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Guided Basic Mindfulness Of Breathing Meditation
This is intended to be a resource for cultivating mindfulness of breathing meditation, providing several suggestions during the experience to support developing more skill and confidence in the practice of a fundamental Buddhist training for self-awareness and...
Mindfulness On And Off The Cushion
During this talk, Lili Fernandez describes the importance of integrating the Five Precepts into daily mindfulness practice. Her experience as the mother of two young boys creates the opportunity to find different and creative ways to train the mind towards virtuous...
2023 Deerhaven Fall Retreat–Reviewing Samadhi
Samadhi describes how the mind is unified during the process of Awakening, and this talk reviews the various stages of concentrated awareness that are cultivated. Here are the notes prepared for this talk: JHANA CULTIVATION-IS IT NECESSARY and Samadhi...
2023 Deerhaven Fall Retreat–Reviewing The Five Aggregates
This talk describes a way that Buddhist psychology explains human personality formation as an aggregation of five factors in order to "deconstruct" the belief that there is an enduring/autonomous self. Here are the notes prepared for this talk: REVIEWING THE FIVE...
Reviewing the Joy Awakening Factor
Allie Vaknin provides a review of the Joy Awakening Factor during this talk, clarifying the various ways that joy can arise as an internally generated phenomena, not dependent upon external circumstances.
Reviewing Tranquility and Concentration
This talk provides a review of two of seven Awakening Factors, Tranquility and Concentration, which are so integrated in their functioning that their manifestation is called samatha (syah-mah-tah) in Pali. Peter Carlson provides a review of each of the two, including...
Guided Tranquility And Concentration Contemplation
This guided meditation combines the functions of Tranquility and Concentration, two of the seven Awakening Factors. This contemplation is intended to supplement the talk " Tranquility and Insight", presented the same evening and posted in the archives.
Reviewing The Investigation of Mental Phenomena
During this talk, Peter Carlson reviews Dhamma Vicaya Bojjhanga, the Investigation of Mental Phenomena Awakening Factor. This quality of investigative curiosity, in coordination with the Mindfulness and Energy Awakening Factors, provides a primary support for the...
Reviewing The Energy Awakening Factor
During this talk, April Koester reviews the Viriya Bojjhanga, the Energy Awakening Factor, which manifests as the persistent application of Right Effort, enhancing the benevolent effects of the other six Awakening Factors.
Guided Investigation Of Mental Phenomena Contemplation
This guided meditation fosters increasing awareness of how to investigate what the mind creates in an ongoing way while practicing mindfulness of breathing meditation. It is intended to supplement the Dharma talk that occurs after this meeting titled "The...
