Ep. 208 – Bare Knowing & Continuous Mindfulness, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 5

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Buddhism, Insightmeditation, Meditation, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein has an intellectual discussion on bare knowledge without association and how to maintain continuity of mindfulness.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein lectures on:

The direct path for the purification of beings
The liberating effect of present-moment awareness
Freedom from desire and discontent regarding the world
Observing phenomena without attaching meaning or reacting
The two proximate causes for mindfulness
How knowing is not altered by what is being known
The nature of the knowing mind conforming to the condition of the body
Building momentum and continuity of mindfulness
Vipassana and observing the six sense stores
Becoming aware of the process of change
Perception as the function of recognition
How concepts condition our experience

Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Bare knowledge here means observing phenomena, observing experience objectively without getting lost in associations, without getting lost in our reactions. It’s the simple and direct knowing of what’s present without making up stories about our experience.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	Bear knowledge here means observing phenomena, observing experience
0:08.5	objectively without getting lost in associations,
0:15.0	lost in our reactions.
0:19.0	It's the simple and direct knowing of what's present without making up stories about our experience. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:47.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:53.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:59.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
1:02.0	please go to be here now network.com slash
1:07.0	Joseph. Well, this is the fifth talk in the series on the Saty Patana Suta, the
1:19.9	Buddhist comprehensive teaching on the practice of mindfulness.
1:24.3	During these talks I'm drawing
1:28.3	from a really excellent book called Satipitana, the direct path to realization by the venerable
1:35.8	Analayo, a German monk who practiced and studied in Sri Lanka. Before moving on to the next line or lines of the discourse, I thought I would just
1:50.0	give a brief overview of some of the main points which we've covered already.
1:57.8	The Suu-the-Suta opens with the Buddha's very powerful declaration that the four Satipitanas are the direct
2:08.3	path of the purification of beings for the surmounting of sorrow and lamentation, for the disappearance
2:19.4	of Duka and discontent, for the attainment of the true way for the realization of Nibana.
2:30.0	This is a very direct and unambiguous statement about where this path of practice leads.
2:38.0	He then goes on to give a concise definition of the four mindful abidings, namely mindfully
2:49.7	abiding of the body, of feelings, of the mind, and of dummies.
2:59.8	And it points out also the essential qualities of mind that are necessary for fully accomplishing
3:07.0	this practice.
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