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

Outlining the crucial importance of the Buddha’s seven awakening factors, Joseph explains the promise of our practice.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 27th part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, CLICK HERE to start at the first episode.
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
Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

“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
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