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| | | | |  | | | Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume 2: On Feeling, the Mind & Dhamma (CD) | | Joseph Goldstein | | | Continued Applications of the Wisdom of The “Satipattana Sutta,” from Joseph Goldstein | | | | | | | 9 CDs, 10¾ hours, study guide, 36 pages |
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|  | | Product Description | | In the words of the Buddha, the four foundations of mindfulness (the four satipatthanas)
are “the direct path for the purification of beings, for the surmounting of sorrow and
lamentation, for the disappearance of dukkha (suffering) and discontent, for acquiring the
true method, for the realization of NibbÅna.” Within the quintessential discourse called the
Satipatthana Sutta, we find the Buddha’s seminal teachings about the practice of meditation.
On Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume 2: On Feeling, the Mind & Dhamma, esteemed teacher and
author Joseph Goldstein presents a 9-CD audio curriculum to reveal the deeper insights of this
vital sutta—and how it serves to inform and guide your own daily practice.
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness:
Mindfulness of Feelings
The Buddha begins this pivotal section of the sutta with a rhetorical question: how does
one abide contemplating feelings? Before you can answer this question, explains Goldstein, you
must understand what the Buddha means by “feeling.” Returning to the Pali word vedana, he
points out the qualities of “pleasantness, unpleasantness, or neutrality” that arise in every moment
of experience. For it is close attention to each of these qualities that unlocks our deepest patterns
of conditioning—and removes our greatest obstacles to liberation. From the crucial distinction
between “worldly” and “unworldly” feelings to practical methods for “de-conditioning”
habitual responses, Goldstein elucidates the Buddha’s instructions for achieving a deeper happiness
and ease of being through moment-by-moment mindfulness of feelings.
The Third and Fourth Foundations of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Mind, Mindfulness of Dhammas
As you continue your exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, Goldstein brings you to the third
and fourth foundations of mindfulness: Mindfulness of Mind and Mindfulness of Dhammas (or
“categories of phenomena”). Here, you will learn what it means to “take responsibility for your own
heart and mind”—the central art of the third foundation—through the pragmatic discernment of
skillful and wholesome mind states and their counterparts, and direct investigation of the higher
states of mind, including “concentrated” and “liberated” mind, and more. Next, you progress
through the beginning sections of the fourth foundation, with Goldstein’s step-by-step guidance on
working with the hindrances and the aggregates. Includes 36-page study guide. Note: Abiding in
Mindfulness, Volume 3, will contain remaining talks about the fourth foundation.
The author’s proceeds from this program will benefit the Insight Meditation Society’s Forest Refuge
retreat center.
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| | Author Profiles | | |  | | Author Profile: Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein began exploring meditation as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. Following extended meditation retreats with various teachers in India and Burma, he cofounded the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. More...
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