This talk will focus on enthusiasm, clear knowing, and contentment, three beautiful qualities originating from the Satipatthana refrain. We'll explore how to cultivate them as part of the body contemplations.
The Buddha touched the earth and asked for help to awaken, and this can be seen as a template for us, even in difficult times. This talk begins with our own embodied experience, reflects on the Satipatthana sutta refrain as a description of how nature supports awakening, and closes with Ajahn Chah, who said that we can learn from Nature enough to be enlightened.
This talk is grounded in Ajahn Buddhadasa’s teaching of temporary Nibbana. It explores the Satipatthana Sutta as a doorway into freedom and offers the acronym CARE as a way of bringing the Four Noble Truths into whichever practice we are engaged in.
