The first in the order of the seven factors of enlightenment is sati .
How does one practice sati ? By being mindful of breathing and the body movement / posture or is there something more to it ?
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"Mindfulness. This, O Kassapa, is well expounded by me, cultivated and much developed by me, and when cultivated and much developed, it conduces to full realization, perfect wisdom, to Nibbana.
"Investigation of the dhamma...
"Energy...
"Rapture...
"Calm...
"Concentration...
"Equanimity, O Kassapa, is well expounded by me...
"These seven factors of enlightenment, verily, Kassapa, are well expounded by me, cultivated and much developed by me, and when cultivated and much developed they conduce to full realization, perfect wisdom, to Nibbana."
"Verily, Blessed One, they are factors of enlightenment! Verily, O Welcome One, they are factors of enlightenment!" uttered Maha Kassapa. Thus spoke the Buddha, and the Venerable Maha Kassapa, rejoicing, welcomed the utterances of the Worthy One. And the Venerable Maha Kassapa rose from that illness. There and then that ailment of the Venerable Maha Kassapa vanished.
How to practise sati ?
How to practise sati ?
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Re: How to practise sati ?
Satipathana or Anapanasati is the practice of Sati.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: How to practise sati ?
Of those, right view is the forerunner. One makes an effort for the abandoning of wrong view & for entering into right view: This is one's right effort. One is mindful to abandon wrong view & to enter & remain in right view: This is one's right mindfulness. Thus these three qualities — right view, right effort & right mindfulness — run & circle around right view.
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Re: How to practise sati ?
Do you mean Noble Eightfold Path?
The way to eliminate ignorance is by right view.
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How does one being mindful abandon wrong view and remain in right view ?DooDoot wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:21 amOf those, right view is the forerunner. One makes an effort for the abandoning of wrong view & for entering into right view: This is one's right effort. One is mindful to abandon wrong view & to enter & remain in right view: This is one's right mindfulness. Thus these three qualities — right view, right effort & right mindfulness — run & circle around right view.
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Re: How to practise sati ?
What I refer to is while you practice Anapanasati , how do you abandon ignorance ?
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This is generally happens in the third and the fourth tetrad.What I refer to is while you practice Anapanasati , how do you abandon ignorance?
The way I see it reflecting on Anicca, Dukkha, and Anatta is how the ignorance abandoned.
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Re: How to practise sati ?
So, breathing in and out , long & short , course & fine etc you watch how the breath didn't last long , therefore impermanent and the breath give rise to suffering ?
What about anatta , how do you see breath as not self ?
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Re: How to practise sati ?
There are four foundations of mindfulness or frames of reference - body, feeling, mind and dhamma. These are described in the Satipatthana Sutta, MN10.
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The basic practice is to pay attention to various aspects of experience, and to understand more clearly how phenomena arise and cease.
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Re: How to practise sati ?
By practicing mindfulness The path factors are mutually supportive.
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By using mindfulness or by being mindful. By practising sati.
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Re: How to practise sati ?
The Satipatthana Sutta describes the practice of sati.
The four tetrads of anapanasati look like a derivative version of satipatthana, where attention is split between the breath and lots of other things. Rather confusing, like trying to do two things at once.
The other problem with the four tetrads is the lack of consensus about how they should be practiced. Note the endless and inconclusive discussions on forums like this one.
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There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
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Re: How to practise sati ?
It is described as paying attention in the Satipatthana Sutta, which is the core text on sati.
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