Book Study

8. Concentration

Meeting Resources

  • Use this section if you are looking for a meditation, reading, or discussion topic for a meeting.

  • Read the Book Study page for more ideas on how to work with this page.

RD Formats

RD Meditation

Mindfulness

RD Meditation

Concentration

Other Sources

Mindfulness & Concentration

Reading

Wise Concentration

Read

Discuss

  • Mindfulness can also be a concentration practice

  • Concentration practice gives us the opportunity to meet our habits of distraction with kindness and compassion

  • In concentration, noticing that we have been distracted is a success

Practice Resources

  • Use this section of the page for to support practice between meetings

  • Read the Book Study Title Page for more guidance on how to work with this section.

  • The Inquiry section of this site offers more resources to support an ongoing daily practice.

Refuge in the Dharma


Learning the Concepts

  • Choose just one of the readings or the whole chapter to read, underline and study.

  • Think about or write about the title of the reading or the discussion topics listed above


Refuge in the Buddha


Brief Personal Meditation

Pause - at least once a day, for a minute or two - to practice any of the following meditations.

  • Mindfulness of The Mind: Notice thoughts as they arise and pass.

  • Concentration on Equanimity: Repeat to yourself: "May I find Peace exactly where I am."

Renunciation Inquiry

  • List five of your most important values in a friend. Write briefly about each one

Refuge in the Sangha


Sangha

Meetings: Notice how your insights from this practice relate to the meetings you attend this week..

Wise Friends and Mentors

  • Survey: Every day, practice reaching out to 1-3 Wise Friends you have met at the meeting.

  • Ask each one about their experience with this week's meditation practice or topic.

  • If you don't reach someone, leave a message with your question, and try with 1-3 other Wise Friends tomorrow.

Sangha Support

  • Use this section to integrate Personal Practice with Sangha Practice

  • Read the Book Study Title Page for more guidance on how to work with this section.

Core Intentions


The Practice


Wise Friens & Mentors