CONTENTS: A Guide to Shamatha and Vipashyana Meditation
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Why We Practice Meditation
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1
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Anyone Can Meditate Anywhere
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4
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The Mind Is Most Important
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5
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Why We Meditate on Shamatha and Vipashyana
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7
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A Brief Overview of Shamatha Meditation
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9
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Cultivating Love and Compassion
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11
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Sending and Receiving Practice
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12
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Shamatha Meditation
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15
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The Four Common Preliminaries
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15
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The Posture in Meditation
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17
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The Seven Points of Vairocana
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17
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Machig Labron's Posture
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20
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Mental Methods
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21
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Two Obstacles to Meditation
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24
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Meditating on an Outer Object
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27
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Meditating on the Breath
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28
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Developing Clarity in Meditation
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30
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Meditating Without an Object
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31
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The Relaxing of the Mind
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34
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Three Stages in Developing Stillness
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35
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Questions
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35
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Vipashyana Meditation
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37
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Understanding Selflessness
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37
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Emptiness
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40
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The Logical Analysis of Emptiness
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Looking at Mind
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43
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Looking at Thoughts
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45
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The Creation Stage of Deity Meditation
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46
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Questions
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48
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Bringing Obstacles to the Path
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51
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1. Bringing Adversity to the Path
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51
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2. Bringing Disturbing Emotions to the Path
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52
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3. Bringing Gods and Demons to the Path
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54
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4. Bringing Suffering to the Path
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55
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5. Bringing Illness to the Path
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56
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6. Bringing Death to the Path
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57
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Summary
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60
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The Nine Levels of Stability of Meditation |
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A Graphical Representation of the Nine Stages of Shamatha Meditation |
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A Description of the Drawing of the Nine Stages of Shamatha |
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The Glossary |
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Glossary of Tibetan Words |
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Nama Buddha Publications |
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