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A lecture celebrating the anniversary of the Parinirvana or 'death' of the Buddha. It outlines six basic meditation practices crucial to the attainment of the 'Deathless': Enlightenment.
N.B. Last few words missing.
Talk given in 1972.
This talk is part of the series Parinirvana Day.
| 1. | Going for Refuge; important Buddhist festivals (10:54) | |
| 2. | Meditation: i.integration, ii. experience of superconscious states, iii. Insight (13:44) | |
| 3. | The Five Defilements and their remedies (4:57) | |
| 4. | i. Distraction - mindfulness of breathing (4:55) | |
| 5. | ii. Hate: the Metta Bhavana (1:49) | |
| 6. | iii. Craving - three methods: recollection of impurity, recollection of death, recollection of impermanence; notes on the recollection of death (16:01) | |
| 7. | iv. Ignorance: contemplation of the chain of conditioned coproduction; the twelve links (nidanas) (9:23) | |
| 8. | v. Conceit (mana): contemplation of the six elements (9:60) | |
| 9. | The stupa (6:39) | |
| 10. | Does the Tathagatha exist or not after death? Nirvana with and without remainder; artistic depictions of the scene; why commemorate the Buddha's death? (10:21) |
Total running time: 1:28:43
