Serenity and Insight: An Introduction

0001 An Essential Overview

0002 The Stages of Practice at a Glance

0003 In Concentration I will Place My Mind

0004 The Last Two Perfections, In Particular

0005 The Source of All Virtuous Qualities

0006 Reflection with an Undistracted Mind

0007 Freedom through Serenity and Insight

0008 The Key to All Meditative Concentrations

0009 Serenity and Insight, At All Times

0010 The Nature of Serenity (I)

0011 The Nature of Serenity (II)

0012 The Nature of Insight

0013 How Scriptural Texts Identify Serenity and Insight (I)

0014 How Scriptural Texts Identify Serenity and Insight (II)

0015 How Scriptural Texts Identify Serenity and Insight (III)

0016 How Scriptural Texts Identify Serenity and Insight (IV)

0017 How Scriptural Texts Identify Serenity and Insight (V)

0018 How Scriptural Texts Identify Serenity and Insight (VI)

0019 Why Practice Both Serenity and Insight

0020 Serenity and Insight, Steady and Strong

0021 Serenity Makes Insight Possible

0022 The Purpose of Serenity is Insight

0023 Concentration Subdues Afflictions, Wisdom Uproots Them

0024 Learning is the Root of the Practice

0025 A Summary for Why It Is Necessary to Practice Both

0026 First Serenity, Then Insight

0027 Insight Requires Serenity as a Cause

0028 Serenity and Insight Arise Through Different Ways

0029 The Sequence Agreed Upon in the Scriptural Teachings

0030 What is Meant by "Serenity on the Basis of Insight"

0031 How Their Order Is Certain—A Summary

0032 Dwelling In An Appropriate Area

0033 Few Desires, Contentment, and Simplicity

0034 Keeping Pure Discipline; Giving Up Thoughts of Desire

0035 The Great Importance of the Preconditions

0036 The Posture for Cultivating Meditative Concentration (I)

0037 The Posture for Cultivating Meditative Concentration (II)

0038 How the Classic Texts Teach Meditative Concentration (I)

0039 How the Classic Texts Teach Meditative Concentration (II)

0040 Inspired by the Good Qualities of Concentration

0041 An Eager Heart for Cultivating Concentration

0042 Universal Objects of Meditation

0043 Objects of Meditation for Purifying Behaviour (I)

0044 Objects of Meditation for Purifying Behaviour (II)

0045 Objects of Meditation for Expertise

0046 Objects of Meditation for Purifying Afflictions

0047 Special Purposes of the Objects of Meditation

0048 Meditation on Emptiness Is Not Without An Object

0049 Who Should Meditate On Which Objects

0050 Appropriate Objects for Purifying Behaviour

0051 Appropriate Objects of Meditation for Expertise

0052 Who Should Meditate On Which Objects — of Dispelling Afflictions

0053 Identifying Objects of Meditation for This Context

0054 Meditating on the Physical Form of a Buddha

0055 Visualizing the Physical Form of a Buddha

0056 The Key Points of Visualizing a Buddha's Physical Form (I)

0057 The Key Points of Visualizing a Buddha's Physical Form (II)

0058 The Key Points of Visualizing a Buddha's Physical Form (III)

0059 The Key Points of Visualizing a Buddha's Physical Form (IV)

0060 Two Special Features of the Concentration in This Context

0061 Obstacles and Conducive Conditions to Cultivating Serenity