Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of monastics.
Tag Archives | concentration
Making progress in meditation
If we are content to create the causes for progress in our meditation practice, the results will come. Practicing within the context of the Buddhist world view.
Working with the five hindrances
The remaining three of the five hindrances: dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.
Overcoming ill will
How to identify the hindrance of ill will and work with it to calm the mind.
The context for developing concentration
A realistic attitude to take towards developing concentration, and an explanation of the hindrance of sensual desire.
Concentration meditation on the Buddha
How to use an image of the Buddha to develop concentration.
Introduction to breathing meditation
A guided meditation on the breath, and details of how to meditate on the breath.
The 37 harmonies with awakening, part 2
The 37 harmonies continued with explanation of the seven factors of enlightenment and the eightfold noble path. Practicing the eightfold path in daily life.
A trap to be aware of
A student talks about the dangers of becoming complacent in his practice of the Dharma.
The three higher trainings
How the three higher trainings relate to each other and why we need all three to practice the path.
