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Venerable Thubten Chodron Clarifying the practice
Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…
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Conditions for developing serenity
Six conditions for developing meditative stabilization, meditation posture. Physical pain during meditation and the mental…
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Working through cause and effect
Defining physical and mental causes with examples. Tools to work with negative states of mind.
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Mid-retreat discussion
Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.
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Understanding Buddhist concepts
Clarifying concepts surrounding arhats and bodhisattvas. Questions on motivation to listen and the meditation on…
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Applying the teachings
Discussion: working with the mind, skillful ways of using refuge. Reflection on why we are…
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Sharing challenges of practice
Questions from retreatants on dealing with distraction and habitual reactions. Working with dreams in a…
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Right intention in starting retreat
Getting ready to go into retreat with the right motivation, understanding and expectation.
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Meaning and benefits of fortitude
The types of beings to help and what help should we offer to them. Understanding…
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The determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
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Retreat discussion
A question-and-answer session covering topics including the mindstream, the buzz of being angry, the Medicine…
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Sadhana visualization
Clarifying process of purification, a discussion on karma, and connecting with the Medicine Buddha through…
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