Feb 28, 2008
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Five faults to serenity
The five faults and eight antidotes to developing serenity, according to Asanga and Maitreya.
View PostClarifying the practice
Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…
View PostConditions for developing serenity
Six conditions for developing meditative stabilization, meditation posture. Physical pain during meditation and the mental…
View PostFive hindrances to concentration
A teaching on the five hindrances to concentration according to the Pali canon.
View PostWorking through cause and effect
Defining physical and mental causes with examples. Tools to work with negative states of mind.
View PostJoyous effort and concentration
Qualities for counteracting laziness and developing joyous effort, and techniques to counteract tiredness and distraction…
View PostMid-retreat discussion
Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.
View PostAn incentive to engage in virtue
A sudden illness gives a student greater incentive and renewed urgency to practice the Dharma.
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