Questions tagged [mindfulness]
The practice of paying more attention to the present moment, to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you. This can be during formal meditation or during one's everyday life.
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Judging mindfully
How does a mindfulness practitioner use judgment? I don't know if that is clear about how to judge or not judge in the Eightfold Path. Is it not clear because different Buddhisms disagree?
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Can software development benefit from mindfulness?
Can software development benefit from mindfulness?
As I'm software developer and as I want to register for Vipassana meditation so far I couldn't because of time but still thinking if I could go for ...
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Is Anapanasati a complete path? Does it, by itself, lead to nirvana?
I have been doing meditation of various forms (Goenka body-scanning, anapanasati, just sitting, kaya, citta, and vedana nupassana, etc.) but am trying to figure out something about anapanasati in ...
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Conscious Attention for Inner transformation during daily activities
The life current is extremely strong, if I consciously bring my attention to a single breath, a single movement of my abdomen, a single moment of my weight or sensation of my sitting bones during ...
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Seeking attention and validation?
Over my life I've realized that my behavior has always been set to the point of wanting attention and validation. A lot of times it's subtle, like the way I move or speak. But other times I find ...
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difference between material pleasure and spirtual happiness
What is the difference betweenchappiness which we can get from this world and the spirtual joy or happiness which buddha taught us?
Is the spirtual joy more greater than sensual pleasure like ...
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Helpful or ego-stroking?
How do I know if I enjoy answering questions because I feel helpful or because it strokes my ego?
Why does this program demand that I add more words to my question?
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On Sati-Sampajanna
So if I am mindful of let's say a sensation or I am just mindful of a specific body part should I label that "event", e.g.: thinking, thinking, touching, touching, seeing, seeing?
I am asking because ...
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Replacing the hindrances with it's opposite?
Similarly, wise consideration of the mental liberation of loving kindness (mettā-
cetovimutti) counteracts ill will; wise consideration of the elements of effort
(ārambhadhātu), exertion (...
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Impermanence (Anicca) and Mindfulness in general
Did the Buddha meant to be attentive all the time or is that just an ideal to strive for?
If we are attentive and feel sensations do we always see the impermanence in them? So first to recognize what ...
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Can't meditate anymore
I used to meditate daily, about 2 or 3 years ago I stopped.
A week ago I decided to start meditating again. I sat down closed my eyes... and suddenly I am halfway through cleaning my dishes.
So I ...
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Agitation during mindfulness tickling
I was following an older thread, however I would love if someone could respond with an answer as to how I can handle the following situation. This happens almost every time I do mindfulness.
As I ...
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How can mindfulness be about immovable attention?
There seem to be a lot of disagreements about the very basic term "mindfulness". Here is one of them.
Yesterday I listened to a talk, where it was it was said that if one achieve total concentration ...
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Non appearance of dhammas to note during meditation
Early in my practice (Mahasi noting), I had plenty of thoughts come up to note, as taught, but lately there is only the meditation object. Is this normal or just another impermanent thing that will ...
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What is the Buddhist perspective on passively altering your subconcious?
Firstly I'd like to provide some context:
When I first began getting into the Buddhist teachings, specifically that of the Theravada tradition, I'd often do things such as passively play the ...
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Mindfulness issues
When I am practicing being mindful, for example when washing the dishes, there seems to be so many things going on at once that I kind of don't know what to focus on. There is the warmth of the water, ...
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Who or what is observing
I've heard it taught by various secular teachers that through mindfulness one can uncover the "true authentic self" because we realise that we are not thought but that we are awareness of thought. ...
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Thought arising
I often hear it being said that with meditation/mindfulness we observe the thoughts and feelings coming and going but I'm not sure if this is a clear explanation of what occurs because in my ...
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Different state of mind during dhamma talk
Has anyone experienced moments like being in a state of restlessness during a dhamma talk?
A sense of relief, moment of temporary escape but yet the mind is actively running wild, almost gone into a ...
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My short story with anxiety problems - could meditation be the cause?
My background is that my father was/is an alcoholic and I had pretty rough childhood. I recently turned 33. I always was pretty self aware. I have a good job. I’m easy going open person, have a bunch ...
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What, if anything, do the texts say about habits versus mindulfness?
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(Note: I searched the group before posting and although there are several questions about habits, none are asking about this specific point. This is close, but it's not the same (and it's ...
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In today's perspective is it possible to practice mindful meditation except bhikkhus?
Mindfulness: the Vipassana Meditation is a great methodology to reduce suffering, avoid attachments and gain pure happiness. But in present education, competition, living needs, relationships, ...
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What am I doing wrong?
I was introduced to meditation many years ago through a short course and a book. Essentially I tried the mindful breathing meditation. I kept at it for a couple of years after which different ...
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What to expect from meditation?
First - this is a question directed towards advanced practitioners of mindfulness or similar meditation.
I have been meditating and practicing other transformational work for about 17 years. ...
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Why does my mind naturally wander?
Before sitting for meditation I got a few strange questions: why does my mind even wander? What does my mind want, and can it ever be satisfied completely? Can anybody please explain this to me?
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Does mindfulness end kamma ? is that a good thing ?
Does mindfulness end kamma ? is that a good thing ?
!!! yes I am aware that the goal is not to attach to anything so avoiding suffering and that good kamma in the end is also "bad" !!!
I am asking ...
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Is mindfulness itself kamma ? does it create kamma?
Is mindfulness itself kamma ? does it create kamma ? is it one of the 50 types of kamma ?
(my teacher who is a monk told me mindfulness is kamma - and like kamma its an accumulated thing )
Im ...
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how to eradicate past smaskaras
A monastery nearby my house, where I was about to be ordained and venture into the world of which I have been waiting so long, has now denied me ordination due to my bad habits of reading erotic ...
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Is Meditation And Concentration Mutually Exclusive?
I'm relatively new to mindfulness meditation and I've been having trouble focusing / concentrating during my sessions. Even thought my meditation sessions are around 10 - 20 minutes, I feel like my ...
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New to the site, new to Buddhism
New to the idea of getting external help, too. I have several questions about this path after read this Q&A:
New to Buddhism
How to get to Nirvana?
What attracted me to buddhism was
Meditation: ...
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Attitude Towards Speculation and Fantasy
I'm experiencing a lot of speculative thoughts and fantasizing about the future when I'm going about my day. I'm wondering whether I should attempt to deny these thoughts, or merely let them arise ...
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Taking care of our sexual energy
In the Five Mindfulness Trainings as presented in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, the third one - called "True Love" - says:
I am committed to learning appropriate ways to take care of my sexual
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What should I be mindful of in everyday mindfulness?
I am not sure what to focus on when practicing everyday mindfulness. For example, when washing dishes due we focus on what we notice in our current experience; like as I wipe the dishes I can focus on ...
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Benefits of “Mental Noting” during positive events?
I've been using Mental Noting to improve my handling of anxious thoughts and emotions but I ran into a strange situation today. Most of my thoughts have been neutral or negative, and mentally noting ...
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How to improve mindfulness of thinking?
Recently I've been facing problems with trying to remain mindful of any thoughts that pass through my mind. This problem is particularly prevalent in my formal meditation, where I only realise I am ...
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Should I consider multitasking while listening to audiobooks? Is it a danger to mindfulness?
One of the several advertised benefits of listening to audiobooks is that it is an ideal activity to accompany those many chores, such as washing the dishes, doing the laundry, running outside etc., ...
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How does one practice mindfulness during thinking - e.g. thinking about how to solve a problem?
This question is in context of practicing mindfulness in one's day-to-day activities (e.g. walking, talking, washing dishes etc.), where one is supposed to be "aware of" / "observe" / "be mindful of" ...
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Awareness in the body : ticklish/tingling feeling
I'm trying to anchor my awareness while sitting at the desk.
When bringing awareness to the body , I'm getting a tickling/tingling in the body . So to make it bearable I'm trying to move attention ...
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Breath mediation during daily acvities
Is it possible to do breath meditation during daily activities ?
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Watching the flow or flow?
I had this moment , when I was engaged in conversation of topic with my friend, which we both reveled. I enjoyed the talk and we discussed without inhibition as it was natural. My question is whether ...
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Interdependent origination
Is the doctrine of interdependent origination found in Vedas . What is real origin of this? I have heard of indra net .just curious
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What were the Buddha's meditation methods and practices during his pre-enlightenment wandering years in India?
I am not clear about one important phase of the Buddha's life: when he was a wandering aspirant, after leaving his two earlier teachers of yoga. There is not much reliable information available about ...
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Sampajañña: what is the correct action?
One of Buddha's four ways of training the mind for Sampajañña ("clear comprehension") is to know the suitability of an action. From an anecdote given by Joseph Goldstein, his meditation master was ...
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Doubt in being mindful when two tasks are going to happen?
When we are doing some work(eating food--first task).. we hear something important or some noise(second task), which might require us to pay attention to it(to second task)..
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When is it okay to think?
It seems like you're supposed to do the dishes, drive your car, etc. and always be mindful of the present moment, but when is it okay to think about something like a work project or a hobby or ...
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Are there things that one shouldn't be mindful of?
Just to move on from this answer in the question Is practising mindfulness ever a bad idea?
Are there particular things that it is a bad idea to be mindful of? Are there thoughts, feelings, emotions ...
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Observations appear as thoughts
For example when I'm feeling a little anxious, I might think "I'm feeling threatened". These thoughts makes me feel like I am not actually being mindful, because if I actually were then I wouldn't ...
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Mindfulness with Pride, Anger, Hatred
I've recently tried doing a more open form of meditation where I put the least amount of alteration on what I experience, therefore letting everything arise non-judgmentally. However, I realize some ...
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Is practising mindfulness ever a bad idea?
Are there ever situations where practicing mindfulness is not recommended during Buddhist practice. Could it ever have undesirable side effects or cause hindrances on the path. Or is it always the ...
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How to practice mindfulness during job hours
Is there any way to stay mindful when your mind is busy at work?
