Hi Befriend
I think it is the awareness of the first of the five aggregate. (Rupa or matter).
Then you move on to the awareness of Vedana, Sanna, Sankara and Citta.
posture as foundation of mindfulness
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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The posture of the body can be a foundation of mindfulness because the body is a place mindfulness should be established.befriend wrote:how can posture be a foundation of mindfulness? thanks Befriend
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But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Greetings,
MODERATOR NOTE: Three nearly-identical topics created by the same user have been merged. If members can avoid creating nearly identical topics on a regular basis, it will save other members having to repeat themselves over and over again.
Metta,
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MODERATOR NOTE: Three nearly-identical topics created by the same user have been merged. If members can avoid creating nearly identical topics on a regular basis, it will save other members having to repeat themselves over and over again.
Metta,
Retro.
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sorry about that, ill try not to let that happen again. metta, befriend
Take care of mindfulness and mindfulness will take care of you.
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Thanks Befriend.
Ok...
Metta,
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Ok...
Metta,
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