Mindfulness as a Powerful Way to Reduce Suffering and Increase Fulfillment
Posted by George Shears | Filed under Mindfulness Meditation, Uncategorized
The Buddha said, “I teach one thing and one thing only, suffering and the end of suffering.” The word, “suffering” here is the most commonly accepted translation of the word, “Dukkha,” in the ancient Pali language, which the Buddha spoke.
According to one common rendering of his Fourth Noble Truth, “The cessation of suffering can be attained through the Noble Eightfold Path,” the cornerstone of which is “Sati,” or Mindfulness.
Over the past 35 years, I have had the great good fortune to read and hear many commentaries and elucidations of how this is so. Even more importantly, I have experienced in high degree its effectiveness in my own life.
Of the many meditation teachers I’ve worked with, none has laid out this great truth more clearly than Shinzen Young. Moreover, to my knowledge, he is the only mindfulness teacher who conveys it within a scientific/mathematical frame of reference through what he calls “the Four Formulas,” which are the main focus of the following video.
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