by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 18, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: How to Establish Right Mindfulness) Mindfulness of the body constitutes a sizable part of the establishment of mindfulness. When I was a beginner, I was surprised how much importance the Buddha placed in the mindfulness of the body. He said, for...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 16, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: Definitive definition of mindfulness) The Buddha’s discourse on the establishment of mindfulness was recorded mainly in the Discourse on the Establishment of Mindfulness.[1] It’s worth noting that entire books and PhD theses have been written on...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 14, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The Buddha famously said, “Mindfulness, I declare, is useful everywhere.”[1] Mindfulness is one of the most important teachings in all of Buddhism. It is the main pillar of the meditative system taught by the Buddha.[2] Furthermore, it is the first of the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 11, 2024 | Buddhism for All
“Mindfully put your right foot in, take your right foot out,… (the rest of the song) … That’s what it’s all about.” Once upon a time, a talented student of meditation was granted an opportunity to meet a great Zen master. ...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 11, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
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...
