Joseph Goldstein on the Factors of Awakening– Insight Hour Ep. 230 – Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt.27

Outlining the crucial importance of the Buddha’s seven awakening factors, Joseph explains the promise of our practice. This episode is part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. If you are just jumping into the series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience: https://youtu.be/RfuH9O7DS4o This week on Insight Hour, Joseph provides wisdom on: - The seven treasures, or factors of awakening, of the Buddha - How the factors of awakening act as anti-hindrances - Mindfulness, wisdom, energy, rapture, calm, concentration, and equanimity - The promise and purpose of our practice - Priming the pump of the enlightened mind - A deeper dive into the first factor of awakening: mindfulness - Calling to mind what is skillful and what is not - Bare attention and clear comprehension - Knowing the purpose behind an action, and if it is beneficial “The Buddha called these factors anti-hindrances because they counteract those forces in the mind that keep us in delusion. It’s sort of like anti-freeze; anti-hindrances, they keep our minds from getting congealed or frozen.“– Joseph Goldstein This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed