Buddhadharma and Meditation
My Dharma Background
I have been practising the Dharma since 2007, mostly in the Insight Meditation tradition. My primary teacher is Rob Burbea (1965 - 2020), with whom I worked on emptiness and samadhi. I have also practiced in the Dzogchen tradition with Tsoknyi Rinpoche, the Mahasi tradition with Carl Fooks, and the Headless Way with Richard Lang.
Guided Meditations and Dharma Talks
Below are some recordings of Guided Meditations and short Dharma Talks that I have offered at Gaia House’s Online Dharma Hall in my capacity as a Community Dharma Leader (CDL).
These recordings are offered freely in the spirit of dana (generosity). If you would like to ‘pay it forward’ and support me to offer more Dharma in the future, you can do so here: paypal.com/paypalme/andywimbush
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Dhammavicaya and Wonder
10 May 2026
The Buddha lists dhammavicaya - investigation of phenomena - as the second of his Seven Factors of Awakening. In this talk and guided meditation, I explore how we can foster curiosity and wonder by contemplating the unfindability of past and future and through the playful use of a Korean Zen koan: ‘What is this?’
Guanyin: The Bodhisattva of Compassion
4 April 2026
Guanyin is the Chinese version of the Mahayana Bodhisattva of Compassion whose name means ‘the one who listens to the sounds of the world.’ The talk and guided meditation explores how Guanyin can be approached as an inspiring archetype for compassion, as a prompt for an open listening practice, and as a non-dual pointer to the empty and centreless nature of awareness.
In the recordings, I quoted two haiku about Guanyin (referred to here by her Japanese name, Kannon). The English translations are mine.
The first is by Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828)
観音の
あらん限りは
桜かな
Kannon no
aran kagiri wa
sakura kana
wheresoever
in Kannon's boundless dwelling:
cherry blossoms...
The second is by Itō Michiaki (1935–2015)
冴返る
仏に千手
われに二手
sae-kaeru
hotoke ni sente
ware ni ni te
cold snaps back again —
Kannon has a thousand hands,
I have just these two
Appearances
24 May 2025
Intention and the Fantasy of Practice
11 November 2025
The Buddha frequently talks about the power of intention to transform the mind. We can harness this power through a skilful cultivation of ‘fantasy’ about the spiritual path and experiment with viewing our practice in different ways: as a journey of healing, artistry, discovery, service, and even enjoyment.
The Bahiya Sutta
11 November 2025
The Bahiya Sutta is an extremely radical teaching from the early discourses that points directly to the nondual nature of experience, right here, right now.
Welcoming
29 April 2025
According to the Buddha, all appearances are unsatisfactory (dukkha). But then he also says that appearances are ‘the All’, with nothing apart from them. Can we find a refuge that is neither in appearances nor apart from them?
In the Agara Sutta, the Buddha compares bodily experience to a guest house that receives different kinds of visitors: unpleasant, pleasant, and neither. What if we were take this comparison as a meditation instruction and actively welcome all phenomena in a hospitable manner?