analytical meditation

Analytical meditation involves investigating a subject with reflection and reason in order to integrate the meaning of the Dharma and develop virtuous qualities. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.

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Travels

An encounter with a Chan master

Reflections on a meeting with a Chan master in Korea and his advice for Dharma…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on giving positive feedback and praise

A guided meditation on how to incorporate giving positive feedback and praise into our daily…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on forgiving

A guided meditation on forgiving, how to let go of painful thoughts and feelings of…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on loving-kindness

Guided meditation on developing loving-kindness for friends, strangers and enemies.

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on working with fear and anger

A guided meditation on how to work with fear and anger to respond more effectively…

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Meditation

Using logic to prove selflessness

The reasonings refuting external phenomena put forward by the proponents of the Mind-Only School.

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Meditation

Meditating on the selflessness of persons

How to cultivate special insight by meditating on the selflessness of persons.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Questions and answers on meditation

Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how…

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Meditation

Objects for hindrances to cultivating serenity

The hindrances of dullness and excitement and the antidotes we can apply when these arise.

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