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 The benefits of precepts
What is important in our lives? Happiness is getting our lives together to pacify our…
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Verse 14-3: Three higher trainings
Gradual progression of subduing of the afflictions and the counteracting of the karma through the…
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Verse 13: The nourishment of samadhi
Deep samadhi nourishes the mind and body enabling great meditators to spend more time meditating…
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Cultivating altruism and bodhicitta
How to develop an altruistic attitude that brings benefit to ourselves and others by recognizing…
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Developing a kind heart
The importance of developing loving kindness, an open-hearted care for others.
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Wisdom that knows the ultimate nature
Engaging in the wisdom that has the compassion, the ability, and the skill to be…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa The four opponent powers for purification
The importance of purifying negative karma and how to use the four opponent powers in…
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Nine steps to gaining serenity
The nine mental abidings or steps on the path to attaining serenity, and the four…
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Five faults to serenity
The five faults and eight antidotes to developing serenity, according to Asanga and Maitreya.
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Conditions for developing serenity
Six conditions for developing meditative stabilization, meditation posture. Physical pain during meditation and the mental…
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Five hindrances to concentration
A teaching on the five hindrances to concentration according to the Pali canon.
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Joyous effort and concentration
Qualities for counteracting laziness and developing joyous effort, and techniques to counteract tiredness and distraction…
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