In this recording, Brother Phap Man offers the meditation from Chapter 2, Exercise 1, of The Blooming of a Lotus (2009). Here we are invited to return to our breath before contemplating ourselves as a flower, mountain, still water and space - connecting to the associated qualities of freshness, solidity, reflection and freedom.
This is the longer, 20-minute version of this meditation, with extended pauses between gathas. For a shorter, 5-minute edition, click here.