Shamatha and Vipashyana

Achieving Shamatha
An analysis of how to remain focused – what are the conducive conditions and deterrents of shamatha meditation. 
in Shamatha
Meditation States That Are Discerning or Stabilizing
Shamatha emphasizes stabilizing meditation. Vipashyana emphasizes discerning meditation. A state of vipashyana is pervasive with being a state of the joined pair: stabilizing and discerning meditations.
in Shamatha
The Perfection of Concentration: Dhyanaparamita
With far-reaching concentration, we’re able to stay perfectly focused while helping others and in all meditations for reaching enlightenment.
in Love & Compassion
Objects of Focus for Developing Shamatha and Vipashyana
In the sutras, Buddha taught four types of objects of focus for practitioners to employ in meditation.
in Shamatha
Extrasensory Perception Gained in a State of Shamatha
Through the power of achieving a stilled and settled state of mind and attaining the first level of mental constancy, practitioners can attain certain extrasensory awareness.
in Shamatha
Meditation Advice for Lam-rim Practice
Our meditation practice requires us to first analyze and understand the Dharma in order to integrate it into ourselves.
in The Three Scopes
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