Buddhist Meditation and Barbie (video)

Religion for Breakfast, 2/22/22; Barbie; Amber Larson and Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Buddhist Meditation Explained

(ReligionForBreakfast, 2/22/22) Sponsored by Morning Brew. Sign up to Morning Brew for FREE today (bit.ly/mbreligionforbreakfast). This video is a broad overview of Buddhist meditation techniques aimed at non-specialists.

• 00:00 Intro
• 1:06 Sponsorship
• 2:16 Misconceptions
• 4:34 Why do Buddhists meditate?
• 6:43 Defining meditation
• 8:18 What does meditation seek to accomplish?
• 9:35 The two wings of Buddhist meditation
• 12:13 Mindfulness explained
• 14:00 Satipatthana Sutta overview
• 16:51 Takeaways

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The Foundations of Buddhism

For those looking to explore more deeply, the following video is recommended (youtube.com...) as well as other more in-depth videos from Doug's Dharma.

For those looking for examples of guided meditations from Buddhist teachers, see youtube.com and youtube.com. These are good places to start.

For a short and accessible introduction to the Setting Up the Four Foundation of Mindfulness Discourse (Satipatthana Sutta), see Don Lopez (ed.), "The Establishment of Mindfulness," Norton Anthology of World Religions, pp. 193-201.

The goal of meditation isn't to control your thoughts. It's to stop letting them control you.

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A Mirror Is for Reflection

For a translation of the famous Satipatthana Sutta, see: accesstoinsight.org/tipit...

For more about stillness and insight (samatha and vipassana), see Rupert Gethin, The Foundations of Buddhism, pp. 174-197.

For a publicly available resource, see the writings of Alexander Berzin, including studybuddhism.com/en/essential...

For more about mindfulness and clear comprehension (sati and sampajanna), see Jay Garfield, "Mindfulness and Ethics: Attention, Virtue, and Perfection," in A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics, pages 204-207.

In the Buddha's Words

For more selections from the Buddhist Pali canon on meditation and mindfulness, see Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans.) In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, pp. 257-300.

There are also ample resources on suttacentral.net and accesstoinsight.org.

For those interested in understanding the development of the term "mindfulness" (sati) as used in contemporary society, see Rupert Gethin, "On some definitions of mindfulness," in Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 12, 2011, Issue 1.

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