Berlin Dharma
Wednesday Online Sitting
-heedfulness…..
-by practicing heedfulness we are able to cultivate skillful intention/action….
-we are able to shape our lives….
-we are able to change our karma…..
-we practice heedfulness in the "daily life" mode....
-in practicing heedfulness....
-we are mindful of our actions....
-we see whether our actions are skillful or unskillful....
-the practice includes.....
1-during the course of the day …
-being mindful of our actions....
-three forms of action:
-physical
-verbal
-mental
2-discerning whether our actions are unskillful or skillful.....
-unskillful action ... leads to suffering....
-it is informed by unskillful intention … intention imbued with desire/aversion ...
-skillful action ... leads to the end of suffering...
-it is informed by skillful intention … intention imbued with lovingkindness/compassion ....
3-abandoning unskillful action….
4-cultivating skillful action…
-we practice heedfulness in line with the Buddha's instructions....
-being heedful before we are about to act....
-being heedful while we are acting....
-being heedful after we've acted....
-one of the most important aspects of developing heedfulness is paying attention to our actions, after we've acted....
-after you've acted......
-if you acted unskillfully....
-see the drawbacks
-suffering
-look objectively at your experience
-seeing judgment, etc
-cultivate acceptance
-seeing non-acceptance
-make it a learning experience
-learning to ask: what is there to learn...?
-vowing to do better...
-have compassion....
-for yourself
-for your karma
-if you've acted skillfully....
-see the benefits....
-take joy....
-Reading….
-“Heedfulness” in The Skill of Living…
| heedfulness_skill_of_living_pdf.pdf |
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