Lay meditation teacher
I’m Nilantha. I record short guided sits at home on my mat and share them here, and I sell audio packs, printable guides and two video courses for a daily practice.
This week
Saturday, November 14 · 7:00 PM
YouTube
A recorded guided sit every Friday, from ten to thirty minutes, made at home on my mat.
4 videos
A short sit that begins with pouring tea at dawn and ends when the cup is empty.
A full guided sit on the breath at the tip of the nose, with a bell at the start and end.
Slow steps along the lake path in the early mist, with a few words at each turn.
The four classic phrases of metta, said slowly for a person you find hard to like.
Online course
Video course · 7 lessons
Seven short lessons that take you from your first sit to a daily practice you can keep up.
Downloads and merch
Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
Eight of my recorded guided sits as audio files, from ten to thirty minutes, to keep on your phone.
A simple journal to print and fill in after each sit, with room for a line a day for a month.
A day-by-day plan for ten days of sitting and walking at home, with a simple timetable.
How to walk slowly and with attention, indoors or out, with a short practice for each day.
Twelve cards with the metta phrases, to print, cut out and keep by your cushion.
A small folded guide to counting the breath, with a few common questions answered plainly.
I am a lay Buddhist, not a monk, and I teach in the plainest way I know. I live in the hill country above Nuwara Eliya, where the tea terraces climb into the mist and the mornings are cold and quiet. That is where I learned to sit, first beside my father and later on my own.
Most mornings I roll out my mat at home, light a small clay lamp and record a guided sit while the light comes up. Some are about the breath, some about walking slowly between the tea rows, some about metta, the wishing of well-being to others. I post one every Friday, and they run from ten minutes to half an hour.
I am not a famous teacher and I do not promise anything. I share what my teachers shared with me, and how I keep it going in an ordinary house with tea, rice and a practice journal by the lamp.
If you would like to sit with me, start with the playlist. Everything else here, the audio packs, the printable journal and the courses, is there to help you keep a daily sit going.
Newsletter
A short note every Sunday with the week’s guided sit, a line from my journal and one thing to try.