Buddha-Basics (Part X) — Mindfully Right

[Jundo]

Wonderful lesson thank you so much. I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with Culadasa and his work, but awhile back I was really interested in his version of Vipassana mostly utilizing The Mind Illuminated. Would this right mindfulness be similar to his idea of metacognitive introspective awareness? Given the two descriptions I feel like they're very similar, although his method feels like it has a much more clinical, by the book approach to the matter. Any insight (no pun intended) into this would very helpful!

Gassho,

Joshua
SatToday

Hmmm. I feel that Zen folks are generally much much less analytical about the elements of mind, and certainly not so focused on identifying them one by one. Ours might be termed more of a "light" awareness such as "Oh, I am angry now ... let that go." No need to inventory thoughts and emotions one by one, to be constantly mindful of each as they arise one by one, especially as a meditation practice.

Also, from what I know of Culadasa (not so much), he is extremely interested in using meditation and other techniques to attain unusual brain states, very goal oriented and based on attaining deep concentration states. So, no, very different from Shikantaza.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Bokucho]

Oh I completely agree, that's part of what turned me off of his methods after awhile, the clinical nature of his approach just felt like it took a lot out of the actual experience. In this case I was mainly just referring to his notion of metacognitive introspective awareness, but I can see now that they're not really similar at all. Thank you for the response!

Gassho,

Joshua
SatToday

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[Kaisui]

I am enjoying this series of videos, but this one especially. I have been working through these after completing the beginner series, watching one at the beginning of each sit each day. Yesterday I watched this video on mindfulness, and today I watched it again because I found it so useful for setting my orientation / state of mind at the beginning of sitting. I think this series will be good to return to later, too. Thank you, Jundo.


Charity
STLaH

[Shinshi]

I often will go back and rewatch. Often getting a slightly different take than I did before.

Thanks,

Shinshi

[Meian]

It's great to have these reminders pop up in the forum from time to time. No matter how long we practice, it is easy to lose sight of the basics in the daily shuffle. We always need to renew our commitment to looking deeply into ourselves and our motivations, over and over.

Gassho2, meian st lh

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[Meian]

I often will go back and rewatch. Often getting a slightly different take than I did before.

Gassho2, meian st lh

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[Kaisui]

I often will go back and rewatch. Often getting a slightly different take than I did before.

That sounds like a very good idea.


Charity
sat

[Anchi]

Thank you Jundo!

Gassho

[Luke108]

Thank you, Jundo.

Sat today