Death rehearsals are a category of death contemplation that is not well-represented in the Theravadin Buddhist world. The idea here is to vividly imagine death …
Death and Tranquility meditation (part 2 of 2)
As noted in my last blog post, maranasati (death contemplation) can be used to develop samatha (tranquility meditation). In order to do this, make sure …
Death and Tranquility meditation (part 1 of 2)
Most Buddhist meditations can be divided between tranquility (Pali: samatha, Sanskrit: shamatha, Tibetan: shine’) practices and insight (Pali: vipassana, Sanskrit: vipashana, Tibetan: lagtong) practices.* While …
Welcome and Thank you!
Hi, this is the first post of the IDC Project blog. Things are coming together slowly, so apologies if you’re looking for something and it’s …