Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati)
Includes tags: Mindfulness of body, Unattractiveness, Elements, Body scanning
8. “How to work with suspicion skillfully? Is it a combination of looking at the fact as well as your gut feeling?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Doubt] [Intuition] [Politics and society] // [Unwholesome Roots] [Right Effort] [Mindfulness of body]
10. “I’ve heard that someone asked Ajahn Chah if he could read his students’ minds. He replied that he didn’t need to; he just watched how they walked in the door and bowed. Do you get a feel for this over time?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Psychic powers] [Teaching Dhamma] [Mindfulness of body] [Monastic life] [Saṅgha] [Bowing]
9. “What kind of meditation did Ajahn Chah follow in the early days? What were the meditating monks actually doing [at that time]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation/Techniques] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Ajahn Chah] // [Buddho mantra] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Recollection/Buddha] [Unattractiveness] [Elements]
13. “You made a distinction between wrong samādhi and right samādhi. I imagine wrong samādhi has a certain lack of clarity but a feeling of settledness. Earlier you mentioned that you could hear the tone of the voice of the inner critic. Can you apply the same thing to samādhi? If one becomes aware of wrong samādhi, would it be concentration or mindfulness that reveals that?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wrong concentration] [Right Concentration] [Investigation of states] [Concentration] [Mindfulness]
Quote: “As the mind becomes more settled, then the mind becomes more sneaky as well.” [Delusion]
Follow-up: “Is this knowing somatically or more of a mental experience?” [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of mind]
7. “How do discoveries about the gut microbiome fit in with the Buddha’s teachings?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Science] [Dhamma] // [Not-self] [Self-identity view] [Mindfulness of body] [Clear comprehension] [Naturalness]
Follow-up: “How does the relate to monks who subsist on almsfood and sometimes don’t get enough, considering that the gut is controlling the brain?” [Monastic life] [Almsfood] [Health] [Ajahn Soṇa] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support]
Sutta: MN 17: Vanapattha Sutta.
1. “In Canada, medical assistance in death is legal. As an old person who will be sick and dying not too far off, it raises the question: If I got to the point where I felt even with good palliative and hospice care, I couldn’t withstand the pain any longer, it’s an option. But what about the first precept of not taking life?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sickness] [Pain] [Death] [Health care ] [Euthanasia] [Killing] // [Relinquishment] [Self-identity view] [Idealism]
Quote: “Being present for the falling apart of the body opens doorways to release that don’t really happen with, ‘I just want to be done with this. This totally sucks.’” [Present moment awareness] [Mindfulness of body] [Release] [Aversion] [Fear] [Clinging] [Saṃsāra]
11. Comment: I’m improving my skill at seeing the greed or aversion when there are pleasant or unpleasant feelings, but I often don’t see the neutral feeling state so clearly. [Mindfulness of feeling] [Feeling] [Unwholesome Roots] [Neutral feeling] [Delusion] // [Mindfulness of body] [Restlessness and worry] [Fear] [Present moment awareness]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
Sutta: SN 35.116: “That whereby one is a conceiver of the world, a perceiver of the world, that is the world.” [Nature of the cosmos] [Proliferation] [Perception]
5. “Is there a sutta about preferring the [forest] to the village, and then the bare earth, becoming more and more simple?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sutta] [Seclusion] [Simplicity] // [Emptiness] [Elements] [Relinquishment] [Generosity] [Goodwill]
Sutta: MN 121: The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness
1. “What did you mean by ‘lifting up?’ Is it an object of attention?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Directed thought and evaluation] [Recollection ] // [Restlessness and worry] [Sloth and torpor] [Postures] [Energy]
Quote: “Namo viññāṇa dhātu (Homage to the element of consciousness).” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Consciousness] [Elements] [Knowing itself]
7. “You mentioned Ajahn Chah reflecting on viññaṇadhatu. Was this the consciousness of the six senses or something more fundamental like citta?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Consciousness] [Elements] [Sense bases] [Recollection] [Heart/mind] // [Release] [Liberation]
7. “How would I apply the perception of unattractiveness in my daily life?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Unattractiveness] [Everyday life] [Recollection] // [Sensual desire] [Ageing] [Proliferation] [Dispassion] [Appropriate attention]
12. “What is the difference between emptiness, nothingness, and space? How can I use colors to develop the mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Emptiness] [Kasiṇa] // [Self-identity view] [Relinquishment] [Conceit] [Middle Path] [Etymology] [Not-self] [Elements] [Tranquility] [History/Early Buddhism] [Culture/West]
1. “Do you have an effective way to teach us sampajañña experientially?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Clear comprehension ] // [Mindfulness] [Self-identity view]
Sutta: MN 10.8: The basis of sampajañña. [Mindfulness of body]
Commentary to MN 10.8 (available on Paliverse): Clear comprehension of purpose, suitability, domain, and non-delusion.
Teaching from Ajahn Chah: Don’t admonish your fellow monks before the meal. [Ajahn Chah] [Admonishment/feedback]
Commentary: Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 431: Clear comprehension is another word for wisdom. [Discernment]
1. “Sometimes in meditation, it feels like I’m moving in waves even though my body is still. What does it mean? What should I do when it happens?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation/Unusual experiences] // [Self-identity view] [Mindfulness of feeling] [Right Mindfulness] [Four Noble Truths] [Liberation] [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of dhammas] [Factors of Awakening]
Sutta: MN 10.4: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta.
2. “There is a constant sense of confusion underneath most of the experiences. Other defilements come and go, but moha of various form and intensity seems to be always present. Any suggestions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Delusion ] [Unwholesome Roots] // [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Mindfulness of body] [Continuity of mindfulness]
Quote: “The mind is a liar and a cheat.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Heart/mind] [False speech]
13. Quote: Abhayagiri ethos: “We all live in the forest. Everyone’s in a kuti.” — Ajahn Amaro. [Lodging ] [Culture/Natural environment ] [Abhayagiri] // [Amaravati] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Weather]
Quote: “Mindfulness of the body is an absolute necessity.” [Mindfulness of body]
8. “How do you deal with anger?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Aversion ] // [Sense restraint] [Right Speech] [Mindfulness of body] [Proliferation] [Spaciousness] [Patience] [Goodwill]
9. “How to forgive a person who has hurt and done very wrong things to you?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Forgiveness ] [Abuse/violence] // [Aversion] [Memory] [Mindfulness of body] [Kamma] [Spiritual friendship] [Proliferation]
See also the previous question, “How do you deal with anger?”
7. “How do you understand the phrase, ‘The body within the body?’” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Right Mindfulness] [Mindfulness of body] // [Views] [Discernment] [Relinquishment]
5. “How does one practice wise restraint in lay life when one has to deal with family, friends, coworkers, and so on? Especially on the level of speech and emotions that one encounters.” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Sense restraint] [Lay life] [Right Speech] [Emotion] // [Discernment] [Unwholesome Roots] [Appropriate attention] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Mindfulness of body] [Clear comprehension]
Vinaya: Conditions for skillful admonishment in the Buddhist Monastic Code’s discussion of Bhikkhu Saṅghādisesa 8. [Admonishment/feedback]
2. “Is it accurate to describe mindfulness as a gatekeeper with four duties: 1) Recognize what’s entering the mind. 2) Discern if it should enter or not. 3) Allow it if it’s wholesome. 4) And prevent it if it’s not conducive to well-being and happiness?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness] [Similes] [Discernment] [Right Effort] // [Right Mindfulness] [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of feeling] [Mindfulness of mind] [Mindfulness of dhammas] [Clear comprehension] [Proliferation]
Sutta: AN 7.67.7: Gatekeeper simile.
Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta.
1. “How about a teaching that is aspirational yet practical approach to stream entry? Or if stream entry is to rigid of a topic, how about talking about path and fruition?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Stream entry] [Stages of awakening] // [Precepts] [Learning] [Ordination] [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Faith] [Ajahn Chah] [Becoming] [Insight meditation] [Requisites] [Unattractiveness]
Story: Dabba Mallaputta becomes an arahant at age seven while his head is being shaved. [Great disciples] [Arahant] [Unattractiveness] [Impermanence]
Reference: Dabba Mallaputta, The Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names by G P Malalasekera.
2. “I was investigating, and it seems that the body still wants to breathe to continue the life of the body saṅkhāras. Could the venerable ones speak more to this please?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Volitional formations]
4. “In this morning’s pūjā, we chanted the Reflection on the Four Requisites (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 53). Each reflection begins with the Pāli word yoniso, which is translated as wisely reflecting. This translation is almost always identical to another Pāli term, yoniso manasikāra, which is translated as wise reflection. How does the meaning of yoniso change when manasikāra is added? What does the new word mean?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Requisites] [Appropriate attention] [Pāli] [Translation] // [Recollection] [Unattractiveness] [Dispassion] [Sense bases] [Four Noble Truths] [Faith] [Stream entry]
Reflection from the Thai Ajahns: Treat your stomach like a container that you fill up just enough. [Thai Forest Tradition] [Moderation in eating] [Food] [Similes]
2. Reflections by Ajahn Cunda on the question: “I already have a negative body perception. Why do I want to make it more negative by reflecting on the 32 parts (MN 10.10; Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 60)?” [Body/form] [Perception] [Aversion] [Unattractiveness] // [Sensual desire] [Beauty] [Naturalness] [Impermanence] [Cause of Suffering] [Ageing]
3. “Is it possible to practice this focus on the 32 body parts (MN 10.10; Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 60) while walking or standing? What about continuing this practice after the retreat?” Answered by Ajahn Cunda. [Unattractiveness] [Posture/Walking] [Posture/Standing] [Everyday life] // [Visualization] [Sense bases] [Beauty] [Nimitta] [Elements] [Mindfulness of body]
5. “How might one bring a sense of ease and well-being while in a work environment dealing with emails, demands, and other tasks?” Answered by Ajahn Cunda. [Work ] [Happiness] // [Mindfulness of body] [Becoming]
6. “In conversations that are difficult or where I want to ‘look good,’ I try to stay with the body and watch the thoughts. I am determined to not say something unskillful or selfing, and then Bam!—before I know it, out it comes. It is very humbling.” Answered by Ajahn Cunda. [Right Speech] [Blame and praise] [Mindfulness of body] [Clear comprehension] // [Right Action] [Mindfulness] [Conceit] [Self-identity view] [Sense restraint] [Virtue] [Gladdening the mind]
1. “My question is about ‘feeling whole’ in Buddhism. Can you please explain in your view what this means and what it feels like to be in that level? Is it a permanent state or temporary, and what are some practices to get to that state?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Relinquishment] [Hindrances] [Mindfulness of body] [Impermanence] [Investigation of states] [Skillful qualities] [Happiness] [Truth] [Feeling] [Craving] [Habits] [Calming meditation] [Insight meditation]
9. “During lunch I was contemplating the four elements as I ate, and a question arose in my mind: If all things are made of only four elements, why does an orange taste, smell, and feel only like an orange and not like an apple? How can there be so much variety in food?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Food] [Elements] [Sense bases]
Story: A Zen master confronts Kalu Rinpoche with an orange. [Zen] [Vajrayāna] [Koan]
4. “After observing the breathing, this becomes more subtle. Then I observe the body; after that, the body becomes very tranquil. But after that, I don’t know what to do next. The sutta says, “I will breathe experiencing rapture,” but I sincerely don’t know what rapture in the practice is. … Can you clear any misunderstanding of the Dhamma?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Tranquility] [Rapture] [Clinging] // [Right Mindfulness] [Pāli] [Commentaries]
Quote: “The Buddha’s instructions on mindfulness of breathing in the sutta (MN 118) are not necessarily a linear teaching.”
Simile: Rapture (pīti) is learning there is an oasis nearby in the desert. Happiness (sukha) is quenching one’s thirst and bathing at the oasis (Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 139). [Happiness] [Similes]
5. “Does the Buddha speak to anxiety itself? How may we work with it in our practice?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Restlessness and worry] // [Fear] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Delusion] [Abhidhamma] [Mindfulness of body]
7. “If one were to become a Buddhist nun or monk and use indigenous shamanic practices to heal self and others rather than pharmaceuticals and modern-day Western medical advice and procedures, would that be permitted in a Buddhist monastery? I read that original Buddhist medicine, just as with shamanic healing, was based on the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water. Also that alchemy and spirit guides such as Guan Yin were used to help heal. This is the same way with shamanism also. Do modern-day Buddhist monastic communities in the West only use pharmaceuticals and Western medical practices, and are there understandings and restrictions in place in regard to how the monastic community take care of their health and how they can support each other with health matters?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Monastic life] [Healing] [Health care] [Elements] [Medicinal requisites] // [Vinaya] [Intoxicants] [Contentment]
1. “When my mind settles, my hands go away from my awareness. Hands feel like they are twisted or in the air. Why is this?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Meditation/Unusual experiences] [Mindfulness of breathing] // [Body scanning] [Goodwill] [Mindfulness of feeling]
2. “Can you speak more about the progression of mindfulness of breathing, how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness develop the Seven Factors of Awakening?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness] [Factors of Awakening] [Mindfulness of breathing ] // [Emotion] [Conditionality] [Tranquility] [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of feeling]
Sutta: MN 118.29: Ānāpānasati Sutta. [Mindfulness] [Mindfulness of mind] [Bases of Success]
Quote: “We’re breathing in and out anyway, but taking an interest in it is a game-changer.” [Desire]
2. Comment: If I’m able to settle into ease and spaciousness this time, the next time I sit, it doesn’t settle as easily, and I get frustrated and tense wanting to get to that ease again. [Tranquility] [Meditation/General advice] [Restlessness and worry] [Desire] [Judgementalism]
Response by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body] [Present moment awareness]
6. “When will I get wisdom? How can we not get exhausted when observing the monkey mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Discernment] [Mindfulness of mind] [Energy] [Mindfulness of breathing] // [Knowing itself] [Mindfulness of body] [Tranquility]
7. “I’m a mother to four kids, one of whom has special needs. I’m lucky if I can meditate 10-15 minutes a day. Are there practices one can do when one is frequently around little ones?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Children ] [Meditation/General advice] // [Posture/Sitting] [Three Refuges] [Precepts] [Recollection/Virtue] [Recollection/Generosity] [Gladdening the mind] [Mindfulness of body] [Clear comprehension]
Commentary: Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 104: Forty subjects of meditation.
Sri Lankan Buddhists keep a book of good deeds which is read near the time of death. [Culture/Sri Lanka] [Merit] [Death]
Story: Debbie Stamp served as primary caregiver to her father during the pandemic. [Debbie Stamp] [Parents] [Pandemic]
4. “I have trouble maintaining wakefulness and alertness in the afternoon. What guidance would you give to cultivate more skillfulness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sloth and torpor] [Devotion to wakefulness] // [Buddho mantra] [Recollection] [Unattractiveness] [Posture/Walking] [Posture/Standing]
15. “Any suggestions for managing dizziness or nausea from the energy on retreat? I’m feeling a little overwhelmed today.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation retreats] [Health] // [Posture/Lying down] [Posture/Walking] [Goodwill] [Mindfulness of body]
18. “Can you talk about fear as a cause of dukkha and how to work with it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Fear ] [Suffering] // [Unwholesome Roots] [Abhidhamma] [Delusion] [Mindfulness of body] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Biases]
Quote: “In terms of personality, [fear] was my go-to option.” [Ajahn Pasanno] [Personality]
5. “What would be your advice when young monks are wavering in their decision?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Monastic life/Motivation ] [Doubt] // [Fear] [Guilt/shame/inadequacy] [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Delusion] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Mindfulness of body]
Recurrent refrain in the Suttas: “I know you, Māra,” e. g. SN 4.1, SN 4.5. [Māra] [Sutta] [Knowing itself]
4. “How did Ajahn Chah speak about non-self and consciousness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Not-self] [Consciousness] // [Impermanence] [Doctrine-of-self clinging] [Language] [Thai ] [Pāli] [Sense bases] [Unestablished consciousness] [Knowing itself] [Cessation of Suffering]
Quote: “One of the beauties of the Thai language is that it is wonderfully imprecise. … It’s a feeling language.” [Thai ] [Proliferation]
Story: George Sharp asks Ajahn Chah why he teaches “Buddho” all the time. Ajahn Chah responds, “Namo viññāṇa dhātu” [Homage to the element of consciousness]. [George Sharp] [Buddho mantra] [Elements]
6. “What personal obstacles, either internal or external have you used as dhammas, stepping stones to lift yourself up and go beyond it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Long-term practice] // [Fear ] [Ajahn Chah] [Impermanence] [Mindfulness of body] [Knowing itself]
Quote: “The anxious and fearful mind is always trying to find some certainty somewhere. And of course it isn’t anywhere at all except in this present moment and in the quality of awareness that we have. But the personality doesn’t believe that for a long time.” [Present moment awareness]
Quote: “Be careful of believing your mind because it’s a liar and a cheat.” — Ajahn Chah. [Nature of mind]
8. “When practicing to get out of the world, how does one avoid slipping into unhappiness with the world?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Escape] [Suffering] [Happiness] // [Saṃsāra] [Not-self] [Divine Abidings] [Unattractiveness] [Equanimity] [Gladdening the mind] [Concentration] [Knowledge and vision]
Sutta: MN 10.10: Contemplating the body as if it were a sack of grains. [Unattractiveness]
Suttas: AN 6.10, AN 10.2: Causal chains yielding gladness (pāmojja) with different starting points.
4. “Thinking about sensuality and thinking about noticing and cognizing all this stuff. So is noticing just a pure mental exercise or does bodily sensation also have a place?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Insight meditation] [Mindfulness of body] // [Discernment] [Personality] [Ajahn Sucitto] [Ajahn Amaro]
Follow-up: “So do we try to find our own way or do we try to balance our attitudes?” [Attitude]
Reference: Meditation A Way of Awakening by Ajahn Sucitto.
4. “What does contemplating the body internally and externally mean [in MN 10.5]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of body] // [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Ajahn Chah]
4. “The naming of proliferation—I’m getting to this idea that, okay now that I named it, it will stop now. I have this hope that I’ve found the key that’s gonna stop it all and then I get frustrated with myself because it’s still going on. Do I have to name it again? What do I do now?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Noting] [Proliferation] // [Relinquishment] [Non-identification] [Mindfulness of body]
5. “It seems there are so many things to comment on it is kind of overwhelming. How to deal with that?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Noting] // [Mindfulness of body] [Present moment awareness]
Story: “The body understands!” Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Zen] [Koan] [Mindfulness of body]
4. “In [MN 62], the Buddha goes through the elements. Here (MN 62.17) it says that space is not established anywhere. Do you remember what he said for earth and water?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Elements] // [Equanimity]
5. “In the satipaṭṭhāna, would it be encouraged to observe skin as my skin, his skin, her skin—the same … So we look that they are not different in me and other people … If you contemplate and sit with feelings and emotions, anybody where it manifests it’s the same. So it becomes not my opinion and your opinion, but a field of opinions and you don’t have preference for the one you expressed … Would this be a suitable object of meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Unattractiveness] [Not-self] [Feeling] [Emotion] [Views] // [Mindfulness of mind] [Mindfulness of dhammas] [Impermanence]
Sutta: MN 10.34: Mindfulness of citta; MN 10.36: Mindfulness of dhammas.
Sutta: MN 118.21: Using the breath to cultivate wisdom. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Discernment] [Insight meditation]
6. Recollection: Ajahn Chah’s advice for establishing mindfulness in the midst of strong emotions. Recounted by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Mindfulness] [Emotion] // [Ajahn Amaro] [Food] [Suffering] [Conditionality] [Equanimity] [Mindfulness of body] [Greed]
Story: Ajahn Chah eats 37 mangoes.
6. “How are yoniso manasikāra and sati-sampajañña related?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. [Appropriate attention ] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension ] // [Conditionality] [Stream entry]
Sutta: MN 10.8: Clear comprension. [Mindfulness of body]
Sutta: AN 10.61: The support for sati-sampajañña is yoniso manasikāra.
Sutta: SN 55.5: Four factors for stream entry.
8. “Could you speak about world-weariness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Disenchantment] // [Gratitude] [Suffering] [Skillful qualities] [Happiness]
Sutta: AN 11.1: Causal chain of well-being including disenchantment. [Conditionality]
Story: Ajahn Mahā Boowa reflects on the drawbacks of lust. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Unattractiveness] [Sensual desire] [Drawbacks]
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5. “It seems like I’m using physical tension to block out emotion. When I try to put my attention on it, the mind goes blank or starts thinking about work. I don’t know what I’m avoiding. Any suggestions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pain] [Emotion ] // [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration] [Translation] [Spaciousness] [Body scanning]
15. “Is it ever acceptable to put a life out of suffering, for example when it’s dying and suffering slowly?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Euthanasia ] [Killing ] [Death] [Pain] [Animal] // [Compassion] [Unattractiveness]
Story: Ajahn Pasanno and others look after a Brahma bull that was attacked by a tiger until it dies. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Health care] [Dtao Dum]
3. “Intellectually I understand and can observe the illusion my eye presents, and I can detach from it. But at 3am, when I wake up and something comes into my mind, I really attach. It’s like everything I learned is out the window. I try to remind myself that it’s temporary and impermanent and try not to get involved. Any suggestions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Clinging] // [Tranquility] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Relinquishment]
Follow-up: “Sometimes a thought will completely wipe out [my perception] of my whole body.” [Proliferation] [Mindfulness of body] [Goodwill]