Audio Collection #2 |
Introductory Teaching & Guided Meditations - (2009/2015)
Contemplating Death, Dying and the Impermanent, Not-Self Nature of the Human Body
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Awareness of impermanence and mindfulness of death helps meditators to weaken and uproot unskillful attachments and ignorance, thus ripening the mind to develop deeper insight, while spurring us on to live good and productive lives.
The readings, talks and meditations presented here help us to become more familiar and comfortable with this challenging yet vital theme. These practices and teachings are intended to assist you to develop insight into liberating truth, and lay a foundation to both live and die with clarity, understanding and peace. (Ajahn Achalo)
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Introductory Teachings & Guided Meditations - (2009/2015)
Section One - Establishing the context
1 - Intro/ How to use this audio compilation - Talk
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2 - Recollecting Death & cultivating an awareness of impermanence - Talk
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3 - Balancing wisdom with faith and joy Q&A - Talk
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4 - Excerpts from Suttas (Lord Buddha) - Reading
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5 - Our Real Home (Ajahn Chah) - Reading
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6 - Excerpts from teachings (by Ajahn Anan) - Reading
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Section Two - Becoming familiar with the theme
7 - Breath Meditation 'Rising and Falling' - Meditation
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8 - Recollecting the death of teachers, friends, and loved ones - Meditation
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9 - Contemplating the ever-present possibility of death for oneself - Meditation
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Section Three - Visualising death scenarios
10 - Dying peacefully from old age (as a lay-practitioner) - Meditation
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11 - Dying peacefully from old age (as a monk or nun) - Meditation
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12 - Dying from cancer at home (as a lay-practitioner) - Meditation
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13 - Dying from cancer in the monastery (as a monk or nun) - Meditation
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14 - Dying from fever in the jungle (as a monk) - Meditation
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Section Four - Death scenarios continued
15 - Dying in the bathroom (as a lay-practitioner) - Meditation
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16 - Dying on the footpath (as a lay-practitioner) - Meditation
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17 - Dying in a plane (as a monk or nun) - Meditation
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18 - Dying on pilgrimage in India (as a monk or nun) - Meditation
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19 - Dying in the jungle from snake bite (as a monk) - Meditation
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Section Five - Dissolution of the body after death
20 - Charnal Ground contemplation - Meditation
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Added in 2015
21 - Guided Meditation, consistently mindful of death in this life
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