Buddhist Meditation with Bodhipaksa

Hi, I’m Bodhipaksa, and I set up Wildmind in 2001 with the help of several friends who offered me their time and technical support when I was a grad student with no financial resources at all. I’m a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, I’ve been a practicing Buddhist since 1982, and I’ve been teaching meditation since the late 1980’s.

I’m the author of Wildmind: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation, a book called Living as a River, which explores the Buddhist teaching of not-self though a traditional reflection on interconnectedness called the Six Element Practice, and Vegetarianism: A Buddhist View, which is a book on Buddhism and the practice of vegetarianism. I’m also the author of ten audiobooks of guided meditations.

In Oct 2012 gave a TEDx talk on compassion.

I was given the name Bodhipakśa when I joined the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1993 (although at that time it…