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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Meditation on bones
Meditating on bones to deepen our understanding of impermanence and our renunciation of cyclic existence.
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Meditating on mindfulness of feelings
How to distinguish raw physical sensation and unpleasant feelings and noting how the mind relates…
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Mindfulness and lamrim meditation
How the four establishments of mindfulness practice fits with the Stages of the Path to…
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How to practice in retreat
General instructions on what to do during and between meditation sessions.
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Three types of dukkha
The three types of dukkha and its causes, how to generate renunciation, and methods for…
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Motivation for practicing Dharma
Fitting the four establishments of mindfulness practices into the framework of the lamrim as well…
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Setting up a meditation session
Opening the retreat with instruction on how to set up a session and how to…
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Taking down offerings
The third of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…
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Incarcerated people Turning my life around
A person in prison shares his experience of living the five precepts.
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Water bowl offering
The second of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…
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