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jhana
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meditative attainments
Specific states or abilities that can arise from skillful meditation: feeling [ equanimity ] first cessation seeing nimitta accessing…
predictive agent
Consider an agent that is purely concerned with [ predictive processing ]: finding the optimal [ compression ], or equivalently the optimal…
intelligence is not consciousness
A lot of discussion around [ artificial intelligence ] implicitly conflates intelligence with [ consciousness ]. It assumes that as we…
general intelligence
Is there such a thing as 'general intelligence'? What capabilities does it require? Is it a goal worth striving for? We usually speak about…
five hindrances
Buddists identify five factors as obstacles to [ concentration ] in [ meditation ]: Sensory desire ( kāmacchanda ) Aversion or ill will (…
AI that can meditate
An AI that thought 'like a human' would be able to engage in [ meditation ]. What does this imply? What capabilities are missing from…
concentration
Concentration is something of a misnomer for the meditative practice and states of samādhi . The word "concentration" carries connotations…
Pointing Out the Great Way Level 1 retreat notes
This page contains my notes from the Pointing Out the Great Way Level 1 [ mahamudra ] [ meditation ] [ retreats|retreat ] course I took…