Discrimination, intention and contact
Group of 5 omnipresent mental factors
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Mind and Mental Factors 
Feb 6, 1995 Part of a series of teachings given at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle from January 1995 to April 1996.
- Guided mindfulness meditation, to observe feelings and attitudes arising from bodily and mental sensations
- Discussion on the feelings of attachment and aversion which arise to illustrate first and second noble truths
- Mental factors of feeling, discrimination, intention and contact
- Different ways of classifying these mental factors and examples
- Discussion with the group to develop deeper understanding of these factors
- How mental factors interrelate with each other and with karma
Mind and mental factors 03: Discrimination, intention and contact (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
