Ep. 210 – Mindfulness Of Body, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 7

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Enriching our understanding of the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph Goldstein explains the body as the simplest and most portable object of contemplation.

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!

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This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein dives into:

Mindfulness of the body as the simplest way to overcome mara
How mindfulness of the body is the basis for all achievements
Conquering all bodily sensations through mindfulness of the body
Finding a suitable posture for our practice and how effort creates energy
Establishing mindfulness in front of ourselves
The invaluable power of our own breathing
Refining the breath as the vehicle for refining the mind
What it means to experience the whole physical body
Calming the bodily formation

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“The Buddha is pointing to the invaluable but often overlooked power of our own breathing. This humble breath which we mostly in our ordinary lives ignore is such a good and powerful object of meditation because it is always present.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	The Buddha is pointing to sort of the invaluable but often overlooked power of our own breathing.
0:16.8	Now this humble breath which we mostly in our ordinary lives
0:21.3	ignore is such a good and powerful object of
0:27.1	meditation because it is always present. and Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:47.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:55.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
1:00.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please go to be here now network
1:06.1	dot com slash Joseph.
1:10.0	This night I'd like to continue with the seventh talk in the series on the Satya Patana Suta based on the
1:25.0	on the book by the venerable Analayo called the Satyaitana
1:27.5	Suta, the direct path to realization.
1:40.0	So as you probably remember the suitor opens with this declaration of the Buddha, Bicus, this is the direct path for the purification of beings, for the surmounting of sorrow and
1:48.8	lamentation, for the
1:55.0	entertainment of the true way
1:58.0	for the realization of Nibana,
2:01.0	namely the force Satipatanes.
2:07.4	What are the four?
2:09.7	Here monks in regard to the body,
2:18.0	a monk or aiku abides contemplating the body ardent, clearly knowing, and mindful, free from desires and discontent in regard to the world. So what are the four?
2:35.0	Your monks in regard to the body, Abiku abides contemplating the body.
2:44.4	In so many places in the sutas, not only in the Sakipitana sutta,
2:49.4	but in many other places, the Buddhist speaks about the benefits of using the body as an object of contemplation as an object of mindfulness.
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