PODCAST · religion
Modern Monk.ey
by Aatik Chopra
Ancient wisdom transmitted to a modern world, featuring 1) dharma talks and 2) guided meditations, both by yours truly.
Episodes
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Dharma Talk - Letting Life Breathe
Recorded in Feb 2022. From my adventure for two weeks solo-backpacking around The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica.
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Soundscape - Morning Waves of Playa Chiquita
I'm walking along Playa Chiquita for the first time in the morning, mesmerized by its rhythm. A resource to be used for meditation, reflection, or while working away on something. Recorded in Feb 2022. From my adventure for two weeks solo-backpacking around The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica.
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Dharma Talk - What Expectation are you Clinging To?
A resource to be used for meditation, reflection, or while working away on something. Recorded in Feb 2022. From my adventure for two weeks solo-backpacking around The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica.
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Soundscape - Bike Home Thru the Jungle
I'm biking back home during sunset, to my hostel in Manzanillo from Playa Punta Uva and the howler monkeys are doing their thang. A resource to be used for meditation, reflection, or while working away on something. Recorded in Feb 2022. From my adventure for two weeks solo-backpacking around The...
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Soundscape - 5:30am from the Puerto Viejo Guesthouse
I recorded this at 5:30am from my guesthouse in Puerto Viejo town. The animals were going crazy -- no need for an alarm this whole trip. What caught my ear were the variety of birds, and how soothing it was to listen to. At the end of the audio, you hear my host and another guest looking for me…
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Meditation 7 - Intro to Metta
An introduction to Metta (loving-kindness) meditation. aatikchopra.com/meditation7
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Meditation 6 - We Cannot Control The Sounds
We cannot control the origin or disappearance of sounds. aatikchopra.com/meditation6
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Meditation 5 - Awareness of Hearing
An intro to using our sense of hearing as an object of meditation. aatikchopra.com/meditation5
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Dharma Talk - The "P" in "Pandemic" stands for Preparation
aatikchopra.com/pandemic-preparation The pandemic was a new, exciting change at one point very early on. The possibilities were unique and refreshing, despite the terribleness that came along with COVID-19. Many of us, including myself, have fooled ourselves in thinking that the pandemic was...
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Meditation 4 - Practicing Our Practice
Here, we practice what we've learned in the past few sessions on the awareness of breathing. aatikchopra.com/meditation4
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Meditation 3 - Reprogramming
Realizing you're lost in thought is the true goal of meditation, if there is any. Catching yourself thinking about something is the act that creates options for you in your life -- to remain lost in thought or to become present -- but without the awareness of thought in the first place, you…
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Meditation 2 - Ripples in a Pond
Awareness of and stretching out the inhalation and exhalation. aatikchopra.com/meditaiton2
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Dharma Talk - New Year, Same Possibilities
the difference between a wish and a goal; how every moment holds a world of possibilities; radical accountability. aatikchopra.com/new-year
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Dharma Talk - The Gas Station Attendant
Treating strangers as loved ones is something we have heard before. But treating loved ones as strangers, such as a gas attendant, is less common yet the same equation. Gas Station Attendant = Loved One. aatikchopra.com/gas-station-attendant
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Dharma Talk - Are You Running Away?
There are 2 phases for creating stillness examined in this dharma talk. Phase 1: acknowledge you're running; Phase 2: find out what you're running from. Music in background: An Opening by East Forest. aatikchopra.com/running-away
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Meditation 1 - Basic Breath
awareness of breathing. aatikchopra.com/meditation1
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Welcome to a New Iteration
This trailer is for season 4 of the Modern Monk.ey podcast, which has seen podcast name and concept changes over the last 4 seasons, but that's what seasons (more broadly speaking) are for, right? www.aatikchopra.com/trailer
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Essay #4 - Ebb & Flow of Energy
https://aatikchopra.com/ebbandflow/
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Essay #3 - Understanding Faith
https://aatikchopra.com/faith/
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Essay #2 – The Fruits of Practice
https://aatikchopra.com/practice/
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Essay #1 – Appreciating Suffering
https://aatikchopra.com/suffering/
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Mindful Mornings #2—Spiritual Analysis of Soul by Disney-Pixar, Why to Turn Down a Job, Add-On to Meditation Practice
https://aatikchopra.com/mindfulmornings2
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Mindful Mornings #1—How Meditation Fits into my Relationship, Choosing Joy, Importance of Metta
https://aatikchopra.com/mindfulmornings1
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Conversation #3—Corporate Life Rooted in Gratitude—Mark Radhakrishnan
https://aatikchopra.com/markradha
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Conversation #2—Everybody Needs a Tribe—Mike Shaheen
https://aatikchopra.com/mikeshaheen/
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Conversation #1—Circle of Shared Prosperity—Jessie Duffy
https://aatikchopra.com/jessieduffy/
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Ancient wisdom transmitted to a modern world, featuring 1) dharma talks and 2) guided meditations, both by yours truly.
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Aatik Chopra
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