Meditation Timing

People new to meditation wonder whether timing the length of meditation sessions will interfere with concentration. Further more, whether an alarm clock or loud discordant bell will jar rather than gently mark the time. They continually open their eyes from time to time and see how long they've been sitting.


Timers

Mettabhavana 20 minutes bell every 4 minutes mp3
Mettabhavana 30 minutes bell every 5 minutes mp3
Mettabhavana 40 minutes bell every 8 minutes mp3
Mettabhavana 60 minutes bell every 12 minutes mp3

Mindfulness 20 minutes bell every 5 minutes mp3
Mindfulness 30 minutes bell every 7.5 minutes mp3
Mindfulness 40 minutes bell every 10 minutes mp3
Mindfulness 60 minutes bell every 15 minutes mp3

To save the file to your desk top for playing without having to visit the website every time you want to play it using itunes and ipods or something similar.

Control click (mac) Right mouse click (pc) on underlined link to mp3
When the menu appears, choose: (depending on browser)
Save Link As... or Download linked file or Save Target As...

When the save dialog window pops up, choose a place that will be easy to find the file after it has finished downloading, e.g. - Desktop

Computer
Meditation Timer mac (Mac OS X 10.4 or later, QuickTime 7) free
Meditation Timer Widget mac free
PocketDoan: A Meditation Timer 3.3.0 Palm
Mindful Clock PC free
Meditation Timer The Buddha Bell Mac (system 9 only) and PC $20.00

Clocks
Meditation Timer Clock "The Invisible Clock" $39.95
Sage Meditation Meditation Timers $64+
Zen Alarm Clocks and Meditation Timers $110+
Now & Zen $110+
Mountain Meditation Timer $130

MP3
Kamalashila Meditatiom instruction Free Buddhist Audio mp3

CD's
Meditation CD Guided Meditations: For Calmness, Awareness, and Love $15.00

If you know of a program or a clock you think should be listed here please email us at the email at the bottom of the page. Thank you.