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The greatest gift is the
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2009-05-12
Factors That Support and Hinder Concentration
58:22
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Sally Armstrong
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Any time we practice mindfulness and wise attention, we are weakening the impact of the hindrances, and strengthening what are known as the five jhanic factors: meditative qualities that support the continuity and deepening of our meditation. Each of the jhanic factors actually balances and acts as an antidote to one of the hindrances. This talk looks at how to strengthen the jhanic factors, and use them skillfully as antidotes to the hindrances.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Concentration Retreat
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2009-03-16
Stay Tuned - Radiant Mind Untainted By Ego
26:45
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Ayya Medhanandi
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We hear in the Udana, Verses of Uplift, about the Venerable Meghiya’s wish to practise in the beautiful Mango Grove before his mind was mature enough. Even when we are on retreat and conditions for practice seem perfect, hindrances plague the mind and overcome it with impurities. So we hold fast to the Buddha’s instructions to know for ourselves the radiance of mind that is untainted by ego.
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Ottawa Buddhist Society
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2009-01-06
Themes of meditation
30:49
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Through referencing the parable of the cook (S.47:8), we are encouraged to get to know the mind in order to choose the meditation theme that suits it best. There are a range of themes you can use to counteract hindrances: such as death contemplation, unattractiveness of the body, lovingkindness, Buddha and breathing. Through trial and error, find out what is needed.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2007-10-16
The Hindrances: Doubt
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Shaila Catherine
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Doubt can be an obstacle to meditation or a form of healthy inquiry. It is helpful to ask questions, to ponder, and be willing to doubt our beliefs and opinions. Ask yourself: are my views true? We hold many unexamined beliefs—beliefs about self, about how things should be, about what other people should do. The Kalama Sutta encourages us to question what we think, and to not adopt beliefs based on hearsay or mere tradition. We can use our minds to critically inquire into how things actually are. Doubt as an obstacle, on the other hand, is a painful state that leads to confusion, fear, indecision, and uncertainty. It manifests as obsessive thinking, planning, and anxiety. The Discourse to Malunkyaputta (Middle Length Discourses, M. 63) proposes that if we indulge in speculative thinking we might miss the opportunity to free ourselves from suffering. Specific suggestions are offered for working skillfully with the hindrance of doubt.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Tuesday Talks
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2007-10-09
Hindrances, Restlesness
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Andrea Fella
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The hindrance of restlessness and remorse is a fundamental hindrance out of which the other hindrances can arise. The importance of becoming familiar with restlessness, to see or understand its nature, is discussed. Through having a clear understanding of how it arises in the mind and in the body one can work with its various manifestations in practice.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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2007-07-06
The Four Noble Truths And Obstacles To Practice
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Mark Coleman
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This talk explores the common obstacles to practice the Five Hindrances of: restlessness, sleepiness, doubt, grasping and aversion. The Hindrances are discussed in the context of the Buddha’s central teaching on the Four Noble Truths.
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2004-11-27
Working With Hindrance Through Concentration And Mindfulness
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Sharon Salzberg
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This teaching begins with an overview of the Five Hindrances: Desire, Aversion, Sloth and Torpor, Restlessness, and Doubt and continues with a thorough discussion of the Five Jhanic Factors: Aiming one’s mind, Investigation, Raptness, Comfort in Being, and One-pointedness which the meditator uses to effectively deal with and utilize the Five Hindrances in deepening her/his practice. The meditator gains perspective, alertness, connection, caring, and energy.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
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2004-07-10
We Become Like Family
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Sylvia Boorstein
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Describes the way in which concentration through lovingkindness soothes the mind, is the antidote to the hindrances and allows for the clear understanding of the suffering inherent in life, the fact that all beings desire happiness, and the sense of communion that comes from the awareness of that empathy.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2002-12-22
Desire for Enlightenment
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Shaila Catherine
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Desire is usually described as a hindrance to meditation, but to realize deathless liberation we must want to be free. A burning desire to awaken opens the heart and mind to a possibility of freedom otherwise not known. This talk examines the force of desire as both a form of craving that perpetuates suffering, and as a necessary and wholesome factor that supports the realization of nibbana (nirvana) and the end of suffering. We examine hindrances, pain, and obstacles from which we want to be free in order to realize unconditioned awakening. Working with desire has some risks, but it is a powerful force that encourages curiosity, investigation, and openness to possibility—the possibility of discovering a profound fearlessness, and enduring happiness, the possibility of enlightenment.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Tuesday Talks
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2001-07-05
Sloth and Torpor and Restlessness
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Shaila Catherine
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Hindrances and habits prevent us from experiencing a natural and peaceful radiance of mind. Meditators learn to make peace with obstacles. We learn to work skillfully with the hindrances. Sloth and torpor and restlessness are common energetic imbalances that either dull the mind into sleepiness and laziness, or agitate the mind by promoting worry and anxiety. This talk examines the causes that produce the hindrances, and provides practical suggestions and tools for working with obstacles and overcoming their force.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Tuesday Talks
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