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In the last couple of mornings reflections I've made reference to the refrain of

the Satipitana Suta that is being mindful internally, externally in both.

This just indicates the comprehensive nature of mindfulness and then to be mindful there is a body to

the extent necessary for clear knowledge and continuous mindfulness.

These two lines are just a very small part of the Satipitana Suta, and which as most of you probably know is quite a remarkable

discourse.

In just a few pages, the Buddha leads us from awareness of the breath, to sensations in the

body, to the elements, to all the activities that were engaged in the day, to mindfulness of feelings,

mindfulness of the mind, mindfulness of all the dama's, the categories of experience,

the hindrances, the factors of awakening, goes on and on,

and it's quite amazing, this comprehensive path, which the Buddha declared right at the

beginning of the discourse,

this is the direct path to liberation to awakening.

So the practice that you're all engaged in

is really quite profound.

Though tonight it would be helpful as you're engaging in this path of practice

to clarify the meaning of path of some practice,

some commonly used terms, which in English are often confused.

You know, Polly is a very precise language with respect to the dama. The words have very specific

and well-defined meanings. But when they're translated into English, some of the terms in English have meanings

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