Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2013
Mental factors we need to strengthen to develop serenity and how to overcome hindrances to developing serenity.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Concentration: Worldview, technique, result
Importance of motivation for concentration/meditation to lead us to liberation and enlightenment.
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Conditions for serenity retreat
Cultivating the conditions needed to gain shamatha. Physical posture and how to structure a meditation…
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Mental factors and states of consciousness
The two mental factors crucial for concentration. Developing meditative stabilization grounded on renunciation, bodhicitta, and…
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Hindrances to serenity
Explaining the mental factors that interfere with our concentration, how they are related and prompt…
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The removal of distracting thoughts
The methods for dealing with the hindrances to concentration and the mental factors to be…
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