Investigating the way things appear and how they actually exist.

Investigating the way things appear and how they actually exist.
The three levels of dependent arising and why it’s important to cultivate this wisdom.
Exploring the nine stages involved in attaining calm abiding.
Examining the last three obstacles to calm abiding meditation: laxity and excitement, non-application, and over-application.
Examining laxity and excitement , one of the five hindrances to calm abiding meditation.
A review on how to choose the object of meditation and how to cultivate mindfulness in calm abiding meditation.
Forgetting the object of meditation as an obstacle to calm abiding and mindfulness as its antidote.
Continuing to look at objects of calm-abiding meditation and the first of the five deterrents: laziness and its antidotes.
Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.
Establishing the six conducive conditions for calm abiding meditation and advice on doing retreat.