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2024-11-18 Guided Meditation on Body, Vedana, Citta 53:10
Devon Hase
Review of the first three foundations of mindfulness, followed by a guided practice using these different objects.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness

2024-10-15 Cittanupassana: Mindfulness of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:14
Devon Hase
Guided Meditation on the first three foundations of mindfulness: kayanupassana, vedananupassana, and cittanupassana. Emphasis on working skillfully with mind states and heart states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-09-24 The Four Foundations In Nature Dharma 43:19
Mark Coleman
This talk explores how the four foundations of mindfulness can be richly experienced and cultivated in nature meditation retreats. Nature provides in particular a rich arena to cultivate an embodied awareness and to explore vedana, citta and the nature of reality.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: September 2024

2024-05-28 Boundaries 59:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Examining the theme of boundaries, Ajahn explores the four foundations of mindfulness and self.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Exploring Animate Reality

2024-04-22 Awareness in Nature - Exploring Mindfulness in Nature Meditation Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:49
Mark Coleman
This talks explores how one can practice with the four foundations of mindfulness outdoors with the support of the natural world in an embodied and effortless way and how nature illuminates Dharma teachings and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature

2023-10-25 Introduction to the four foundations of mindfulness 60:49
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind states, and Dharma's can lead to peace, happiness, and final liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-10-06 Opening Instructions - Four Foundations of Mindfulness 37:36
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness of these four areas: body, sensitivity, heart and emotional and psychological phenomena prevent us from being deluded.
Bodhi College Unpicking the Tangled Skein

2023-08-09 Cultivating Wise Speech 3: Review of the Foundations of Wise Speech, and Bringing Wise Speech into Difficult or Challenging Interactions 66:45
Donald Rothberg
We first review four foundations of wise speech: (1) developing presence in the midst of communication; (2) working with the four guidelines for skillful speech developed by the Buddha; (3) bringing our mindfulness and skillful responses to our thoughts, emotions, and body states into our speech practice; and (4) empathy practice, tuning into others' and our own emotions and sense of "what matters." We then explore the importance of being with challenges and difficulties in our practice generally, and do two exercises exploring a difficult or challenging interaction with another, including working with an "empathy map." Discussion follows. (Materials on emotions [or feelings], needs, and an "empathy map" are given below, under "documents.")
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files:
  • Feelings Inventory from NVC by NVC (added by Donald Rothberg) (PDF)
  • Needs Inventory from NVC by NVC (added by Donald Rothberg) (PDF)
  • Empathy Map by Donald Rothberg/Oren Jay Sofer (PDF)

2023-07-19 Talk #8: Anapanasati & Satipatthana Comparisons (Steps 11 & 12) 46:38
Sayadaw U Jagara
Critical text analysis of how Anapanasati practice fulfills the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Discussion of the samadhi (step 11) and liberating the mind (step 12) from hindrances and self.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2023

2023-06-02 Fundamentals of Satipatthana 1:21:41
Sayadaw Vivekananda
After laying down the scriptural foundations for this talk, Sayadaw explains that mindfulness does not occur alone: it has companions, namely, ardent effort & clear comprehension, as well as concentration.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2023

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