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Teachings on Meditation in Malmö 29/10 and 30/11 2008
How to meditate, part 1, 29/10 2008
Sunday morning:
01. Introduction
02. Motivation
03. “If only”-mind
04. Our inner nature is goodness
05. Don´t put yourself down with this practice
06. Q: What about people living in harmful relationships?
07. Small self and big self
08. Q: Should a buddhist choose to stay in difficult
situations?
09. Short breathing meditation
10. Samatha meditation – calm abiding
11. Analytical meditation
12. The practice of calm abiding
13. The nine stages - the first stage: setting the mind
14. The six powers
15. The gradual path model
16. Q: Why isn´t fear mentioned as one mental factor?
17. Second stage: Thinking
Sunday afternoon:
18. Meditation with open eyes
19. Comments on book “The attention revolution”
20. The value of long meditation retreats
21. The power of introspection
22. Q: Is this the Jnanas?
23. Q: Can we have an image, after calming the mind?
24. The five obstacles - diccouragement
25. Attachment to trivial behaviour and meaningless acticity
26. How to start a daily practice
27: A place to sit
28. Q: Should we do physical exercises in connection with
this?
29. Three stages of meditation
30. Attend retreats
31. There are no obstacles
32. Q: Does it matter if I try different practices?
33. Closing meditation and sharing the merits
How to meditate, part 2, 30/11 2009
Sunday morning:
34. Introduction and meditation
35. On right motivation
36. What is the best attitude?
37. Shamata meditation
38. Analytical meditation
39. Vipassana meditation – dukkha
40. Vipassana meditation – anicca
41. Vipassana meditation – anatta
42. Q: In the teaching of selflessness – where does the
Buddhanature comes inte this?
43. Q: Then where does the Big Bang comes from?
44. The seven part practice
45. A prayer is a guided meditation
46. Prostration
47. Making offerings
48. Confession
49. Rejoicing
50. Request the Teachings
51. Requesting a teacher not to pass away, Dedication
52. Puja
Sunday afternoon:
53. Short breathing meditation
54. The preparatory rites
55. Obtaining offerings properly
56. Sitting in the 8-point posture
57. Visualize field of positive potential
58. Q: What does the waterbowl offering stands for?
59. Q: We should not have holy images in our bedroom?
60. Q: So what´s the difference between stupid and non-stupid
sex?
61. Q: Is the refuge tree also a field of positive potential?
62. Q: Can you talk about walking meditation?
63. Outline for daily meditations – Refuge
64. The seven-limb prayer
65. Breating meditation and more practice
66. Dedication
67. Q: Which step is the mandala offering?
68. Q: What does “openly admitting” means?
69. Q: According to buddhism, are humans good or bad?
70. A few words on the daily practice
71. Find inspiration
72. Meditation and dedication