When awareness becomes natural
Subtitle: a guide to cultivating mindfulness in daily life
By: Sayadaw U Tejaniya ; edited by Robert French ; foreword by Steven Armstrong
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781611803075
Subjects: Meditation; Buddhism
Description: Finding awareness in any kind of ordinary daily activity--the first trade book from a Southeast Asian Buddhist monk-teacher who is becoming prominent worldwide, particularly in the Insight Meditation community. Meditation is great but it's not what Buddhist practice is all about. That's the message of this engaging and funny Burmese Buddhist monk, and it's a message that is finding a significant following among Westerners in the Insight Meditation tradition. Sayadaw U Tejaniya teaches how to bring awareness to any sort of activity in order to discover deep insight and liberation from suffering. It works in sitting meditation, but it works just as well when sorting the laundry or doing data entry. My teachings are nothing new, he says. They are, as always, based on the four foundations of mindfulness: awareness of the body, awareness of feelings and sensations, awareness of mind, and understanding of dhamma or nature, i.e., mind and matter. These four foundations are as explained in the Buddha's discourse on mindfulness, the Satipathana sutta. How I offer these teachings is a reflection of my life and practice and the way in which they are presented is to accommodate the way in which modern yogis live their lives.
Notes: "Glossary of selected Pali terms": pages 179-184.
Table of contents: title: Recognition of wisdom. Getting started ; Knowing the mind ; The defilements; title: Wise investigation of the mind. Causes and conditions ; The depression; title: A commitment to wisdom. The spirit of practice ; The meditating mind ; Bringing practice into daily life; title: Final words.