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Alyssa Lau

Intimate distances: William James' introspection, Buddhist mindfulness, and experientia... - 0 views

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      Alyssa Lau on 07 Oct 13
       
      The idea of Mindfulness has grown in the last 60 years, it is use as an act of "therapy" rather than an act of "religion" Example of Traditional vs western ideals of mindfulness
  • approached as a therapy, to be studied and evaluated using established scientific methods, rather than as a religion
  • ‘Psychology
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  • Western Buddhism can be understood as a “culture of awakening,”
  • rather than a religion
  • To “wake up” existentially involves acting upon four “ennobling” tasks,
  • embrace dukkha (suffering, pain or unsatisfactoriness); let go of craving for things
  • nvolves caring for oneself and others.
  • he great risk of the engagement with mindfulness in the West, whether through Buddhist Studies or Psychology, is that it is taken as an object of study, to be written about, rather than as something to do or be.
  • Introspective observation is what we have to rely on first and foremost and always. The word introspection need hardly be defined – it means, of course, the looking into our own minds and reporting what we there discover. Every one agrees that we there discover states of consciousness (p. 185; emphasis in original).
Robert Coady

Essentials of Buddhism - core concepts - 0 views

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  • Four Noble Truths
  • Noble Eightfold Path
  • Three Characteristics of Existence
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  • Hindrances
  • Factors of Enlightenment   1. Mindfulness
  • 2. Investigation   3. Energy   4. Rapture   5. Tranquillity   6. Concentration   7. Equanimity 
  •   1. Sensuous lust   2. Aversion and ill will   3. Sloth and torpor   4. Restlessness and worry   5. Sceptical doubt
  • 2. Sorrow (dukkha)
  •    3. Selflessness (anatta)
  •    1. Transiency (anicca)
  • 1. Suffering exists   2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires   3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases   4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
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