Orlando Insight Meditation Group

A Contemporary Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation Community For Central Florida

Guided Mindful Intention Meditation

by | Oct 29, 2020 | Listen to Dharma Talks

This guided mindfulness of breathing meditation suggests a variety of tactics for cultivating mindful awareness of intention, the mind conditioning factor that coordinates every moment of self-organization in preparation for action.  Meditators are invited to notice quickly and as precisely as possible the beginning of the in-breath and out-breath to establish stability of attention.  Further suggestions bring attention to noting the intention associated with noting changes in physical sensations, alternating with noting the intentions associated with various mental formations such as alertness vs. dullness, stability vs. distractions, etc.  This meditation is intended to accompany the talk entitled “Right Lifestyle In Trying Times”, which covers the cetasikas of Right Action and Right Livelihood.

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Wisdom In The 21st Century Part 2

by | Jan 19, 2012 | Listen to Dharma Talks

This is a continuation of a discussion last week about the importance of each generation diving deeply into subjective experience via meditation practice to revitalize the liberating qualities of the Buddha’s teaching.  Last week’s discussion involved the importance of clear awareness of emerging mind states in the cultivation of wisdom.  This week’s exploration focused on how important benevolent intention is in evaluating what clear awareness reveals.  Intention, cetana in Pali, organizes the different mental functions, preparatory to action.  When clear awareness isn’t in play, the likelihood of suffering significantly increases, because intention is allied with desire or ill-will and aversion.