Concluding a segment on the five aggregates, Joseph Goldstein explains how mindfulness of mental formations refines our consciousness.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

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In this episode, Joseph thoughtfully outlines:

• The mental factor of intention / volition as the chief of the mind
• How the seeds we plant have tremendous potential
• Considering the motivations of our intentions
• Sorting out what is wholesome versus unwholesome
• The three roots of all unwholesome actions: greed, hatred, and delusion
• The three wholesome roots: generosity, loving-kindness, and wisdom
• Pausing before we act so we can make wiser choices in our lives
• How mindfulness attracts all of the fruits of wholesome action
• The unchanging nature of bare knowing
• The four causes of seeing consciousness
• Consciousness as a conditioned phenomena
• Focusing on what is arising through a passive voice and non-subject
• Cultivating the open sky of the mind

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

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“The Buddha is saying that consciousness itself is a conditioned phenomena. It’s impersonal, arising out of causes, arising out of conditions moment to moment. Here we see that consciousness is not something that’s permanent. It’s not something that’s always present waiting for an object to appear, to be known. But rather consciousness itself is a process continually arising and passing away moment after moment.” – Joseph Goldstein

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Continuing his discussion of the five aggregates, Joseph Goldstein dives deeper into perception and how we can get lost in mental formations.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

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In another exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph discusses:

• Balancing perception with mindfulness
• Using the frame of our perception to enter more deeply into experience
• Our tendency to solidify the world through superficial concepts
• The seduction of being lost in the future and past
• Reality and the concept of the present moment
• Created concepts of self-image
• The delineation of mental factors; universal, occasional, and unwholesome
• Considering the understanding of karma
• Having interest in our mental formations and taking time to investigate them
• How mindfulness of mental formations helps us see how impersonal everything is

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This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“We also create concepts about things that may seem even more fundamental like age, gender or race. But when we look more deeply, we see that these are concepts too. How old is your breath? It doesn’t make sense. Is the pain in your back male or female? What color is your mind? It’s not to say that the concepts don’t point to some differences of experience, but we often become so identified with and attached to the concept." – Joseph Goldstein

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In this profound investigation of subjective experience and direct reality, Joseph Goldstein looks at the first three of the five aggregates in Buddhism.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

In this episode, Joseph analyzes:

• The five aggregates of clinging and deconstructing subjective experience
• Opening the stainless dharma vision eye
• How the Buddha shows the way to those who are lost
• The direct realities underlying the surface appearance of being
• All of the elements which give rise to the experience of self / the aggregate of Rūpa
• The nature of material elements and the four great essentials
• Our experiences as a flow of changing vibrations
• The second aggregate, Vedanā, aka the feeling qualities of experiences
• Feelings as the conditioning factor of our reactions
• Collapsing into the identification with pleasant vs. unpleasant
• Saññā, the aggregate of perception
• Recognizing, naming, and remembering each arising object
• The function of mental noting and focusing on mindfulness

Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“The Buddha uses this contemplation of the aggregates to analyze our subjective experience and, through this analysis, to deconstruct the very deeply held construct and belief in self.” – Joseph Goldstein

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