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Four foundations of meditation

Meditation technique

Step by step, bringing the mind to one place.

Meditation technique consists of practical steps to bring the mind to one place, calm and clear: settling the body, regulating the breath, settling the mind, practising mindfulness, overcoming obstacles and ending a meditation session. This topic includes a step-by-step meditation guide, a meditation textbook and stories about people who meditate.

Articles: 36

Meditation guide

Articles: 10
  1. Foreword, introduction, definition and goal of meditation1 min read
  2. Basic foundations: ethics, merit and qigong1 min read
  3. Settling the body: starting actions and the full lotus posture1 min read
  4. Awareness of the whole body, keeping it relaxed, contemplating its impermanence and the illusory nature of the mind1 min read
  5. Regulating the breath and combining it with the contemplations1 min read
  6. Settling the mind: recognising joyful and pleasant feelings, and letting go of wandering thoughts1 min read
  7. Results: mindfulness and clear awareness, overcoming the five hindrances and attaining the four jhanas1 min read
  8. Ending meditation and walking meditation1 min read
  9. Meditation for people with little time1 min read
  10. Meditation combined with reciting the Buddha's name1 min read

Meditation textbook

Articles: 17
  1. Foreword2 min read
  2. The concept of meditation6 min read
  3. The place of meditation in the Noble Eightfold Path7 min read
  4. Definitions of meditation7 min read
  5. The physiological mechanism of meditation7 min read
  6. The psychological mechanism of meditation7 min read
  7. The supernatural meaning of meditation8 min read
  8. Settling the body8 min read
  9. The story of a swordsman9 min read
  10. The breath13 min read
  11. Right mindfulness12 min read
  12. The five hindrances12 min read
  13. Obstacles to meditative concentration16 min read
  14. The four Dhyānas and the four Noble Fruits compared21 min read
  15. The phenomenon of sudden awakening14 min read
  16. Buddhist methods today22 min read
  17. Ending meditation, monitoring meditation and living Zen11 min read

Karma and its results

Articles: 1
  1. Practising meditation19 min read

Foundations of ethics

Articles: 8
  1. Calming the mind8 min read
  2. The civilised person6 min read
  3. The depths of consciousness4 min read
  4. Wisdom of a settled mind6 min read
  5. Strange phenomena of meditative concentration5 min read
  6. The ego4 min read
  7. Finding out4 min read
  8. Having and not having4 min read