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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2015

Calming the mind

How to focus and calm the mind: give up attachment to sense objects, overcome hindrances,…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2015

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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Gomchen Lamrim

The six preliminary practices, part 1

The six activities that prepare the body and mind for the meditation session.

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 57-62

To get to the view of the middle way that avoids the two extremes is…

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Essence of a Human Life

Creating the causes of happiness

How understanding karma helps us to focus on what truly matters, and to create the…

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Essence of a Human Life

Attachment to the body

Contemplating the amount of time we spend seeking pleasure for and pampering our body when…

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Responding to Prejudice

Welcoming refugees

Bringing a positive outlook to the situation of refugees in Europe, seeing it as an…

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Essence of a Human Life

The nine-point death meditation

Reflecting on our relationships with money, possessions, friends, and relatives, and the karma we create…

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Guided Meditations

Love your neighbor

A meditation on extending a sense of care and affection to people whom we find…

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Responding to Prejudice

Living without fear

Reflections on working with prejudice against immigrants happening worldwide, and the different forms of violence…

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