attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Mindfulness of breathing
Concluding an overview of mindfulness of the body and explaining the first meditation object for…
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Mindfulness of the body
Reviewing the four mindfulnesses in general, and then explaining the section on mindfulness of the…
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Shared and specific characteristics
Covering a general description of the four establishments of mindfulness, and also the shared and…
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Meditation on the influence of attachment in our life
Looking at our objects of attachment and their influence.
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Overcoming our rules of the universe
Examining our "rules of the universe" and how we create the causes for suffering.
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Inappropriate attention, attachment, and anger
The relationship between attachment and anger.
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Review of the meditative absorptions
Reviewing meditative absorptions of the form realm and formless realm.
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Cultivating serenity in nine stages
Reviewing cultivating pliancy, attaining serenity and nine stages of sustained attention.
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Review of five faults and eight antidotes
Reviewing the five faults and eight antidotes from Maitreya’s Differentiation of the Middle from the…
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Practicing serenity in the Chinese tradition
Explaining serenity and insight as found in the Chinese Buddhist tradition, and deviations in meditation,…
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The five absorption factors
Explaining the importance of the five absorption factors which antidote the five hindrances, continuing the…
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