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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Good Karma: Offering our help to all beings
Doing the taking and giving meditation to purify past actions.
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Good Karma: We are not inherently selfish
Purifying the harm we have done to others directly and to ourselves indirectly.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditation on forgiving
A guided meditation on forgiving, how to let go of painful thoughts and feelings of…
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Meditation on loving-kindness
Guided meditation on developing loving-kindness for friends, strangers and enemies.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme 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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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Meditating on the selflessness of persons
How to cultivate special insight by meditating on the selflessness of persons.
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Questions and answers on meditation
Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how…
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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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Posture and objects for cultivating serenity
The eight-point Vairocana meditation position and what object to take as your mental object to…
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Prerequisites for serenity
What is needed to meditate on serenity and insight? Both are needed equally to attain…
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Conventional and ultimate bodhicitta
An in-depth discussion of the two types of bodhicitta: conventional and ultimate.
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Developing great compassion
Review steps preceding the cultivation of compassion and specific instruction on how to cultivate compassion.
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