YOUTH DHAMMA SESSION)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Another session to accompany the third module in the Youth Dhamma Gradual Teachings series looking into Buddha's Gradual Instructions to Lay People on the HEAVENLY REALMS (saggakathaṁ).   In this session, we do a GUIDED MEDITATION together - RECOLLECTING THE NOBLE BEINGS IN THE PURE ABODES (suddhāvāsa). We recollect their conviction, virtuous behaviour, learning, generosity and wisdom to be reborn in the highest of the heavenly realms. We bring to mind the noble beings we have heard of from the Buddha's teachings, and we deepen the meditation by recollecting they have attained path and fruit of non-return and path and fruit of arahantship and developed noble qualities.   This meditation is particularly helpful:  - when we feel low in mind energy  - when the conditions appear challenging  - when we feel we need protection and safety  - when we need to study or sit for exams  - when we want to improve our memory and retention  - when we need to face challenges at work, home and in the community   - when we want to learn, practise and understand Buddha Dhamma **It will help lift the mind, brighten it, make it happy and safe - so the mind can concentrate more easily, focus, and retain what's needed to be retained.**   We can apply this meditation as we go about our daily lives and in all postures (sitting, walking, standing, wakefully lying down) If you have any questions or comments regarding this talk, please email them to suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com or leave a voicemail message via anchor.fm A VIDEO of this GUIDED MEDITATION has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlcplcYFEQ AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai