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Laxity and excitement
Examining laxity and excitement , one of the five hindrances to calm abiding meditation.
View PostCalm abiding review
A review on how to choose the object of meditation and how to cultivate mindfulness…
View PostTeaching in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
A 16-city teaching tour in Eastern Europe in 1994 reveals the optimism and difficulties experienced…
View PostForgetting the object of meditation
Forgetting the object of meditation as an obstacle to calm abiding and mindfulness as its…
View PostObjects of meditation and deterrents
Continuing to look at objects of calm-abiding meditation and the first of the five deterrents:…
View PostObjects of meditation
Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.
View PostPreparing for calm abiding meditation
Establishing the six conducive conditions for calm abiding meditation and advice on doing retreat.
View PostLama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga, Part 2
Part 2 of Venerable Thubten Chodron's explanation of the practice of Guru Yoga.
View PostThe four factors of gathering disciples
The four ways of gathering disciples, also know as the four ways to ripen others'…
View PostTraining in calm abiding
Introduction to the source of the teachings on calm abiding, its etymology, definition and explanation,…
View PostRipening the minds of others
What it means for a spiritual mentor to ripen the mind of the sentient being.
View PostPerfections of concentration and wisdom
Examining the three types of meditative stabilization and the four types of wisdom.
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