mindfulness
Teachings on mindfulness, a mental factor that enables the mind to stay on its chosen object. These include teachings on mindfulness in developing concentration and keeping ethical conduct.
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Concentration and wisdom
Interplay between mental factors and correlation to lamrim for developing meditative stabilization and wisdom.
View PostAppreciation and mindfulness
What is mindfulness and how it plays an important role in study, meditation and ethical…
View PostAttention and aspiration
The important characteristics of attention and aspiration mental factors.
View PostDiscrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
View PostRight mindfulness
Examining the eightfold noble path through mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and phenomena.
View PostLaxity and excitement
Examining laxity and excitement , one of the five hindrances to calm abiding meditation.
View PostCalm abiding review
A review on how to choose the object of meditation and how to cultivate mindfulness…
View PostForgetting the object of meditation
Forgetting the object of meditation as an obstacle to calm abiding and mindfulness as its…
View PostPreparing for calm abiding meditation
Establishing the six conducive conditions for calm abiding meditation and advice on doing retreat.
View PostAuxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vow 23-30
Overcoming obstacles to the far-reaching attitudes of joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom.
View PostAuxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vows 1-5
Introduction to the 46 auxiliary bodhisattva vows and an in-depth look at the first five…
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