Sapirhana Sutra, Noble Truths, Noble Eightfold Path Flashcards
What is mindfulness?
(Use mechanisms of mindfulness)
Intention: Paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment
Attention: In the mind, body, and external environment
Attitude: With curiosity and kindness
Mechanisms of mindfulness
Intention - Why you are practicing
Attention - Observation of one’s internal and external experiences
Attitude - Quality of awareness one applies
Historical Buddha
Historical figure who created teachings of the nature of suffering
Dharma (Teachings)
Empirically tested teachings by historical Buddha to describe experiences of suffering and happiness
Sati (Mindfulness)
Also translated to memory, remembering, or recollection
TW Rhys Davids translated it to mindfulness in late 1800s-early 1900s
Sutra (Discourse)
Texts of traditional Buddhist teachings after historical Buddha’s time (because the teachings were oral before)
Practice
Meditation or cultivation of mindfulness
Either formal or informal
Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI)
Clinical intervention that integrates teachings/practices of mindfulness and meditation
Aim is to alleviate suffering and cultivate wellbeing
Anapanasati Sutra
Satipathana Sutra
Sutra on full awareness of breathing
Sutra on four establishments of mindfulness
Both are about how to cultivate mindfulness and what it is
What can Sutras be conceived as?
A body of principles and practices that articulate a systematic approach to the mind
Aim is to cultivate insight, stop suffering, and develop wellbeing
What are the four establishments?
(Satipathana Sutra)
Mindfulness of the…
1) body in the body
2) feelings in the feelings
3) mind in the mind
4) objects of the mind in the objects of the mind
^ Repeated to remind us not to separate the meditator and the object of meditation
