concentration
Concentration refers to focusing single-pointedly on the object of meditation. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.
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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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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Incarcerated people 
The determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
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Buddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
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The four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
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Mindfully transforming our minds
An excerpt from the book "Guided Meditations on the Stages of the Path."
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Rebirth and karma
Understanding rebirth and its relationship to karma, and taking responsibility for our lives.
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