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🗓️ 22 August 2024
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Joseph Goldstein demonstrates how the entire dhamma is revealed through mindfulness of posture in this continued analysis of the Sattipatthana Sutta.
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 time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein dives into:
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“Mindfulness of the posture becomes the vehicle for strengthening continuity of awareness. The way the postures are manifesting reveals the state of our mind. It becomes the foundation or the place of stability for us to face and see through the unwholesome mind states.” – Joseph Goldstein
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0:00.0 | When we see that most of our movements are made in order to alleviate some discomfort or pain. |
0:16.6 | That's really what's moving us through the day. |
0:20.4 | The Buddha talked of how movement masks Dukk. |
0:28.0 | We see it in many ways. |
0:31.0 | We see it in the slight shifts of position we make when we're sitting. |
0:35.0 | Why do we make those movements? |
0:38.0 | It's to alleviate or relieve some tension. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour. |
1:00.0 | This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery. |
1:06.0 | Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness. |
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1:16.7 | here now network.com slash Joseph. |
1:28.0 | For those of you who have recently arrived, since the beginning of April, |
1:31.0 | I've been giving a series of talks on the Satipatana Suta. |
1:35.2 | It is the Suta on the four foundations of the four abidings of mindfulness. |
1:40.3 | Talks have been based on mindfulness. called Saty Petana, the direct path to realization. |
1:55.0 | The last week we discussed the first of six contemplations |
2:01.0 | the Buddha taught with regard to the body and that was mindfulness of breathing. |
2:07.0 | He spoke of beginning this contemplation on breathing with the very simple awareness. |
2:18.1 | When breathing in, I know I'm breathing in. |
2:21.6 | When breathing out, I know I'm breathing in. When breathing out, I know I'm breathing out. |
2:25.0 | That's like the simplest possible meditation instruction. |
2:31.0 | Then the next step in the progression |
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