Tibetan Buddhist Meditation

The course syllabus is structured as follows:

Buddhism in Tibet

• The Buddhist Schools of Tibet
• Mahayana and Lamrim
• Sutra and Tantra
• Special Spiritual Traditions and Pureness
• The Five Steps
• A Glossary of Useful Terms

Meditation

• The Need to Practise
• Preparing for Meditation
• Dealing with the Five Hindrances
• Boredom
• Everything is Within
• A Meditation Method (Part One)

Diving More Deeply/Lamrim

• Mantra
• A Meditation Method (Part Two)
• Hard Work, but Worth It
• Step One - Special Human Rebirth - Life is Good
• Step Two - Death and Impermanence - Death is Certain
• Step Three - The Lower Realms - Seres et Metes
• Mindfulness

Lamrim (Continued)

• Get on With It
• Step Four - Refuge - Deal with It
• Step Five - Karma - Kindness to All
• Step Six - Suffering - Body Brings Pain
• Beyond the Illusion - Breaking the Mould

Facing Reality

• Being a Peacock'
• Feed Me!
• Step Seven - Selfishness - Everyone is Me
• Step Eight - Self Cherishing - Change your Mind
• Step Nine - Equanimity - This Mountain, That Mountain
• Practice of Purification
• Thoughts

Having a Good Heart

• The Journey Continues
• Atisha
• Step Ten - Recognising Mother as Self - Everyone is Mother
• Step Eleven - Kindness to Mother and from Mother - Love Is All
• Step Twelve - Kindness to All by Equalising Self and Others - Put Others First
• All You Need is Love

Understanding Reality

• 'Good' and'Bad' People
• The Mind
• Step Thirteen - Equalising Self and Others - All is Life
• Step Fourteen - Exchanging Self and Others - Kindness Brings Freedom
• Step Fifteen - Compassion - Life Brings Suffering

Begin and Continue

• Metamorphosis - Deep Change/Complete Change
• What you Think, you Are
• Step Sixteen - Love - Just Give Love
• Step Seventeen - Enlightenment - All Must Change
• Step Eighteen - Bodhisatva
• Breathing is Good for You
• Taking the Sufferings of Others
• Do Not be 'Hairy'

The Final Stages

• Emptiness
• Step Nineteen - Tranquil Abiding - Clear and Calm
• Step Twenty - Selflessness and Emptiness - Calmness, Emptiness
• Step Twenty One -The Teacher/Guru - Om Mane Padme Hung
• Shelter from the Storm
• Changeable Suffering
• Let it Be
• Practice, Practice, Practice

Keep Travelling

• The Steps
• Good Medicine
• Change your Mind
• The Six Perfections
• Be Enthusiastic
• Work at the Weeding
• Deal with Life
• Control
• The Answer is Within
• Refuse to Carry the Luggage
• Find your Path