Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
Core Buddhist tenets and the convergence and divergence of the Sanskrit tradition and the Pali tradition.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 5: Higher training in concentration
Realms of existence and spheres of consciousness in gaining samadhi, and bodhisattva and tantric ethics…
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Process, barriers, and sig...
The five hindrances. their antidotes and five absorption factors, and the four jhānas and the…
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Pali teachings
Eight meditative liberations that temporarily suppress afflictions, and the super-knowledges and their compassionate purpose.
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit tradition
Advantageous preparations, postural position, and objects for meditation, and five faults that interfere with attaining…
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Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit and Chinese tradi...
Meditative absorptions beyond the ninth stage of sustained attention, and meditative paths to the union…
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The four immeasurables in the Pali and Sanskrit trad...
How the Pali and Sanskrit traditions present the four immeasurable attitudes and how to practice…
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Chapters 1-3: Review
Review of the first three chapters of the book at the start of the second…
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Chapter 6: The four establishments of mindfulness
How meditating on the four establishments of mindfulness relates to the four truths for ayras.
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Chapter 6: Mindfulness of the body and mind
How to meditate on the mindfulness of the body and the mind.
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Chapter 6: The 37 aids to awakening
The 37 qualities that we strive to develop on the path to buddhahood.
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Chapter 6-7: Review and overview
Review of chapter 6 and an overview of chapter 7 of "Buddhism: One Teacher, Many…
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