concentration

Concentration refers to focusing single-pointedly on the object of meditation. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Mindfulness and antidotes to hindrances

How reflecting on the kindness of others motivates our spiritual practice and sets the context…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Conditions for practice

A description of the obstacles to meditation, how to have good meditation posture, and the…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Meditative stability and wisdom

How the last two of the six far-reaching practices lead to the abilities used to…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 102: The sparkling mirror

How studying the lamrim and doing retreat helps us to cultivate concentration, which contributes to…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

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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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The eightfold path

Explanation of the eightfold noble path as it is viewed in the Pali and Sanskrit…

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Gems of Wisdom

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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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 53: The wandering mind

What it means to have a distracted mind in the context of tantra, and how…

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Gems of Wisdom

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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