The Meditation Retreat Manual

INTRODUCTION PART I: RETREATS: PHYSICAL  CHAPTER ONE - Meditation equipment CHAPTER TWO - Noble Silence CHAPTER THREE - Meals CHAPTER FOUR - To bring or not to bring CHAPTER FIVE - Journaling CHAPTER SIX - Pali chanting and formalities CHAPTER SEVEN - Finding a centre CHAPTER EIGHT - Discomforts and inconveniences CHAPTER NINE - Ordination on retreat CHAPTER TEN - Donations CHAPTER ELEVEN - Visas and international travel CHAPTER TWELVE - A day on retreat INTERLUDE 1 -  Concentration meditation instructions PART II: RETREATS: MENTAL CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Preparing yourself CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Commitment vs. Quitting CHAPTER FIFTEE - Devices CHAPTER SIXTEEN - East and West CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Teachers CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Continuity of practice CHAPTER NINETEEN - Sleep time CHAPTER TWENTY - Mental health CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Other meditators CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - Leaving retreat INTERLUDE 2 -insight meditation instructions
 PART III: MEDITATION: PHYSICAL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - Morality CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - Aches and pains CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE- Postures CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Samatha vs. Vipassana CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - Restraint of the senses CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - Anicca CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - The meditation hall CHAPTER THIRTY - Exercising 
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 - Daily practice post-retreat INTERLUDE 3 - Walking meditation instructions PART IV: MEDITATION: MENTAL CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Effort CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - The Five Hindrances CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - Maps CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - Faith CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - Mindfulness vs. Concentration CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - Conceit CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - Enlightenment CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - Dark Night FURTHER RESOURCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR