LIST OF SAMPLE MEDITATIONS
"The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking,
for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination.
What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is
compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent,
that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times
seriously harmful"
Allan Wallace
Introduction
Before starting a meditation practice, it is very advisable to
have visited a group or center where meditation instructions are given, and
follow some guided meditations. In this way, it is easy to discover the basics
of the actual practice. The various traditions teach slightly different methods,
usually related to the emphasis of their main practices. It is strongly advised
to start any meditation session with setting one's motivation and concluding
by dedicating the positive energy, for this, verses as given in the page Prayers
before and after Meditation can be a good guideline. Do have a look at His
Holiness the Dalai Lama's advice on meditation.
BASICS
The Basis: Watching the Breath
Relaxation: Butter
on the Head / Relaxing by Stressing
Slowing Down the Mind: Eliminating
Past and Future
Mindfulness: Watching the Senses / Watching
Emotions
Purification: Smoke Out, Light In /
Body of Light
The Nature of Mind: What is It? / Continuity
of Mind / Space Between Thoughts
Pre-Tantric Purification: Nine-Round Breathing
REDUCING DELUSIONS / HARMFUL EMOTIONS
Attachment: To
a Person / Impermanence
Aversion, Anger and Hatred
Pride
Fear: Daring
to Change
Doubt
Jealousy
Depression: Analysis
of Depression / Unveiling
the Buddha Nature
Lack
of Self-confidence
General Approach to and Meditation on
Delusions
INCREASING POSITIVE EMOTIONS
Equanimity: Friend,
Stranger and Enemy
Bodhicitta: 7-Point Mind
Training / 4-Point Mind
Training
Forgiving: In Steps /
Forgiving Others / Accepting
Forgiveness / Love and Forgiveness
to Self and Others
Compassion: His Holiness / General
/ Unveiling
the Buddha Nature
Bodhicitta: 7 Point Mind
Training / 4 Point Mind
Training
Tong-len: Giving of Happiness and Taking
of Suffering
Suffering: Of the
Different Realms / Suffering
Of Change / All-Pervasive
Suffering
Karma: The Four Laws / Is
It Logical?
Wisdom: Dissolve Body &
Mind / 4-Fold Analysis
Death: Death Process and Visions
/ Highway Car / 9-Point
Death Meditation
Precious Human Rebirth: Look at
Others / Appreciate your Life
/ 8 Freedoms & 10 Endowments
Motivation: Who Do I Want to Be? / Make
up the Account / If I Had Only One More Year
to Live...
Guru Devotion: Would I Trust
One? / Blessing of Body,
Speech and Mind
Refuge
VISUALISATIONS AND MANTRA RECITATION
Shakyamuni Buddha Meditation
Chenresig Meditation
Tara Meditation
Last updated:
November 5, 2016
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