Advice for establishing a daily meditation practice and the four parts of a practice session.
Meditation 101: Advice for daily meditation practice
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Meditation 101: Types of meditation
Instruction on the nine-round breathing meditation with guided analytical meditation on dealing with disturbing emotions.
Meditation 101: Meditation on the mind like the sky
Explanation of the meditation on the mind like the sky followed by a guided meditation.
Meditation 101: Meditating on the breath
Instruction on posture and techniques of breathing meditation and bare attention meditation for mindfulness.
Realms of existence
Continuing Chapter 2, describing different realms where beings are reborn, causes for the rebirth and characteristics of the beings in different realms.
Joyous effort, concentration & wisdom
Covering Verses 14-18 of Chapter 5 ‘Guarding Introspection,’ discussing the perfections of joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom
Secondary misdeeds 23-32
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers secondary misdeeds 23 through 32, including those posing obstacles to the development of joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom
The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 27-32
Commentary on thought transformation verses on developing the far-reaching attitudes of fortitude, joyous effort, concentration and wisdom.
Discourse on “The Removal of Distracting Thoughts”
Nagarjuna’s analogies for the hindrances continued. Also advice on how to remove distracting thoughts.
Structuring the meditation session
How to structure a meditation session, including the six preliminary practices before meditation. Identifying the five hindrances to concentration.