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Coming up: Right Samadhi
Friends, Mindfulness is the main pillar of the meditative practice taught by the Buddha. It is also the first of the seven factors of enlightenment, the balancing factor of the five spiritual faculties, and so on. The Buddha declared that mindfulness is...
This Week in Buddhism: Maitreya Buddha Birthday
Coming up on the 1st day of the 1st Lunar Month (February 10, 2024) is the birthday of Maitreya Buddha. "Maitreya Buddha birthday is celebrated on the 1st day of the 1st moon of the Chinese lunar calendar which coincides with the Chinese New Year Day, a day of joy in...
Reflections for “Abbot’s Commentary: Mindfulness is Relevant Always”
The post titled Abbot’s Commentary: Mindfulness is Relevant Always is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Buddhist monk, Ajahn Sumedho explains awareness here and now:...
Reflections for “Is There Such a Thing As Wrong Mindfulness?
The post titled Is There Such a Thing As Wrong Mindfulness? is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Right, or sammā is correct, complete, whole, proper, perfect. What makes...
Reflections for “Five Hindrances”
The post titled Five Hindrances is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: The five hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, sloth & torpor, restlessness & remorse, and...
Reflections for “Mindfulness of Dharmas”
The post titled Mindfulness of Dharmas is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Mindfulness of Dharmas (Pali: Dhammānupassanā) if the fourth foundation of mindfulness....
Reflections for “Mindfulness of Mind (Citta)“
The post titled Mindfulness of Mind (Citta) is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Mindfulness of mind (Pali: cittanupassanā) is to know the state of the mind no matter...
Reflections for “Mindfulness of Sensations (Vedanā)“
The post titled Mindfulness of Sensations (Vedanā) is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: As I’m sitting here reading and typing my reflections, I’m aware of an unpleasant...
Reflections for “Mindfulness of the Body“
The post titled Mindfulness of the Body is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Mindfulness of the body (Pali: kāyānupassanā) includes: mindfulness of the breath,...
Reflections for “How to Establish Right Mindfulness“
The post titled How to Establish Right Mindfulness is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: This post yields deep and precious gems. My greatest takeaway from this post is...
Reflections for “A Definitive Definition of Mindfulness“
The post titled A Definitive Definition of Mindfulness is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: If our object of mindfulness is the breath, then when we cultivate...
Reflections for “Mindfulness, My Foot“
The post titled Mindfulness, My Foot is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: It is actually very difficult to sustain continuous unbroken awareness and mindfulness on an...
Coming Up: Right Mindfulness
Friends, In Topic#6, we learned about the Fourth Noble Truth, which contains the training program that enables all of us to arrive at liberation from suffering. That program comes in eight parts, which is why it’s named (drumroll…) the Noble Eightfold Path. Here...
Reflections for “Abbot’s Commentary: Practice Makes Right”
The post titled Abbot’s Commentary: Practice Makes Right is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Right, or Sammā is correct, complete, whole, proper, perfect. Right view...
Reflections for “Right Mindfulness and Right Samadhi”
The post titled Right Mindfulness and Right Samadhi is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Our mind is so habitually turned outwards towards external stimuli that most of...
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