Eight liberations and nine serial absorptions

Four types of srvaka aryas and eight liberations

Meditative absorption on the four truths

The mundane form and formless realm

Cultivating mundane insight

A diagram illustrating attaining serenity

The nine stages of sustained attention

Five faults eight antidotes

Restlessness and laxity

First two of Maitreya’s five faults

Meditating on breath and overcoming hindrances

Meditating on the body and skeleton

Taming the five hindrances

Restlessness, regret and deluded doubt

Hindrances of malice, lethargy and sleepiness

The hindrance of desire

Benefits on meditating on the Buddha

Objects for developing serenity

The importance of developing serenity

Full ordination for women