Dec 8: The Gradual Training - Part 7 Home for the Holidays
Samadhi is the mind coming home. Ayya Ahimsa discusses the final step of the Gradual Training: step 8 of the Noble Eightfold Path: Right Samadhi/stillness. The four take aways are: 1. samadhi is a continuum 2. it's a process of simplification and purification 3. it's expansive 4. it's a natural state.
Dec 12: The Gradual Training - Part 8 Breath Meditation
Sanghamitta discusses the 16 steps of breath meditation and explains how they fulfill the the four focuses of mindfulness: satipatthana.