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So last week we began the discussion about mindfulness of the sense spheres and these are instructions the Buddha gave in the Satipitama Suta in the fourth foundation of

mindfulness, which is mindfulness of Damas. We can understand what that means. It's often hard to

translate. Mindfulness of Damames means here,

mindfulness of the categories of experience,

or the categories of phenomena.

So when this is included, the hindrances, the aggregates, the sense fears, the factors of

enlightenment, the four noble truths, all of that's included in this fourth foundation.

So if you can remember those of you were here last week,

the beginning instruction in the suuta, which I'll repeat again.

And again, imagine just that the Buddha is talking directly to us. These are instructions from the Buddha in how to practice.

He said, monks, Bicus, which is all of us, in regard to Damas, that is in regard to

these categories of experience, one abides contemplating these dames in terms of the six internal

and external sense spheres and how does one abide contemplating das in terms of the six internal and external

sense spheres? Here one knows the eye, one knows visible forms, and one knows the

the feather that arises dependent on both.

The ear and sound, nose and smell, tongue and taste, body and sensations body and sensations and mind and mind objects and the

fetter that arises dependent on both. Okay so we spent quite a bit of time last week discussing this first line of the instruction.

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