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advancing meditation: the root of phenomena …
“is the mind.” So say, Buddha Shakyamuni, Patanjali, and a host of realized teachers of meditation and Awareness (male and female) through the centuries. How is the mind the root of phenomena, and why is this significant to a vipahsyana … Continue reading
The mother of all meditation states and of samadhi
In the recent meditation retreats (Autumn 2016), two points were investigated and experienced with fullness: Shamatha is the foundation of all meditation practices. It also is the mother-source that produces all subsequent meditative capacities, states, and samdhis. Additionally, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged meditation, shamatha, vipassana, vipasyana
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The sky is the sky. Awareness is awareness.
Interlude is the space between, between in-breath and out-breath, between out-breath and in, it is the space between thoughts. Interlude is the space – the empty non-action – before action is engaged. Often action is engaged robotically, habitually. Just as … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, focus, meditation, meditation retreat, shamatha, vipassana
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The blossom of meditation
Meditation, classic and true, is a result like a blossom is to a plant. Many parts are necessary to be in place first in order for the blossom to open. Shamatha (tranquil abiding) is the ground of all meditation practice, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antahkarana, meditation, meditation practice, monad, shamatha, vipassana
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