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2010-05-11 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: The Body in Movement 61:37
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Movement integrates our insights into living reality rather than theoretical assumptions. When the insights become part of the living tissue of our body, a natural spontaneity arises.
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2010-04-27 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: The Image of the Body 56:54
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We continually misrepresent the body by forcing it to be governed, controlled, and defined by the mind. When we set the body free from imposed boundaries we find a natural and intelligent life energy that knows its way.
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2010-04-13 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: Body as the Body 55:48
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The body is a residing stranger to most of us. We think we know what it is, but we have not given ourselves to it thoroughly so that it reveals its secrets.
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2010-03-30 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: From Mindfulness to Awareness 3:50
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Mindfulness is the tool, awareness is the result. All we need to do to convert the tool into the result is get out of the way.
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2010-03-16 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Understanding Mindfulness 60:14
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Mindfulness is at the heart of the Buddha's teaching, but few people understand how it evolves from the simple practice of being mindful into a mature, full-embodied awareness.
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2010-03-02 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Wise Effort 56:41
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It is important to learn the meditation technique, but to adhere too strictly to the form of the practice can mask self-doubt. Risking doing it wrong begins the "art" of practice, and insight develops within the art of quiet observation free from the pressure of failure.
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2010-02-16 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Moving the Principle Through the Application 60:54
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Guiding the application of the teaching from the sense of self and not the true principle of selflessness is the single greatest mistake made in Buddhist practice and distorts all the revelations.
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2010-02-02 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Selfless Application 59:10
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Let the application of the teaching be informed by the root principle of selflessness and each mindful exercise manifest that selflessness through bare attention and total acceptance.
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2010-01-19 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Foundations 59:27
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The Satipatthana Sutta is the application of the Buddha's teaching. After the view has been offered and an intention has been aroused, it answers the question, "What do I do now?"
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2010-01-19 The Satipatthana Sutta 37:55:23

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The Satipatthana sutta is the fundamental teaching by the Buddha, revered by all Buddhist traditions, on the application of mindfulness. Mindulness is the the basic teaching that connects the isolated individual to his/her internal and external environments. Through a steady integration of mindfulness our unconscious tendencies become conscious, and we discover a preexisting awareness and interconnectedness to life that changes everything. The four applications of mindfulness (body, feelings, mind, and mind objects), as well as the underlying principles behind it, are explored thoroughly through talks, discussions, dyads, and homework.

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