Topics Include: 1) Review of the major types of concentration: fixed object meditation, multiple object meditation, and one pointed attention to our daily life activities. 2) Understanding why samadhi is so important: how concentration leads to wisdom and understanding. 3) The importance of concentration in the overall path to awakening. 4) The first factor in the development of concentration: a pleasant abiding in the here and now. 5) The second factor in the development concentration: the supernormal powers or siddhis.
Honolulu, Hawaii
March 2, 2019
55 minutes