Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Teachings on The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation by Chinese master Zhiyi, translated by Bhikshu Dharmamitra.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

The prerequisites for concentration

An overview of the causes and conditions we need to cultivate as the foundation for…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Criteria for developing serenity

Teachings from a text by Chinese Master Zhiyi on the levels of conditions we need…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Getting unstuck from attachment and anger

How to work with sensual desire and malice that are hindrances to cultivating concentration.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Overcoming hindrances to concentration

How to work with the hindrances of lethargy and sleepiness, agitation and remorse, and deluded…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Balance in body, speech, and mind

A review of the five hindrances and sharing of Master Zhiyi's advice on cultivating balance…

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