Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How do we practice Right Mindfulness in Buddhism? We'll look at the traditional Four Foundations of Mindfulness, and what the point is of living a mindful life.

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✅ Book mentioned:
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness — amzn.to/4agay60

✅ Videos mentioned:
Mindfulness of Breathing Playlist — youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0akoU_OszRj6xxWhLgQdd8guwFu1ZASM
How to Do Walking Meditation: Early Buddhist Practice — youtu.be/SPEoWeF7ClE
Walking Meditation: Five Benefits from the Early Tradition — youtu.be/SVVjjy3RAks
The Five Hindrances to Meditation: "Armies of Māra” — youtu.be/dBdfBHkCTIQ
Who Are You? The Five Aggregates of Buddhism — youtu.be/2YB34dspSq8
Seven Factors of Awakening: Ordinary or Altered Consciousness? — youtu.be/iUDEny5iEAo

✅ Suttas mentioned:
suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/mn118/en/sujato

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00:00 Intro
01:03 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
02:36 Background “Right Mindfulness”
06:01 Mindfulness of body
08:18 Mindfulness of feelings (vedanā)
11:57 Mindfulness of mind
13:36 Mindfulness of dharmas
17:13 The point of Right Mindfulness

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