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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Buddhist Worldview

100,000 Bows Toward Full Awakening

A wide-ranging Q&A session on spiritual practice with two monks from Clear Mountain Monastery.

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on the four immeasurables

A guided meditation on the four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on antidotes to anger

A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of anger and applying antidotes to decrease…

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Guided Meditations

Meditation on the third attribute of true duhkha

Meditation on exploring the possibility of a permanent, unitary, independent self.

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on perceived threats and needs

A guided analytical meditation on working with perceived threats, and how to change how we…

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Guided Meditations

Meditation on the six sufferings of samsara

Meditation on the defects of cyclic existence to cultivate the determination to be free.

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