Four Postures
Meditation / Four Postures
Also a subtag of Mindfulness of body
Subtags: Posture/Sitting, Posture/Walking, Posture/Lying down, Posture/Standing, Bowing, Mudra
11 excerpts, 41:59 total duration

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Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 5 – Jan. 10, 2015

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3. “Is mindfulness of the body fabricating a wholesome mental image of the body as opposed to an unwholesome image? But how can we know the body in any way other than vedanā?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body] [Visualization] [Feeling] // [S. N. Goenka] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Postures] [Clear comprehension] [Right Mindfulness] [Calming meditation] [Insight meditation] [Delusion] [Characteristics of existence]

Quote: “The availability of insight is through stepping back from the assumptions that we make, whether it’s around the body or feeling or mind or the sense of self.” [Relinquishment]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 19 – Jan. 30, 2015

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4. “Is pain an obstacle to reaching right concentration?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pain] [Right Concentration] // [Happiness] [Postures] [Direct experience]

Quote: “What’s really painful about pain is the way we hate it.” [Aversion]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 7 – Nov. 25, 2016

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18. “Did the Buddha give instructions for walking meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Posture/Walking] // [Sutta] [Commentaries] [Postures]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3 – Apr. 21, 2018

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12. “The duty in regard to the First Noble Truth is to understand suffering. How do you do this?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Suffering] // [Fear] [Pāli] [Characteristics of existence] [Aversion] [Postures] [Direct experience] [Conditionality] [Relinquishment]


Chanting, Session 1 – Jun. 2, 2018

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11. “How can you chant to generate energy?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Energy] [Chanting] // [Postures] [Mindfulness of breathing]


Developing Skill in Reflective Meditation, Session 1 – Dec. 1, 2019

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1. “What did you mean by ‘lifting up?’ Is it an object of attention?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Directed thought and evaluation] [Recollection ] // [Restlessness and worry] [Sloth and torpor] [Postures] [Energy]

Quote: “Namo viññaṇa dhatu (Homage to the element of consciousness).” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Consciousness] [Elements] [Knowing itself]