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Sathipatthana Sutta – Discourse on Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Sathipatthana Sutta was delivered to a group of Bhikkhus, or monks, living in the province of Kuru in India. The main theme of Sathipatthana Sutta is mindfulness. The key objectives are to describe in detail the various modalities of mindfulness

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We are motivated by concepts

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Buddhism’s perspective on the environment

Man’s social and economic well-being is largely dependent on the environment and its natural resources. Therefore, environment is not something separate from human beings and their social settings, but an integral part of it. An important part of the environment

Ven. Pannasiri March 15, 2020March 17, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

You are the author of your future

Mindfulness meditation increases awareness of the devastating consequences of immoral behavior. The meditator vividly experiences the painful effects of unwholesome thoughts, words, and deeds and urgently feels the need to give them all up. You alone are the author of

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Factors of enlightenment

“As your mindfulness improves, you naturally begin to observe factors of enlightenment – the qualities of mind necessary to achieve the goal of the path. The Buddha practiced for many lifetimes to reach the utmost perfection of these factors in

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The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts

Each step along the Buddha’s path to happiness requires practicing mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life. Mindfulness is a way of training yourself to become aware of things as they really are. With mindfulness as your watchword,

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Levels of mindfulness

Established upon moral discipline, the disciple takes up the practice of meditation, intended to stabilize the mind and clear away the obstacles to the unfolding of wisdom. Because meditation elevates the mind beyond its normal level, this phase of practice

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Sammādiṭṭhi – the right view

“When, friends, a noble disciple understands clinging, the origin of clinging, the cessation of clinging, and the way leading to the cessation of clinging, in that way he is one of right view, whose view is straight, who has confirmed

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Satipaṭṭhāna – development of insight

The four objective domains divide the expository portion of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta into four major sections. Two of these sections, the first and the fourth, have several subdivisions. When the divisions are added up, we obtain altogether twenty-one meditation subjects.

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