Meditation

Learn different Buddhist meditation techniques and all the tools you need to establish a daily meditation practice.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2013

Base of pure ethics

Ethics, the basis of Dharma practice, can become tainted by the eight worldly concerns.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2013

The removal of distracting thoughts

The methods for dealing with the hindrances to concentration and the mental factors to be…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2013

Hindrances to serenity

Explaining the mental factors that interfere with our concentration, how they are related and prompt…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2013

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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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2013

Conditions for serenity retreat

Cultivating the conditions needed to gain shamatha. Physical posture and how to structure a meditation…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2013

Concentration: Worldview, technique, result

Importance of motivation for concentration/meditation to lead us to liberation and enlightenment.

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

Refuge and Dedication practice

Explanation of each of the chants for taking refuge in the Triple Gem. This is…

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

More on the Amitabha Buddha practice

How prayers to Amitabha can brighten the mind and how to visualize Amitabha's pure land,…

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