Concentration

Teachings from the annual Cultivating Concentration Retreat held over Labor Day weekend.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Malice and lethargy

How to identify and apply antidotes to the hindrances of malice and lethargy.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Mindfulness and sensual desire

The role of mindfulness in concentration meditation, and how to work with the hindrance of…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Qualities of concentration

The place of concentration meditation in Buddhism, and its unique qualities.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2018

Motivation and meditation

The importance of motivation and the purpose and practice of meditation.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Balance in body, speech, and mind

A review of the five hindrances and sharing of Master Zhiyi's advice on cultivating balance…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Overcoming hindrances to concentration

How to work with the hindrances of lethargy and sleepiness, agitation and remorse, and deluded…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Getting unstuck from attachment and anger

How to work with sensual desire and malice that are hindrances to cultivating concentration.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

Criteria for developing serenity

Teachings from a text by Chinese Master Zhiyi on the levels of conditions we need…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017

The prerequisites for concentration

An overview of the causes and conditions we need to cultivate as the foundation for…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2016

Working with the five hindrances

The remaining three of the five hindrances: dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2016

Overcoming ill will

How to identify the hindrance of ill will and work with it to calm the…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2016

The context for developing concentration

A realistic attitude to take towards developing concentration, and an explanation of the hindrance of…

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