This guided meditation combines the functions of Tranquility and Concentration, two of the seven Awakening Factors. This contemplation is intended to supplement the talk ” Tranquility and Insight”, presented the same evening and posted in the archives.
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During this talk, Peter Carlson reviews Dhamma Vicaya Bojjhanga, the Investigation of Mental Phenomena Awakening Factor. This quality of investigative curiosity, in coordination with the Mindfulness and Energy Awakening Factors, provides a primary support for the development of the other four Awakening Factors. Peter describes how investigation builds from the simple practice of aiming attention at the sensation of breathing and maintaining this focused attention during the cycles of breathing in an breathing out.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: INVESTIGATING MENTAL PHENOMENA
There is a supplemental “Guided Investigation of Mental Phenomena Meditation” posted in the archives, recorded just prior to this talk.
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During this talk, April Koester reviews the Viriya Bojjhanga, the Energy Awakening Factor, which manifests as the persistent application of Right Effort, enhancing the benevolent effects of the other six Awakening Factors.
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This guided meditation fosters increasing awareness of how to investigate what the mind creates in an ongoing way while practicing mindfulness of breathing meditation. It is intended to supplement the Dharma talk that occurs after this meeting titled “The Investigation of Mental Phenomena”.
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During this talk, April Koester reviews the Awakening Factor of Mindfulness, the key element of the Seven Awakening Factors; this quality of conscious attention monitors the other 6 factors, supporting the effective coordination of them all in the process of Awakening.
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This post reviews the Six Sense Bases: the eyes and seeing, the ears and hearing, the nose and smelling, the tongue and tasting, the sensations elsewhere in the body, along with the mind and consciousness. During the talk, Peter Carlson focuses on the fetters, those manifestations of craving and clinging that the mind fabricates into the misconception that there is an enduring and autonomous self. Investigation of and detachment from the fetters fosters the process of Awakening.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Working Through the Fetters
The next series of talks will provide reviews of the Seven Awakening Factors
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