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01 Notes on posture and general preparation (see 'meditation text' section of our site)
03 Mindfulness of Breathing (short lead-through) - the first stage
04 Mindfulness of Breathing (short lead-through) - the second stage
02 Mindfulness of Breathing (short lead-through) - beginning the practice; the breath and the body
05 Mindfulness of Breathing (short lead-through) - the third stage
06 Mindfulness of Breathing (short lead-through) - the fourth stage
07 Mindfulness of Breathing (short lead-through) - bringing the practice to a close and just sitting with the experience
01 Introduction to the tape - two meditations (see 'Metta Bhavana'); learning about your own mind; aspects of transformation
01 Mindfulness of Breathing (full lead-through) - sitting well and comfortably
02 Introduction to the Mindfulness of Breathing; paying attention; relaxing and focussing
04 A guide to the four stages; setting up the practice; the first stage - counting after the out-breath
05 The second stage - counting before the in breath; a more active engagement; patience
03 The essential method of the practice; what's so special about the breath as an object of meditation; making an effort - counting the breath
02 Mindfulness of Breathing (full lead-through) - the first stage
07 The fourth stage - focussing on where you first feel the breath; subtle breath, subtle mind
06 The third stage - stopping the counting; natural flow - quieting breath, body, and mind
01 Introduction - setting up your practice
03 Mindfulness of Breathing (full lead-through) - the second stage
04 Mindfulness of Breathing (full lead-through) - the third stage
02 First stage - thinking of yourself
01 Introduction to the tape - general advice on meditation
05 Mindfulness of Breathing (full lead-through) - the fourth stage
05 Fourth stage - thinking of a difficult person or enemy
03 The structure of the meditation; settling down; the first stage - sitting with however you feel and directing friendliness t
03 Second Stage - thinking of a good friend
02 Introducing the Metta Bhavana - Developing Loving Kindness; the importance of friendliness - starting with yourself
06 Fifth stage - thinking of all four people; expanding to all beings everywhere
04 Third stage - thinking of a neutral person
08 Fifth stage - equalizing metta for all four people, a simple approach; metta for the whole universe - how to work on it
04 General points on developing metta; patience, imagination, experiment, focus and concentration
Simplicity
05 Second stage - metta towards a friend; choosing the person; how to work in this stage - being honest
06 Third stage - the neutral person; how to work even when there is no strong feeling
07 Fourth stage - metta towards someone you find difficult; being open to change; empathy
01 First stage - directing metta to yourself
02 Second stage - directing metta towards a good friend
04 Fourth stage - directing metta towards a difficult person or enemy
05 Fifth stage - equalizing metta and directing it towards the whole universe
01 Brian, the meditating dog, and the natural life; experience of the elements versus artificial living
03 Third stage - directing metta towards a neutral person
02 Meditation exposing artificiality through awareness of experience; meditation as a kind of prayer for authenticity and truth; the buddhist path as a way of beccoming more natural
04 The earth element; the easiest element to experience directly; hard, firm and durable
06 The fire element; relating to and learning from fire
03 The six element practice as a focus on nature; historical suppression of pagan naturalness; naturalness as an issue of practice, not theory
05 The water element; the shape depends on the container; the taboo of bodily fluids; accepting the elements as they are; the elements as co-existing qualities, not things
Absorption – After the Enlightenment
The Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual Death
08 The element 'space'; the great container of all things
07 The element of wind (air) as 'motion' - vayo dhatu; movement of emotional energy in the body and its oppression; element practice as recollection of spaciousness; the movement of the mind, thoughts and perceptions
02 Introduction to the Mindfulness of Breathing; paying attention; relaxing and focussing
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