mindfulness

Teachings on mindfulness, a mental factor that enables the mind to stay on its chosen object. These include teachings on mindfulness in developing concentration and keeping ethical conduct.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Refuting inherent existence

Analyzing whether the person is one with the aggregates, and how we have difficulty seeing…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Karma and emptiness

An overview of why we would want to learn about emptiness and teaches on the…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

Eating mindfully

A continuation of the commentary on five ways to think in order to make eating…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

Eating with gratitude

A commentary on the first two of the five contemplations before meals from the Chinese…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

Our motivation for eating

A new series of talks, "Food for Awakening," on Buddhist perspectives about eating.

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Russia)

Questions and answers on the establishments of mindf...

A discussion of mindfulness of feelings. Neutral feelings and how they arise, attachment to children.…

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Russia)

Practicing mindfulness of feelings

Mindfulness of feelings is not an intellectual exercise but looking inside at how the three…

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Russia)

Meditating on the four establishments of mindfulness

Meditating on the four establishments of mindfulness includes meditating on the common and individual characteristics…

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