Reviewing Right Mindfulness and Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation

This talk provides an overview of the conceptual structure of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness–Right Mindfulness, within the Noble Eightfold Path.  The overview is accompanied by a review of the practice of anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing meditation, focusing on the traditional concepts of this practice, then contemporary neuroscientific studies that validate how the meditation practice affects the brain beneficially.

Here are two sets of notes prepared for this talk which provide a more comprehensive review than the posted recording:  Overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse (Repaired) and Reviewing Mindfulness Of Breathing Meditation Practice.

A recorded guided meditation “Guided Satipatthana Contemplation”, dated June 28, 2023, is posted in the Guided Meditation page and is intended to complement the topics reviewed during this talk.

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Guided Satipatthana Contemplation

This guided meditation provides a “menu” involving sections of the Satipatthana Sutta, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, which can be contemplated through the practice of mindfulness of breathing meditation.  Examples include contemplating the Four Elements, Feelings, Consciousness, and the Seven Awakening Factors.

This recording is intended to accompany the Dharma talk of June 28, 2023 that provides an overview of the Satipatthana contemplative structure, accompanied by a review of anapanasati, the practice of mindfulness of breathing meditation.

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