Sceptical Doubts Vicikiccha
Vicikiccha, the fifth hindrance, refers to the confused and perplexed state of mind that makes one sceptical and disbelieve what is true in this case, the Triple Gem . One should, however, differentiate this from i the healthy doubts as referred to in the Kalama Sutta doubting what should be doubted. This latter case is actually the wisdom faculty trying to understand the way. Sceptical doubt arises in one who thinks beyond his ability to do so. The Dhamma is beyond logical reasoning that works...
Two Different Paths
The path you are going to take depends on whether you emphasise concentration or mindfulness. Concentration is holding the mind to the object. Mindfulness is observing the nature of the object carefully. Herein lies the difference. Let's take the example of holding a mirror up to your face. When you hold the mirror to your face and you can look into it for a long A disciple of the Buddha, Concentrated, clearly comprehending And mindful, knows searches And the origin of searches, Where they...
MINDFULNESS OF MENTAL OBJECTS Dhammanupassana Satipatthana
This foundation of mindfulness is called dhammanupassana. Satipatthana covers a wide field of meditation objects. Dhamma itself has been translated as mind object and it includes virtually everything, including Nibbana. Some objects within the other Diligent, devoted to the higher mind, A sage trained in wisdom's ways, There are no sorrows for the stable one Who is calm and ever mindful. foundations of mindfulness also come under this foundation, and when thus reckoned, they are classified as...
MINDFULNESS OF THE BODY Kayanupassana Satipatthana
Mindfulness with regards to the body is usually practised first before the other three Satipatthana of feelings, consciousness and mental objects . This is because the objects involved in mindfulness of the body are relatively grosser. It is easier to build up mindfulness on gross objects than subtle ones. Some of the objects contemplated upon parts of the body, breath and corpses are basically to do with pure tranquillity exercises. From tranquillity, one later advances to the practice of...
Fears
This includes the fear of going mad. As a result of this fear, some people stop meditating, thus stalling their progress in meditation. But this is by no means a groundless fear. People may go off' for a variety of reasons. We may generalise them into two categories abnormal behavioural tendencies and wrong practice. i Abnormal behavioural tendencies Deep within our mind lie hidden latent tendencies both good and evil that may be accumulations of not only this present life but those from past...
Consciousness Mental Objects Cittanupassana Dhammanupassana
The third foundation of mindfulness is mindfulness of consciousness or mind. At this point, we will not try to differentiate between what we call mind and mental states. To digress a little on this matter there is a fourth foundation of mindfulness regarding Dhamma, translated as mental objects. This fourth foundation of mindfulness is more general and there are different interpretations of what it means. Generally, there are two types of interpretations. One interpretation is that Dhamma means...
The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
In the discourse of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, one can find the objects of Vipassana classified into four categories 1 Body Foundation of Mindfulness Material Phenomena Rupa 2 Feeling Foundation of Mindfulness Feeling Vedana 3 Mind Foundation of Mindfulness Consciousness Citta 4 Dhamma Foundation of Mindfulness Generally, these are of progressive subtleties and so, usually the meditator would tend to see more of the first foundation then increasingly more of the second, then the third...
BODY CONTEMPLATION AS FOUNDATION OF MINDFULNESS Kayanupassana Satipatthana
Within this foundation are various chapters 5 four elements earth, fire, water, and wind elements 6-14 cemetery contemplation of corpses at different stages of It is clear that some of them are initially pure tranquillity meditation exercises but are later switched to insight meditation in the closing verse of Satipatthana Sutta He lives contemplating origination-things in the body, or he lives contemplating dissolution-things in the body, or he lives contemplating origination and...