If you possess the economic freedom
to engage in a thirty day,
self-guided meditation retreat;
I recommend three books:
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FIRST – Heart Treasure
of the Enlightened Ones,
(Dilgo Khyentse, Patrul Rinpoche),
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SECOND – Chenrezik the Lord of Love
(Bokar Rinpoche) and
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THIRD – The Union of
Mahamudra and Dzogchen
(Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche,
Karma Chagmey).
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The FIRST and the THIRD
each contain a Root text and a Commentary,
and (as is often the case)
the former is superior to the latter.
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The Dalai Lama gushed
over the FIRST describing it
literally as a “complete path”
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and figuratively
as “like an elixir for reviving the dead.”
SORRY – zombies not included.
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The FIRST is an excellent
guide to contemplation,
the sixth chapter of the SECOND one
is a good meditation guide,
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for which an excellent synopsis
can be found in the THIRD one’s
“phase of completion” chapter.
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Some Tibetan retreatants
practice four study sessions
and four practice sessions per day ie:
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5am study, 6am practice,
9am study, 10am practice,
1pm study, 2pm practice, and
5pm study, 6pm practice.
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To really get the most out of your retreat,
in the months leading up to it,
study and meditate once every twelve hours.
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The first week meditate
for five minutes every twelve hours.
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Add an additional five minuets
to your practice session every week
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and by your thirteenth week
you could have grown comfortable
with 60 minute meditation sessions.
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If you run into any difficulties
reach out to me over Reddit chat. _/\_
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