Appamada

2024-01-13 | Day 3 | Satipatthana Intensive | Joy and the Factors for Awakening | Joel Barna 00:00:26 - Joy and the Factors for Awakening 00:14:06 - Joel Offers An Activity - Please See below for Details 00:16:55 - Joel Invites Reflections in Response to the Exercise 00:26:19 - Joel Reads from Page 30 of the Chant Book - Instructions for Zazen 00:35:48 - Joel Invites Comments and Thoughts 00:40:04 - Satipatthana Meditation 'Awakening' Exercise - 20 minutes total: In small groups: Sit for five minutes, and consider whether you feel within yourself any or all of the factors of awakening, - which are • mindfulness, • desire for investigation-of-dharmas, • energy, • joy, • tranquillity, • concentration, • equipoise. There is no wrong answer -- it's just an investigation. Then take a two minutes each to share your perceptions. Then use the rest of the time to talk about what you heard from your group mates, and maybe about the fact that all of us have what we need for awakening. MB