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RIGHT MINDFULNESS
Establishing Mindfulness of Mind

A person goes to the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place and sits down. Having crossed the legs, one sets the body erect. One establishes the presence of mindfulness. (MN 10) One is aware: “Ardent, fully aware, mindful, I am content.” (SN 47.10)

When the mind is uplifted, one is aware: “The mind is uplifted”. . . One is just aware, just mindful: “There is mind.” And one abides not clinging to anything in the world. (MN 10)

Reflection

An uplifted mind is one made more noble by the presence of an ennobling mental factor or combination of factors. Buddhist psychology measures the mind in moments that quickly come and go, so a mind that is uplifted in one moment by kindness, for example, might be the opposite the very next moment if ill will or selfishness shows up. Among other things, mindfulness involves noticing the quality of the mind moment by moment.

Daily Practice

Closely examine your mind—not the content of your mind but the quality of your mind. By quality we mean whether it has healthy mental factors like kindness, generosity, and wisdom. Many mind moments do not have such uplifting factors, but many of them do, and it is important to recognize your own good qualities when they are present. This allows you to not only appreciate your good qualities but also encourage their arising in the future.

RIGHT CONCENTRATION
Approaching and Abiding in the Third Phase of Absorption (3rd Jhāna)

With the fading away of joy, one abides in equanimity; mindful and fully aware, still feeling pleasure with the body, one enters upon and abides in the third phase of absorption, on account of which noble ones announce: “One has a pleasant abiding who has equanimity and is mindful.” (MN 4)

One practices: “I shall breathe in experiencing mental formations;”
one practices: “I shall breathe out experiencing mental formations.”
This is how concentration by mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated,
so that it is of great fruit and great benefit. (A 54.8)

Tomorrow: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering
One week from today: Establishing Mindfulness of Mental Objects and the Fourth Jhāna

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When somebody is hungry, you give them food. As my guru said, "God comes to the hungry person in the form of food." You give them food, and then, when they've had their belly filled, they may be interested in questions about God.

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