Right Mindfulness: Elements The elements according to Bhikkhu Analayo: 1. The earth element represents the principle of hardness, resistance, and stiffness. 2. The water element represents the principle of fluidity, wetness ,and cohesion. 3. The fire element represents the domain of temperature, manifesting as different degrees of warmth. 4. The wind/air element represents the principle of motion, vibration, and oscillation. …
Formal Practice Suggestions Awareness of anatomical parts – guided meditation from our class on 5/21. It is about 36 minutes long. Body scan – this is an older recording. It is about 25 minutes long. Awareness of anatomical parts – guided meditation from our class on 5/28. It is about 35 minutes long. My talk from 5/28. It is about …
Right Mindfulness: Refrain or The “Modus Operandi” of Satipatthana Satipatthana Sutta Refrain translated by Bhikkhu Analayo: “In this way, in regard to the body he abides contemplating the body internally, or he abides contemplating the body externally, or he abides contemplating the body both internally and externally. Or, he abides contemplating the nature of arising in the body, or he …
My talk from our class on 4/16. It is about 20 minutes long. Click on the square icon with the arrow to the right of the audio to download. My talk from our class on 4/23. It is about 27 minutes long. Formal Practice Suggestions – Establish awareness of standing posture before you sit down for your formal practice. – …
Sati (from Pali) = mindfulness My understanding and definition of Sati: neutral awareness, present moment awareness Talk from our class on 4/2: Formal Practice Suggestions Guided meditation from our class on 3/26: – Set an intention to practice every day this week for at least 25 minutes. Be interested and notice your attitude before your formal practice. Do …
The Fourth of The Four Great Efforts: Maintaining/Sustaining, Developing & Maturing the Wholesome Qualities of the Mind/Heart “Herein the disciple rouses his will to maintain the wholesome things that have already arisen, and not to allow them to disappear, but to bring them to growth, to maturity, and to the full perfection of development; and he makes effort, stirs up …
The Third of The Four Great Efforts: Cultivating the Wholesome Qualities of the Mind/Heart Talk from our group on 2/19/23: Formal Practice Suggestions – Choose one of the Brahma Viharas below to cultivate in your formal practice this week. 1. Metta: lovingkindness, benevolence, goodwill, kindness, holistic kindness, friendliness, all-inclusive befriending Near enemy (might be confused as metta, can look like metta): …
Right Effort: Working with Distracting/Unskillful/Unwholesome Thoughts “Right effort is not about using energy to focus on an object. Right effort is reminding yourself to be aware.” – Sayadaw U Tejaniya Recordings from our group on 2/5/23: 1. Guided meditation 2. Talk Formal Practice Suggestions 1. Notice your attitude when thinking arises. Do you see thinking as an interruption …
The Second of The Four Great Efforts: Abandoning/Letting Go and Restraining Definitions from our books: 1. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana: Overcoming the hindrances and the fetters 2. Bhikkhu Bodhi: Abandoning the arisen unwholesome states 3. Joseph Goldstien: Abandoning the unwholesome state that have arisen Talk from 1/29 class: Formal Practice Suggestions 1. We all experience and hold wrong attitudes at …
The First of The Four Great Efforts: Preventing “So right effort is really no effort: it is very easy; just don’t expect anything from the practice.” – Sayadaw U Tejaniya Definitions from our books: 1. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana: Preventing negative states of mind 2. Bhikkhu Bodhi: Preventing the arising of unarisen unwholesome states 3. Joseph Goldstien: Prevent of arising of latent defilements …
