Intro talks about using the breath in working with pain recovering from surgery. Main talk addresses “citta,” mind or mind states from Anapanasati Sutta. This goes into different ways of defining the mind.
Exploring the challenges of learning meditation.
From a Buddhism and the Twelve Steps class series in 2011 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Many of the ideas in these classes can...
Reading from Joseph Goldstein’s “Mindfulness” and Bhikkhu Analayo’s “Mindfulness of Breathing” to understand what meditative concentration is and how to approach it.