concentration
Concentration refers to focusing single-pointedly on the object of meditation. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Review: Nine stages of sustained attention
Venerable Thubten Damcho reviews the nine stages of sustained attention, using the visual tool of…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Review of serenity
Venerable Thubten Tarpa reviews the teachings on serenity, focusing on what to take as your…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Attaining serenity
Teaching on flawed methods of meditating, the five faults, the six powers, the four types…
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Concentration, wisdom, and spiritual teachers
Explaining the last three verses of wisdom from the Kadam masters, which focus on concentration,…
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Serenity and insight
Review of meditative stability and developing serenity (samatha) and insight (vipashyana).
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From serenity to the jhanas
Explaining how to progress from serenity to the jhanas, and describing the first four of…
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Nine stages of sustained attention
Teaching on Maitreya's nine stages of sustained attention, including the six powers and four types…
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Six conditions for serenity
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of meditative stabilization, focusing on the the six conditions…
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The five faults and eight antidotes
Teaching on the five faults to meditative stabilization and the eight antidotes to cultivate to…
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Kenneth Mondal The other shore
A reflection on the voyage that practitioners take, from our present state of samsara to…
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The five hindrances to meditative stabilization
Finishing the discussion on the five hindrances and moving on to the five faults of…
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Objects of meditation: Pali tradition
Teaching on the objects used for stabilizing meditation according to the Pali Tradition.
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