Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The 37 practices for attaining Nirvana 1

The four stations of mindfulness:
Body, feelings, mind and phenomena are to be considered in relation to mindfulness. In the Agon Sect teachings, one is taught to contemplate that the body is impure, feelings are suffering, the mind is impermanent, and phenomena are devoid of self. Other teachings regard the practice differently, and my own personal leaning is towards contemplation of body, emotions, thought, and perceptional experiences as being personal karmic paint splats upon the beautiful blank canvas of Buddha nature.

The four right kinds of striving:
This practice involves striving for:
*eradication of negatives/kilesas
*creation of positives/merit & goodness
*improvement of current goodness
*cessation of further wrongness's
Most teachings would agree on the basic starter point, if not the method with which to practice.

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