Meditation

Buddhist methods for developing compassion, the beneficial state of mind wishing for others to be free of their suffering.

Stay mindful of your breath, to calm down and become more positive.

Take others’ feelings seriously, to care about how you treat them.

An introduction to meditation.

Vajrasattva practice is a tantric meditation done for the purification of negative karmic potentials. On an ultimate level, Vajrasattva practice is non-conceptual meditation on voidness.

Dzogchen meditation emphasizes non-conceptuality, but to recognize and rest in such a state, we first need to understand the various levels of mental activity and what conceptualization means.

Meditation on death and impermanence is an essential Buddhist practice. It gives us a sense of urgency and strong motivation to practice the Dharma.

If we are aware of the ten mental factors that are involved with every single moment of our experience, we can mold situations in such a way that they optimize the experience.

Starting from equanimity and acknowledging and appreciating motherly love, we develop love and compassion for everyone and the bodhichitta aim to become Buddhas to be of best help to them all.

Shamatha (a stilled and settled state of mind) and vipashyana (an exceptionally perceptive state of mind) are levels of meditative concentration taught in all forms of Buddhism.