Concentration
Teachings from the annual Cultivating Concentration Retreat held over Labor Day weekend.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Concentration meditation on the Buddha
How to use an image of the Buddha to develop concentration.
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Introduction to breathing meditation
A guided meditation on the breath, and details of how to meditate on the breath.
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Dr. Roger Jackson Cultivating serenity
How to cultivate serenity taking the conventional nature of the mind as the object.
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Interdependence and equanimity
A motivation on cultivating equanimity and a story from Nagarjuna's text on attachment to touchables.
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Calming the mind
How to focus and calm the mind: give up attachment to sense objects, overcome hindrances,…
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Concentration and the six perfections
How to meditate on the breath and on the Buddha, and comments on Nagarjuna's commentary…
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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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Hindrances to serenity
Explaining the mental factors that interfere with our concentration, how they are related and prompt…
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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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Conditions for serenity retreat
Cultivating the conditions needed to gain shamatha. Physical posture and how to structure a meditation…
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