(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral, Numb: Exploring the Second Foundation of Mindfulness

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard

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* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
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Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral, Numb: Exploring the Second Foundation of Mindfulness
We rightly place strong emphasis on mindfulness of the body and mindfulness of mind states in our practice of meditation and everyday awareness. These are the first and third ways of establishing mindfulness as described in the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the core teachings of our Insight tradition. Sometimes overlooked is the Second Foundation of Mindfulness: mindfulness of feeling tone (vedana in Pali). A feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral accompanies every experience, physical or mental. Unnoticed, these feeling tones can escalate to desire, aversion, or delusion and cause us to suffer. When noticed, they can lead us to expand our range of situations where we can feel okay, regardless of outside circumstances. On this evening, we will explore vedana in our guided meditation and in the dharma talk and following discussion. Rich encourages you to practice noticing vedana in the week leading up to this evening, so you can report directly from your experience in the discussion session. If you are unfamiliar with the practice and need instruction, email Rich at rich@sactoinsight.org.

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