---
title: "The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus"
date: 2009-03-10
description: "I found this while looking at other videos by Glenn Marshall and I simply fell in love with it. Simply amazing, a demonstration of Everyday Magic. The Jewel in ..."
categories: ["Practice & Inner Life", "Consciousness & Philosophy"]
tags: ["buddhism", "meditation"]
url: /blog/the-jewel-in-the-heart-of-the-lotus/
---

# The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus

I found this while looking at other videos by Glenn Marshall and I simply fell in love with it.  Simply amazing, a demonstration of Everyday Magic.

(http://vimeo.com/1718897) from (http://vimeo.com/user656427) on (http://vimeo.com).

A short animated guide to Buddhist breath meditation, using the metaphor of an opening lotus.  The narration was adapted from a talk given by Ajahn Brahm, a popular Buddhist teacher, author and abbot of Serpentine monastery, Perth.