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Role models
Teaching from the last two sections of Chapter 9, on memorization, debate, and role models.
View PostPracticing the defender’s answers
Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements…
View PostStages of sustained attention
The nine stages of sustained attention prior to developing serenity or calm abiding.
View PostLethargy, sleepiness, restlessness, remorse
The third and fourth hindrance to developing concentration: lethargy and sleepiness, and restlessness and remorse.
View PostSensual desire and malice
Walking meditation instructions, sitting meditation posture, and the first two hindrances to developing concentration.
View PostConditions conducive for developing concentration
The six conditions conducive for developing concentration and selecting an object of meditation - either…
View PostPrayers, rituals, and practice
Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method…
View PostDebate in action
Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.
View PostReverse system proving the Buddha as authority
Verse 146 of the Pramanavarttika, forward and reverse systems establishing the Buddha as an authority.
View PostThe Buddha as savior
Verses 145 and 146 of the Pramanavarttika, including compassion as the proof of Buddha as…
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