concentration
Concentration refers to focusing single-pointedly on the object of meditation. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Serenity meditation and the four essential points
The remedies to laxity and excitement, and the nine stages of meditative stabilization.
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Mindfulness and antidotes to hindrances
How reflecting on the kindness of others motivates our spiritual practice and sets the context…
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Conditions for practice
A description of the obstacles to meditation, how to have good meditation posture, and the…
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Meditative stability and wisdom
How the last two of the six far-reaching practices lead to the abilities used to…
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Verse 102: The sparkling mirror
How studying the lamrim and doing retreat helps us to cultivate concentration, which contributes to…
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim Review of the intermediate scope practices of the la...
Review of the topics and practices in common with the intermediate scope practitioner.
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The bodhisattva precepts: Part 3 and the six perfect...
The Bodhisattva precepts on the ethical conduct of benefiting others. The importance of practicing the…
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The eightfold path
Explanation of the eightfold noble path as it is viewed in the Pali and Sanskrit…
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Overcoming the five hindrances to concentration
The antidotes for the five hindrances to developing meditative concentration.
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Verse 65: Resting the weary mind
On the hindrances that arise when we cultivate concentration and how to counteract them with…
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Verse 53: The wandering mind
What it means to have a distracted mind in the context of tantra, and how…
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Verse 51: Destroying the garden of happiness
Mindfulness and introspective awareness are crucial tools in removing weeds that destroy the garden of…
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