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Feb 5, 2023 34 min

SO, What IS Mindfulness

from Pobsa’s Dharma Lounge Hosted by Popsa Sa Frank Jude

There's a major discrepancy between the contemporary definition and understanding of "mindfulness" and how it is described and understood in the Buddhist traditions. In this episode, Pobsa details the difference and why it matters. There are two places where he mis-spoke: when mentioning the ground-breaking work of Willoughby Britton, he says she discovered that only 4 out of 1800 studies on mindfulness had control groups but the number was 40. And the closing analogy correctly stated is: "mindfulness is like the hand that takes a sheaf of grain in its grip and wisdom the hand that holds the scythe that cuts it down." The episode where Pobsa introduces sila (ethical training) is here. The episode where Pobsa introduces principles of meditation is here. To offer dana to Pobsa please click here.

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