Buddhist meditation explained

Meditation and the relativity of thought in Buddhism

* Taming the mind, Pema Chodron
* The eight jhanas or stages of meditation in Theravada Buddhism
o part 2: entering the 8 jhanas
o part3:Controversy around the eight jhanas
* Meditating on compassion useful? on being too practical and realistic, Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama
* Meditation quotes
* Mindfulness of breathing, from the Anapanasati Sutta. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
* It is easier to get enlightened than to stay enlightened, Lama Surya Das
* On spiritual enlightenment, Hinduism and Buddhism compared
* Thich Nhat Hanh: meditation quotes
* Thich Nhat Hanh on the benefits of silence
* The Mind and the Nature of Mind, Sogyal Rinpoche
* Prayer of blessing to all sentient beings, Sogyal Rinpoche
* Invocation to Tara, Nagarjuna
* The natural liberation through naked vision, identifying intelligence, by Padma Sambava. A very inspiring text that goes to the depth of the illusiveness of our thinking.
* Asanga's Teaching of Great Compassion,a meditation and visualization exercise.
* Parts of Tsong Kapa's Medium Length Transcendent Insight are recommended on the subject of meditation:
o Part 1
o Part 6
* The Nature of Buddhist Meditation, by Lama Doboom Tulku
* Nirvana etc. - from a discussion group
* More on Nirvana - theosophical and zen-approaches, from a discussion group
* Zen quotes