For the past few months I’ve really been focusing on “body work” in my dharma practice. I’ve been working with full-body awareness and vipassana, as well as using deep loving-kindness meditation to embrace mental and physical pains. This essay by Thanissaro Bhikkhu has been especially helpful in getting in touch with the actual feelings of my […]
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The Importance of Alertness and Attention in Developing Concentration
2011/05/05 
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As I have grown in my meditation practice, I have been able to develop deeper and deeper levels of concentration and corresponding insight. And yet, when I’ve read about some of the various deeper levels of jhana (deep concentration, or samatha) I’ve sometimes wondered about my progress and whether I’m going “deep” enough. This great […]
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