Mindfulness

join the Online Sangha on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm EST for monthly Meditation and Discussion

via: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83521606075

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First Tuesday practice includes:

- meditation

- a short Sutra service

- a Dharma talk followed by group discussion

TOPIC | Mindfulness

an often used term and one that typically carries esoteric, other-worldly connotations with it;

however, the practice of mindfulness can be quite practical when viewed through the six sense doors

the Satipatthana Sutta, also known as the Buddha's Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness,

notes six sense doors as part of the fourth foundation of mindfulness, those being:

(i) eyes (ii) ears (iii) nose (iv) tongue (v) body (vi) mind

how mindful are we when ingesting and digesting media in each of these sense doors; i.e., 

(i) sights (ii) sounds (iii) smells (iv) tastes (v) touch (vi) thoughts

how wise and appropriate are the sense-media that we are taking-in and how discerning are

we being with these sense-media ... are they adding to our health, happiness, and well-being

( or ) are they simply providing us with pleasurable distraction to avert an unpleasant present moment

we will discuss practical examples for each of the sense doors (i) visual images (ii) auditory stimuli

(iii) olfactory sensations (iv) food (v) physical sensations (vi) thoughts ... the fetters that arise in

dependence on them, the abandonment of the arisen fetters, and the future non-arising of these fetters