- Practicing Buddhist Right Mindfulness: Touching Bedrock
How do we practice Right Mindfulness in Buddhism? We'll look at the traditional Four Foundations of Mindfulness, and what the point is of living a mindful life.
- Mindfulness of Breathing Practice: Mind and Dharmas
In this video we'll look at the last eight aspects of mindfulness of breathing practice as described in the early texts. This includes practices of mindfulness of breathing related to mind, and to dharmas. We'll also consider how this…
- Mindfulness of Breathing Practice: Body and Feelings
We'll look at the first eight aspects of mindfulness of breathing practice from the early texts, four having to do with the body, and four with feeling tones.
- Mindfulness of Breathing is Important! (Early Buddhist Practice)
When we begin our meditation practice we often begin with mindfulness of breathing. But it is so much more than an introductory practice. We'll look at its importance in the early suttas with help from a recent book on the topic by…
- Seven Factors of Awakening: Ordinary or Altered Consciousness?
What are the seven Factors of Awakening in early Buddhism? We will look at their importance to the path, and grapple with a couple of different ways they can be understood.