Improve Your Meditation
Know the five mental factors that disturb our meditation and obscure insight. Master them and improve your progress.
This series includes 5 episodes.
Sensual Desire
1) The classical teachings on sensual desire: Nyanaponika Thera; 2) De-nourishing sensual desire; 3) Expanding the traditional definition of sensual desire; 4) Understanding desires and attachments as a result of conditioning; 5) The role of mindfulness in working with sensual desire.
July 29, 2013
Ill Will
1) Understanding sensual desire and ill will as expressions of conditioning and Karma. 2) The classical teachings on ill will: Nyanaponika Thera; 2) De-nourishing ill will; 3) Expanding the traditional definition of ill will; 4) Seeing Ego as a conditioned and ephemeral process; 5) The role of mindfulness in working with negative emotions.
July 6, 2013
Sloth and Torpor
1. Seeing the hindrances as part of our deeper psychological patterns; 2. Definition of sloth and torpor; 3. Antidotes to sloth and torpor; 4. The classical teachings on sloth and torpor; 5. A broader definition of sloth and torpor; 6. Deeper psychological implications of aversion. 7. The power of mindfulness in seeing our deeper selves.
July 13, 2013
Restlessness and Remorse
1. Definition of restlessness and remorse; 2. Using meditation to see the deeper roots of restlessness and agitation; 3. Seeing our reactions as expressions of desire or aversion; 4. Seeing restlessness in two different ways; 5. Understanding remorse; 6. Understanding the deeper meaning of suffering.
July 20, 2013
Doubt
1. Definition of doubt in the teachings and the practice; 2. The importance of sensing benefit from the practice; 3. Sharing of my personal experiences; 4. The fruit of emotional awareness; 5. The fear of letting go; 6. The sharing of a personal experience.
August 10, 2013