Zen Stories & Buddhist Teachings for Sleep by Midnight Monk

A Mind At Rest... Fall Asleep to Buddhist Teachings & Zen Stories on No-Mind

Tonight we sit with a teaching the Zen masters called no-mind, or mushin: a way of being fully present without getting caught in the thoughts that pass through us. This

The Buddha's Path to Happiness - Sleep to Gentle Buddhist Stories & Zen Teachings for Peace

Tonight we explore the Buddha's recipe for happiness. He did not describe happiness as something that arrives when life goes your way. He described a small set of qualiti

Zen Stories to Quiet the Thinking Mind... Fall Asleep to Buddhist Teachings for Lasting Peace

Tonight we explore why peace so rarely comes from being told about it, and what the old Zen teachers did instead. Rather than explain, they showed. A stone, a cup, a seed

The Unshaken Mind - Fall Asleep to Zen Stories & Buddhist Teachings for Deep Peace

Tonight we explore one of the most quietly powerful teachings in Buddhism: equanimity, the balanced mind that stays steady through praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasu

Buddhist Stories to Help You Let Go and Fall Asleep - Zen Buddhism for Rest

Tonight, we slow down and practice the quiet art of letting go. Through Zen stories for sleep and gentle Buddhist teachings, we explore attachment, acceptance, self-compa

Everything Changes - Sleep to Gentle Buddhist Teachings & Zen Stories for Peace and Rest

Tonight we will learn about the storms that pass through the mind. The moods that arrive without warning, stay longer than we would like, and leave as suddenly as they ca

Fall Asleep to Life-Changing Zen Wisdom - Buddhist Stories & Teachings for Deep Sleep

Tonight we will go on a long, slow journey through Buddhist teachings and Zen stories for sleep. We move gently from the first stirrings of restlessness to the discovery

A Taste of Freedom - Sleep to Calming Buddhist Teachings & Zen Tales for Rest and Relaxation

Tonight we explore a simple idea at the heart of Zen and Buddhist teaching: that peace, and freedom, was never something to earn or arrive at, but something already here,

The Best Buddhist Teachings for Deep Peace - Life-Changing Zen Stories to Fall Asleep To

Tonight, we will journey through ancient tales of wisdom as we fall asleep to gentle Zen stories and Buddhist teachings for sleep. Together we walk through the weight we

When the Mind Feels Heavy... Gentle Buddhist Teachings & Stories for Sleep and Rest

Tonight we explore one of the oldest teachings in Buddhism: that the heart has weather. Some days are clear and warm, and everything feels easy. Other days, a heaviness r

The Freedom of Letting Go: Fall Asleep to Zen Stories & Buddhist Teachings for Deep Peace

Tonight we explore one of the most freeing teachings in all of Buddhism: the mind that does not cling. More than two thousand years ago, the Buddha taught that the grip o

Return to Silence... Rest to Buddhist Teachings & Stories for Calming Sleep

Tonight we sit with a gentle possibility: that the peace we spend our lives chasing was never actually missing. Through Zen stories, Buddhist teachings, and quiet reflect

Let Life Move - Fall Asleep to Zen Stories & Buddhism for Gentle Sleep & Rest

Tonight we sit with two small words that carry more wisdom than they seem: "it's okay." These words hold a deep practice the Buddha and the Zen masters pointed to for ove

Quiet Body, Peaceful Heart... Buddhist Teachings & Zen Tales for Letting Go into Rest & Sleep

Tonight we explore what it means to make peace with your body. Most of us carry a quiet argument with our own body, with how it looks, how it feels, how it changes over t

20 Zen Stories to Calm Your Mind for Sleep - Buddhist Wisdom for Deep Peace & Relaxation

Tonight we tell twenty stories from Zen Buddhism, each one chosen for the kind of understanding that settles the mind and makes rest possible. These are stories that have

The Diamond Sutra for Sleep - Buddhist Teachings & Stories for Deep Peace

Tonight we spend some quiet hours with one of Buddhism's most treasured teachings: the Diamond Sutra. It unfolds as a gentle conversation between the Buddha and his stude

Let Go of Who You Think You Are… Gentle Zen Buddhism for Sleep

Tonight we explore the feeling of living inside a life that seems smaller than you are, and what the Buddha and the Zen masters taught about finding the way back to the s

A Moment of Freedom - Buddhist Stories & Teachings for Sleep to Calm an Overthinking Mind

Tonight, we sit with the mind that will not stop turning. The one that replays conversations, rehearses tomorrow, and spins in loops, as is its nature to do so. Through Z

The Half-Smile of the Buddha: Zen Teachings & Stories on Peace and Joy

In the old temples, the Buddha is carved with a small smile resting on his face, the look of someone who has stopped struggling with life. Tonight we go looking for what

Emptiness - Fall Asleep to the Buddha's Teachings on Impermanence & No-Self

Tonight's episode moves slowly through the Buddha's teachings on impermanence and no-self, woven together with Zen stories and Buddhist wisdom passed from teacher to stud