Touching The Infinite: A New Perspective On The Buddha's Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
by Rodney Smith /
2017 / English / EPUB
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A prominent Insight Meditation teacher explores the profound
implications of the traditional Buddhist teaching on the four areas
to which mindfulness is applied as a means to liberation.
A prominent Insight Meditation teacher explores the profound
implications of the traditional Buddhist teaching on the four areas
to which mindfulness is applied as a means to liberation.
Awakening manifests through the application of mindfulness to four
areas: body, feelings, mind, and dharmas. Buddhists of all
the traditions share this principle found in the
Awakening manifests through the application of mindfulness to four
areas: body, feelings, mind, and dharmas. Buddhists of all
the traditions share this principle found in theSatipatthana
Sutta,
Satipatthana
Sutta, which has been expounded upon since the time of the
Buddha himself. Rodney Smith challenges us to hold this
teaching up against our own experience, and in doing so to discover
the inherent interconnection of all Four Foundations. They are
revealed to be a sequential path leading the practitioner from the
world of form to the joyous perception of the formless. The Four
Foundations of Mindfulness thus serve as a road map for any genuine
spiritual path.
which has been expounded upon since the time of the
Buddha himself. Rodney Smith challenges us to hold this
teaching up against our own experience, and in doing so to discover
the inherent interconnection of all Four Foundations. They are
revealed to be a sequential path leading the practitioner from the
world of form to the joyous perception of the formless. The Four
Foundations of Mindfulness thus serve as a road map for any genuine
spiritual path.