14 Mindfulness Training Of Buddhism Summary

This source discusses the basis of mindfulness and the general aspects of mindfulness itself. This source will be used extensively throughout the paper to provide any necessary information regarding mindfullness. This book is the basis for mindfulness and will be used as so.

In chapter 10 it is said that “A disciple should develop a mind which is in no way dependent upon sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensory sensations or any mental conceptions. A disciple should develop a mind which does not rely on anything.” I feel like this advice given by Buddha would be excellent steps towards achieving mindfulness.

Based on the evidence, mindfulness could be expanded to be included in teaching individuals not only intrapersonal skills but also the

Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist, is the first person we get in touch this semester. We learned how to do meditation and his idea of mindfulness from his book The Miracle of Mindfulness. Later on, we read the book Siddhartha, which is written by Hermann Hesse, also talking about the Buddhism. The book Siddhartha mainly talks about the character’s journey, from a son of Brahmin who’s looking for inner peace to a Buddhist who eventually reach the enlightenment stage. This book, as well as Karen Armstrong’s article, regards Buddhism’s main idea as a releasing of ego. People are trying to divest “desire” and “hatred”, and find the true peace of themselves.

This paper is about my experience with mindfulness based meditation and scientific inquiry of these experiences. Mindfulness based meditation is describes as technique used to cultivate nonreactive, non-judgmental and stable awareness of the present moment (Garland and Gaylord, 2009). The end goal is to sustain this meta-cognitive state for a long period of time. I practiced non-denominational form of mindfulness based meditation for the first time in my psychology class, which was devoted towards intellectual and experiential examination of meditation. The practice was conducted in a group it was instructed by our own professor and it begun at the end of class. There was one sessions per week and each session was structured meaning it was

Teaching mindfulness might be thought to be simple, but in real sense it’s actually not easy to do effectively because one must first

Mindfulness is another way of meditation. Meditation was used to seek to improve one’s psychological or physical health, or spiritual growth. (Brantley, 2007). The history of Mindfulness comes from Buddhism and his search for enlightenment and a foundation of the four noble truths. The Buddha teaching focus on the four noble truths which consist of knowing suffering exists, there is a cause of suffering, there is cessation of suffering and there is a path that leads to the cessation of suffering. (Van Gordon, 2015). The four noble truths were not only there to represent the Buddha’s experiential understanding of suffering, but also to express the truth (Van Gordon, 2015). Studies of Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths teach us that there is always going to be suffering in our life but to find ways to overcome suffering (Tsering, 2005).

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment,” preached Buddha. In depth, I think Buddha seemed to understand that the past is not relevant in succeeding the present. The present is meant to be lived thoroughly with a present tense mind. Unknowingly over thinking the future prevents the mind from enjoying the present. Dwelling over an event that occurred in the past interferes with the natural order of living in the present. It seems unlikely to even appreciate or enjoy the present if the past and future are what the mind is currently thinking of. The key is to clear the mind of all negative and stressful thoughts that arise about the future or past. Don’t be a Busy Backson

The principle of mindfulness is based on Zen Buddhism which can be problematic when mindfulness and acceptable are not based on Biblical truth (Tan, 2011, p. 247). Mindfulness principle is emerged from spirituality and religious beliefs and involves self-regulation of attention and adopting a particular orientation to event around an individual. Self-regulation is done through maintaining attention on the immediate experience which allows for an increased recognition of mental events in the present moment (Tan, 2011, p. 243).

Mindfulness skills have their earliest roots in Eastern practices and pay homage to Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation techniques. These techniques teach people how to calmly and peacefully accept whatever happens to them with minimal emotional reactions, no matter what is happening or how severe the crisis.

This article was based on a pilot study that provided mindfulness training to obese individuals. The training was an established curriculum called Mindfulness Eating and Living (MEAL) and was used as an intervention. It was hypothesized that MEAL would be associated with a decrease in weight and inflammation and improvement in metabolic markers. Outcome markers were established at baseline, after completion of the program and in follow up at 12 weeks.

Andrew Weiss who wrote a book on mindfulness worried that the roots of the practice “might turn off potential readers who had qualms about Buddhism.” He thus introduced the book by writing “they [the teachings of the Buddha] offer no religious creed for people to believe in…The Buddha is not a god to be worshipped.”1 This is a heavy statement, first basing the status of religion on whether a god is worshipped, and then using that assumption to demote Buddhism. The Dalai Lama, himself, refers to Buddhism as a “non-theistic religion.” When Weiss states that Buddhism “offers no religious creed … to believe in,” he is unintentionally disrespectful an entire tradition of monks who have studied and believed in these very creeds for generations, and to millions of people who consider their religion to be Buddhism. After devaluating Buddhism, Weiss then extracts and offers mindfulness to readers as a secular practice without offering background into its original purpose. Jeff Wilson writes in Mindful America that mindfulness was originally a religious meditation practice meant to “confirm these beliefs about the self and the world.” This is a clear demonstration of the relationship between Buddhism and mindfulness that is ignored purposefully by advertisers

In chapter 4 it talks about how we can practice being mindfulness with connecting mind and body together. To able to take in every moment in life one needs to enjoy every moment without our mind wandering off when we are doing an action. The body is great to practice being able to be mindfulness because it is something that will not go away. The author explains in the chapter that sometimes a way to came back to the mindfulness state is by breathing in and out, which leads to concentrate again. Another point made is that mindful attention to sensation requires you to take the time to actually experience the sensation. An example is when cooking you can practice mindful attention by smelling the different faces the food you are cooking goes

This article consists of similar concepts that the writer has learned in the textbook. One of the main features of the Buddhism is that the religion only focuses to help individuals for better thinking to achieve in their life. Equally, another interested characteristic Buddhism sole intention is that to improve the social life by explaining and instructing the rightful spirit, and human

There are many things in life that are beyond our control. However, it is possible to take responsibility for our own states of mind – and to change them for the better. According to Buddhism this is the most important thing we can do, and Buddhism teaches that it is the only real antidote to our own personal sorrows, and to the anxieties, fears, hatreds, and general confusions that beset the human condition. The Buddhist path of meditation begins with practices to calm our wild mind. Once the mind is focused enough to look undistractedly into reality, we develop insight into the nature of our experience, which is marked by impermanence, suffering, nonego, and emptiness. We naturally develop compassion for ourselves and all beings who suffer, and our insight allows us to help them skillfully. Finally, we experience ourselves and our world for what they have been since beginningless time, are right now, and always will be — nothing but enlightenment itself, great perfection in every wayThis has help curve violence in one school.