I have a strong conviction that meditation - if practiced correctly - can be truly transformative. I am continuously deepening my own understanding through study and practice, and my goal is to share tried and tested approaches with whoever feel drawn to meditation.
Over the years this meditation has become like a friend I enjoy running into and catching up with from time to time. Thank you for this great work - I feel safe and at ease here ☮☯🕉
Really enjoyed the beginning of this meditation. (I’d give the first few minutes 5stars) My ideal guided meditation is mostly silent after the first few minutes (with just some brief intermittent reminders interspersed after the introduction). This one had too much talking for my preference (but I know some people really like that more, and it’s impossible for an instructor to have it perfectly fit everyone’s preferences).
That was a wonderful meditation. Was that meditation based on the Third Foundation of Mindfulness as set out in the Satipathanna Suta, Mindfulness of Mind/Citta? Because I think somewhere at the beginning you said it was based on the mindfulness of breathing, which is part of the First Foundation of Mindfulness, Mindfulness of Body. It would be great if you could just clarify that point for me to help my Right Understanding. Much insight from this series. Many thanks 🙏
Thanks Will. It gives me joy to know you are finding value in the series! Great question. Buddhist lists get confusing sometimes:) as mentioned (9:10) it is inspired by the discourse on mindfulness of breathing (anapanasati). Chapter 15 to be specific, you can find it here: www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/anapanasati.pdf
@@FramelessMeditation Oh okay, that is great, thank you. So is this is a separate Sutta? I had thought that Anapanasati was set out in the Satipatthana Sutta under the first foundation of mindfulness. But this is actually a separate Anapanasati Sutta - is this correct? Is this kind of an expansion on the section on mindfulness of breathing in the Satipatthana Sutta then, or is that not the way to think of it? If you don’t have time to answer no worries at all, but I appreciate your insight and teaching. Thank you!
@@willmosse3684 yes, that’s a good way to look at it. If you go deep enough into the breath, the other foundations unfold. The circular nature of a wheel comes to mind, as opposed to a line with a distinct beginning and end.
My pleasure 🙏 Glad to hear you find it helpful. It really is transformative when we can begin to separate the situation from our mental judgements about it. Keep it up!
this video showed up around ten or twelve videos down on the list for me but has been by far a better explanation of the five skandhas rather than the top suggestions. It sounds like the explanations of each skandhas in this video are from someone who understands and grew up in the culture rather than someone who read a book and gave their best interpretation
Thanks Chrisopher! I'm happy you find this video useful. PS: I am in the process of gathering the complete teaching on the 4 foundations of mindfulness on my website together with guided meditations: framelessmeditation.se/foundations-of-mindfulness. For free.
I did this same trek in 2008. At that time there were no lodges. This was strictly a camping trek, and very few trekkers. I love this video and watch it at last once a month to bring back memories of my favorite trek.
Sorry about the ads! RU-vid does not allow me to turn them off. I have uploaded all meditations ad-free on my website: framelessmeditation.se/meditation. Enjoy!
