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Talk titled: "Fourth Morning Instructions", given during the event "The Art of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2008-08-12.
Topics covered: samadhi, breath meditation, breath meditation: breathing through different areas of the body, samadhi: modulating effort level in attention/concentration, qualities of attention: softness versus intensity, labeling in practice, practice: welcoming/allowing, hindrances, working with tiredness / dullness, seeing unpleasant as pleasant or pain as pleasure
Teacher's note on suitability: as we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. this progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11517
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/8abf9aef8236cc3bc4dc81f9d20eb755/251a5b95/2008_0812FourthMorningInstructions.pdf
Talk titled: "Fourth Morning Instructions", given during the event "The Art of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2008-08-12.
Topics covered: samadhi, breath meditation, breath meditation: breathing through different areas of the body, samadhi: modulating effort level in attention/concentration, qualities of attention: softness versus intensity, labeling in practice, practice: welcoming/allowing, hindrances, working with tiredness / dullness, seeing unpleasant as pleasant or pain as pleasure
Teacher's note on suitability: as we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. this progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11517
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/8abf9aef8236cc3bc4dc81f9d20eb755/251a5b95/2008_0812FourthMorningInstructions.pdf
