Concentration Talks
Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious traditions, the cultivation of Samādhi through various meditation methods is essential for the attainment of spiritual liberation (known variously as nirvana, moksha).
In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In Jain meditation, samadhi is considered one of the last stages of the practice just prior to liberation.
In the oldest Buddhist sutras, on which several contemporary western Theravada teachers rely, it refers to the development of an investigative and luminous mind which is equanimous and mindful. In the yogic traditions, and the Buddhist commentarial tradition on which the Burmese Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest tradition rely, it is interpreted as a meditative absorption or trance, attained by the practice of dhyāna.
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Our Way To Attain LiberationSerial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering... Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith... |
Aug 18 1969 Tassajara |
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The Ten Powers Of A BodhisattvaSerial: SF-05106 Sunday Morning, August 25, 1968 Bodhisattva, Dogen, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Observe, Attachment,... |
Aug 25 1968 Sokoji |
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Shuso CeremonySerial: SF-05143C SR023 Last 2/3 side 2 Philip's discussion ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator... Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Bell, Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Buddha Nature,... |
Apr 23 1968 C Tassajara |
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OLD - Inner Power of PracticeSerial: SF-05828 SR-67-12-04-A (start) (finish) - This tape repeated 67-12-02, but section at end was missing section of 67-12-01 and -02! Monastic Practice, Concentration, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Beginners,... |
Dec 02 1967 Tassajara |
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Inner Power of PracticeSerial: SF-05137A SR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, Concentration, Precepts, Monastic Practice, New Year,... |
Dec 02 1967 Tassajara |
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Zen Is Also BuddhismSerial: SF-05130C SR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 1 + 1/2 side 2 Suzuki lecture copied Mahayana, New Year, Buddha Nature, Hate, Observe, Concentration, Balance, Freedom,... |
Sep 1967 Tassajara |
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Reflections on the Prajna Paramita SutraSerial: SF-05135A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #19, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is the talk that was chosen by the... Sesshin, Sengai, Time, Emptiness, Ego, Continuous, Evil, Nirvana, Concentration,... |
Aug 24 1967 Tassajara |
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Think Everything OutSerial: SF-05093-C Monday, August 15, 1966, Lecture C Sesshin, causation, Attachment, Hate, Intuition, Concentration, Evil, Instruction,... |
Aug 15 1966 C Sokoji |
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On Japanese Zen, Christians and Zen, Various RoshisSerial: SF-01130 Tape 6 copy 1 Dana, Lay, Priest, Zazen, Religion, Zendo, Mahayana, training, soto, Concentration... |
Mar 1966 Kyoto |
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On Sokatsu-Shaku, Goto-Roshi, Sokei-AnSerial: SF-01124 Tape 3 copy 2 - duplicate Priest, Lay, Zendo, training, Ceremony, Freedom, Interview, Concentration, Passions,... |
Feb 25 1966 Kyoto |
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On Sokatsu-Shaku, Goto-Roshi, Sokei-AnSerial: SF-01138 Tape 3 copy 1 Priest, Lay, training, Ceremony, Zendo, Freedom, Doubt, soto, Concentration, Passions... |
Feb 25 1966 Kyoto |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-05428 TS-65-08-01 Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Concentration, Hate, Faith |
Aug 01 1965 Sokoji |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-05102 Tape X side 1 - Sunday lectures of Bishop Sumi Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Happiness, Hate, Freedom, Faith |
Aug 01 1965 Sokoji |
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Unknown year, August talk, Serial 01004 Buddha Nature, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Commitment, Concentration, Letting Go,... |
Aug 22 198 Unknown |
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YYYY.02.01-serial.00014 Concentration, Emotions, Culture, Buddha Nature, causation, training |
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YYYY.01.18-serial.00035 Oneness, Meditation, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Anger, Dharma... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Peace, Happiness, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Bell, Silence, Addiction, resistance,... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Anger, Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, Peace, Concentration, Avalokiteshvara, Non-... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Peace, Happiness, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Concentration, Enemies, Instruction, Anger... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Anger, Peace, Happiness, Daily Life, Concentration, Sangha, Describe, Obstacles,... |
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Dharma Talk - ThursdaySerial: SF-04813 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Happiness, Anger, Peace, Offering, Freedom, training, Concentration, Conversation,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 01076Serial: SF-01076 (no date) 1991? zen meditation, Zazen, Subject-and-Object, Suzuki Roshi, Concentration, Letting Go,... |
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Class Karma, Concentration, Nirvana, Demons, Four Noble Truths, Faith, Conversation,... |
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The Fifth PreceptSerial: SF-04085 Note: the Sixth Precept is not included in series - (did not reproduce well) confusion, Don't Know Mind, Conversation, Faith, Greed, Transmission,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 04056Serial: SF-04056 "Partly destroyed" Concentration, Faith, Anger, realization |
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Unknown Date, Serial 01005Serial: SF-01005B #clarify-speaker zen meditation, Echo, Concentration, Zazen, Oneness, Happiness, Anger, Emotions... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 01887 Duality, Buddha Nature, Karma, Non-duality, Teacher-and-Student, Don't Know Mind... |
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Guru AuthoritySerial: SF-03020A #13 Ego, Liberation, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Freedom, Birth-and-Death, Concentration,... |
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Introduction to MeditationSerial: SF-03030A #15 Echo, Nirvana, Concentration, Ego, Continuous, Obstacles, Liberation, Enemies,... |
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