concentration
Concentration refers to focusing single-pointedly on the object of meditation. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Overcoming the five hindrances to concentration
The antidotes for the five hindrances to developing meditative concentration.
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Verse 65: Resting the weary mind
On the hindrances that arise when we cultivate concentration and how to counteract them with…
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Verse 53: The wandering mind
What it means to have a distracted mind in the context of tantra, and how…
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Verse 51: Destroying the garden of happiness
Mindfulness and introspective awareness are crucial tools in removing weeds that destroy the garden of…
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Preliminaries to meditation
Introduction to the series and text. How to set up a daily meditation practice. The…
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Developing calm abiding
How keeping precepts helps one's meditation practice and helps in living a happier life.
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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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Concentration: Worldview, technique, result
Importance of motivation for concentration/meditation to lead us to liberation and enlightenment.
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Working with the mind in a structured way
An explanation of diligent study and practice of the Dharma with practical ways of working…
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Desire and happiness
The five hindrances to developing meditative concentration, and what it means to be "in the…
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