Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2011

Methods for cultivating serenity laid out in texts by Maitreya and Asanga in the Sanskrit tradition.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2011

Mindfulness and introspective awareness

A teaching on the three higher trainings from subtle to gross levels. Explaining the two…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2011

Meditation and hindrances

Explanation of the meditation posture, the preliminary practices, and mandala offering. Beginning of teachings on…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2011

The five faults and eight antidotes

Explanation of Maitreya's teaching on cultivating serenity through overcoming the obstacles.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2011

The nine mental abidings

Showing how one progressively develops deeper and more subtle concentration to meditative stabilization.

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