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Welcome to Zen Bites, a series of discussions on Zen Buddhism, mindfulness, comparative spirituality and psychology. Zen Bites features Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson and mindfulness-based psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia.
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Transcending Mindfulness 11: Objects of Meditation
Episode 11
Tuesday, 28 July, 2026

In this podcast: What are the different subjects that we can meditate upon? Developing the skill of one-pointed meditation. Moving onto different types of meditation subjects. Martin and Jamie discuss their own experiences of different types of meditations they have used. Breath based meditation for developing that initial skill of one-pointedness in meditation. Use of mantras, chakras, mandalas, koans, prayer and use of spiritual texts for contemplation. Awareness as a process that is not 'me'. Awareness of thoughts of self. The inner landscape that goes beyond 'me'. Traditional methods of meditation collective wisdom which we can tap into today in our own meditation practice.