The four foundations of mindfulness
A teaching given at the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Singapore.
- Buddhist mindfulness has a specific meaning
- Mindfulness of the body
- Mindfulness of feelings
- Mindfulness of the mind
- Mindfulness of phenomena
- Meditating on the body by reviewing the parts of the body
- Examining unpleasant, pleasant and neutral feelings in the body
- We are pushed by how we relate to happy and unhappy feelings
- Money and mindfulness of phenomena
- Checking if your values are in the right place
- Questions and answers
The four foundations of mindfulness (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.