Buddhism: One Teacher Many Traditions (2015-17)
Extensive teachings on Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions given at Sravasti Abbey.
Chapter 3: The Pali view of the noble eightfold...
Venerable Thubten Chodron Ethical trainings, mindfulness, and the three higher trainings.
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Chapter 4: Higher trainings and precepts
The different types of precepts in Buddhist practice.
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Chapter 4: Ethical conduct and the monastic com...
Purpose, benefits, and responsibilities of the monastic community.
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Chapter 5: Higher training in concentration
Realms of existence and spheres of consciousness in gaining samadhi, and bodhisattva and tantric ethics and their relationship to prātimokṣa precepts.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Process, barriers, an...
The five hindrances. their antidotes and five absorption factors, and the four jhānas and the components that distinguish them.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Pali teachings
Eight meditative liberations that temporarily suppress afflictions, and the super-knowledges and their compassionate purpose.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit tradition
Advantageous preparations, postural position, and objects for meditation, and five faults that interfere with attaining serenity and their eight antidotes.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit and Chinese ...
Meditative absorptions beyond the ninth stage of sustained attention, and meditative paths to the union of serenity and insight.
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Chapters 1-3: Review
Review of the first three chapters of the book at the start of the second year of this course.
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Chapters 4-5: Review
Review of chapters 4 and 5 of the book at the start of the second year of this course.
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Chapter 6: The four establishments of mindfulness
How meditating on the four establishments of mindfulness relates to the four truths for ayras.
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Chapter 6: Mindfulness of the body and mind
How to meditate on the mindfulness of the body and the mind.
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