Wild Heart Meditation Center
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsWild Heart Meditation Center's podcast offers an assortment of talks given on topics as they relate to Buddhist practice. Wild Heart teachers Andrew Chapman & Rev. Mikey Noechel, along with other group facilitators share their experience with Buddhist practice, specifically offering practical teachings and instructions for our everyday, ordinary, lives.
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Episodes
The Paramis - Truthfulness
September 02, 2021 18:27 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBAndrew continues a series of talks on the Paramis - The 10 Perfections of the Heart, speaking on the topic of Truthfulness. Enjoy!
Mindfulness of The Body
August 25, 2021 14:09 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk on the first foundation of mindfulness, mindfulness of the body. He presents specifically what is outlined in the Satipatthana Sutta. First foundation of mindfulness: Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was living in the Kurus, at Kammasadamma, a market-town of the Kuru people. Then the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus as follows: "This is the only way, O bhikkhus, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow an...
The Paramis - Effort & Energy
August 18, 2021 21:12 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this episode, Andrew continues the series of talks on the 10 Paramis, discussing the topic of "Effort & Energy". It's said that the Buddha taught about effort more than any other topic in his Noble Eightfold Path, which is likely because of how essential it is for the development of wisdom and compassion, as well as the nuance of how to cultivate energy without becoming rigid or falling into the other extreme of lethargy or complacency.
Wise Mindfulness- Samma Sati
August 11, 2021 14:34 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel explores the 7th factor of the eightfold path which is wise mindfulness.
The Paramis - Renunciation
August 04, 2021 18:38 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode, Andrew continues a series of talks on the 10 Paramis (The 10 Perfections), discussing the topic of "Renunciation". Enjoy!
Wise Intention- Samma Sankappa
July 28, 2021 14:04 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel introduces the second factor of the eightfold path, wise intention. He specifically outlines the 3 wise intentions, renunciation, non-harming, and good will. Enjoy!
The Paramis - Generosity
July 21, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBAndrew begins a series of talks on the 10 Paramis, starting with generosity. Generosity was often the very first teaching that the Buddha would give to folks interested in starting their spiritual search. In this talk, we discuss why the focus of service and generous giving is so essential to the Buddhist path.
Right View- Samma Ditthi
July 14, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk on the first factor of the eightfold path, which is right view. He specifically discusses the view of karma and the four noble truths.
Guided Meditation- Compassion For All Beings
July 12, 2021 17:51 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on compassion for all beings. We begin with wishing compassionate phrases to a friend, then towards ourselves, then towards a neutral person, then a difficult person and finally to all beings everywhere. Compassion meditation phrases we use are: May you be open with the pain and difficulties in your life. May you care for the pan and difficulties you in your life. You be free from suffering.
Spring Retreat - Day 6 - The Path
July 07, 2021 21:10 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBOn the final night of the Spring Retreat, Andrew & Mikey discuss the Noble Eightfold Path. Enjoy!
Spring Retreat - Day 5 - The Flower Sermon
June 30, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBOn the fifth night of the Spring Retreat, Mikey offers a talk on the "Flower Sermon". He highlights the importance of the simple, experiential wisdom, that comes from being fully attentive to the here and now.
Spring Retreat - Day 4 - The Five Hindrances
June 23, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBOn the 4th evening of the WH Spring Retreat, Andrew offers a talk on the Five Hindrances. These five visiting tendencies that obscure the luminous mind - craving, aversion, lethargy, restlessness, and doubt. Enjoy!
Spring Retreat - Day 3 - Angulimala
June 16, 2021 22:47 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBOn the third night of the recent Wild Heart residential retreat, Mikey tells the story of Angulimala. A story of pain, suffering, and confusion, as well as, a story of redemption, forgiveness and great compassion. Enjoy!
Spring Retreat - Day 2 - The Way to the End of Suffering
June 09, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBOn the second night of WH's Spring Retreat, Andrew offers a talk on "The Way to the End of Suffering". He shares personal reflections, the life story of the Buddha, and offers a teaching on the 4 Noble Truths.
Spring Retreat - Day 1 - Happiness in the Here & Now
June 02, 2021 17:21 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBFrom the recent, Wild Heart Spring Retreat, at Heartwood Refuge in North Carolina, Mikey offers a talk on "Happiness in the Here & Now" on the first night of the retreat. He speaks to the difference between "Hedonic Happiness" and "Genuine Happiness" and the importance of finding a type of contentment that comes from relating to the world with wisdom and compassion, instead of trying to attain happiness through worldly pursuits.
Minisode: The Buddha's Advice To His Son
May 19, 2021 15:23 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel discusses MN 62 "The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula". This discourse can be viewed here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.062.than.html
Guest Teacher, Martine Batchelor, "Renunciation: Breaking free from habits"
May 12, 2021 21:27 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBGuest Teacher, Martine Batchelor, joins us to talk about renunciation. She talks about breaking free from habits, not just our behavioral habits, but our mental habits of reactivity. Enjoy!
Sukkha, Otherworldly Happiness
May 05, 2021 13:36 - 25 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode Kit Canlas offers a talk on sukkha or otherworldly happiness.
Obstacles Are The Path
April 28, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this episode, Andrew reflects on the five hindrances - sensual desire, aversion, lethargy, restlessness, and doubt - and how, if given adequate attention, they are noble companions in the development of wisdom and compassion.
Loving Kindness & Addiction Recovery (talk and meditation)
April 21, 2021 13:25 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on loving kindness for addiction recovery. Mikey explores how loving kindness can be used as a method to approach addiction as well as how to develop a recovery support community. Loving Kindness phrases: May you be filled with loving kindness May you be well May you be peaceful and at ease May you be happy
The Highest Happiness
April 14, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBThere is the happiness of temporary satisfaction that comes from worldly pursuit - sensory pleasure, material gain, praise, validation, and acknowledgment - and then there is the happiness that comes from the removal of craving and clinging to the world - being at peace within oneself. The Buddhist path aims towards the highest happiness. Andrew discusses "The Highest Happiness" in this episode.
Equanimity- Living In The Middle (Talk & Meditation)
April 07, 2021 13:49 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on equanimity. Equanimity is the quality of living in the middle of life's extremes of pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and ill repute.
Minisode: Mindfulness & The 3 Skills
March 31, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode, Andrew talks about "why" we practice mindfulness. Adopted from Shinzen Young's teaching, Andrew offers a description of some of the basic skills that we develop through a daily mindfulness practice - focus, sensory clarity, & equanimity.
Compassion For The Devil
March 24, 2021 16:59 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel discusses ways to meet Mara or difficult mind states with compassion.
Guest Teacher - Chris Benitez - Imposter Syndrome
March 17, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode, guest teacher, Chris Benitez from Albuquerque Insight Meditation Center discusses "Imposter Syndrome". Enjoy!
Guided Meditation- The Five Remembrances
March 15, 2021 22:28 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn the episode Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation of the five remembrances which are: I am subject to aging, have not gone beyond aging. I am subject to illness, have not gone beyond illness. I am subject to death, have not gone beyond death. I will grow separate from all that is dear to me. I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, to that will I fall heir. The phrases we...
Buddhism & Recovery Interview: Dave Smith & Andrew Chapman
March 10, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThis is a special episode from the Buddhist Recovery Podcast with Dave Smith. Andrew's long-time friend and teacher, Dave Smith, interviews him about all things Buddhism and Recovery. enjoy!
Did The Buddha Teach Reincarnation?
March 03, 2021 14:35 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel explores the topics of reincarnation, rebirth, transmigration of the soul and rebirth linking consciousness. This episode is inspired by the Netflix series Surviving Death episode 6 which covers reincarnation. Peace & Love.
Who do you think you are? The Five Aggregates & Not-Self
February 24, 2021 02:53 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this episode, Andrew discusses the essential Buddhist teachings of the Five Aggregates and Anatta ("not-self"). Rather than a philosophical or intellectual undertaking, the Buddha encourages meditators to contemplate the impermanent and impersonal nature of the mind-body process. Through our investigation of the causes and conditions that make up our direct experience, we come to see the nature of reality, that "we" (as people) are not-selfs (I.e. permanent entities that exist as nouns), ...
Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Teaching On Loving Kindness
February 17, 2021 15:51 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIn this episode Mikey Noechel offers a reflection on the Metta Sutta, the Buddha's discourse on loving kindness. Metta Sutta: This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, Straightforward and gentle in speech, Humble and not conceited, Contented and easily satisfied, Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, Not proud or demanding in nature. Let them no...
Minisode: The Backwards Law
February 09, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this minisode, Andrew breaks down Alan Watts teaching on the "Backwards Law: the desire for a more positive experience is a negative experience, and the acceptance of a negative experience is a positive experience." He talks about the cultivation of "equanimity", and how this is developed in a practical way through meditation.
Minisode: Sila & the 5 Precepts
February 03, 2021 02:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis is a Dharma Minisode on Buddhist Ethics and the 5 precepts! We are going to be releasing Dharma talks each week, some of which will be live and some will be shorter recorded talks on a variety of Dharma topics. Enjoy!
Compassion As A Courageous Act
January 24, 2021 18:22 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this episode, Andrew discusses the Buddhist Heart Practice of "Compassion". He speaks about compassion as a "radical act" that comes from letting go of fixing or solving our problems and coming into a space of deeper intimacy with the pain and difficulties that we face in our lives.
Lost in Thought - Breaking the Addiction to the Thinking Mind
December 02, 2020 20:25 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this episode, Andrew speaks on the topic of "Breaking the Addiction to the Thinking Mind". He discusses what happens when we get lost in thought, and how meditation helps us to break out of the repetitive cycle of suffering that comes from getting lost in thought.
The 3 Marks of Existence
December 02, 2020 20:22 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode, Andrew discusses one of the most fundamental Buddhist teachings, "The 3 Marks of Existence": the impermanent, impersonal, and imperfect nature of reality.
WHMC Retreat - Awakening
November 11, 2020 17:04 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBAndrew offers the final dharma talk of the retreat on the topic of "awakening".
WHMC Retreat - Compassion
November 11, 2020 16:54 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBOn the second full day of the retreat, Mikey talks about the practice of self-compassion.
WHMC Retreat - 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness
October 28, 2020 15:29 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBIn this series of talks from the recent WHMC retreat, Andrew offers a talk on the 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness. Enjoy!
WHMC Retreat - Seeing Clearly & Responding Wisely
October 28, 2020 13:58 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIn this series from the recent WHMC retreat, Mikey offers a dharma talk on the topic of "seeing clearly & responding wisely". Enjoy!
WHMC Retreat - Heart Practice Instructions - Metta: Loving Kindness
October 27, 2020 16:51 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBOn the first afternoon of the recent WHMC retreat, Andrew offers an overview and instructions on Metta - loving-kindness meditation.
WHMC Retreat - First Day Instructions - Mindfulness of Breath & Body
October 27, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBIn this series of talks from WHMC's recent residential retreat, Mikey starts off the first morning with instructions on establishing the first foundation of mindfulness - breath and body awareness.
The 7 Factors of Awakening
October 06, 2020 19:06 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBIn this episode, Andrew discusses the 7 factors of awakening: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.
Strong Commitment, Gentle Approach & The Four Great Efforts
September 09, 2020 20:32 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode, Andrew discusses many facets of "Wise Effort"-- the sixth factor of the eightfold path. He talks about the importance of "resolve" and having a strong commitment to spiritual practice. He also details the nuance of developing a "gentle approach" to investigating mind states during meditation, and the difference between discernment v. self-judgement. Finally, he discusses the "Four Great Efforts" as outlined in the Buddha's teaching.
Wise View - The 4 Noble Truths
July 27, 2020 21:47 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBAndrew continues on the theme of "Wise View", speaking on the topic of "The Four Noble Truths".
Wise View - Karma: The Ownership of Action
July 27, 2020 21:33 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBAndrew discusses the first of the eightfold path factors, "Wise View". He discusses the role of meditation in breaking out of habitual patterns of reactivity in our lives.
Guided Meditation- Equanimity (Upekkha)
July 23, 2020 19:22 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on equanimity, or balance between pleasure and pain. I feel you. I know you. I care about you. I appreciate you.
Guided Meditation- Gratitude Towards Self
July 16, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBMikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on gratitude towards self. May I appreciate the joy and happiness I experience. May my happiness and success continue to grow. May I be filled with gratitude.
Guided Meditation -Compassion (Karuna) Towards Self
July 07, 2020 13:23 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBMikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on compassion towards self. May I open up to the pain and difficulties in my life. May I care for the pain and difficulties in my life. May I be free from suffering.
Guided Meditation- Metta Towards Benefactor
July 02, 2020 15:38 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on loving kindness towards a benefactor. May you be at ease. May you be at peace. May you be kind and gentle with yourself. May you be filled with loving kindness.
Wise Action - Embodiment & Engagement
June 29, 2020 17:11 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBAndrew discusses the 4th factor of the Buddha's eightfold path, "Wise Action". In order to bring better clarity to discerning the skillfulness and appropriateness of our behavior, we must first look at Wise View and Intention as a way to challenge the distortions of perception and the aspirational principles that should be guiding our decisions; this lays the foundation for embodying these principles instead of just "believing in them". As we learn to embody principles in our lives, we can m...