About this episode

The episode explores the foundations of Buddhist practice through the Five Aggregates and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

We return to the foundations of Buddhist practice by exploring the Five Aggregates — material form (rupa), feeling (vedana), perception (sanna), mental formations (sankhara), and consciousness (vinnana) — the components that make up what we call the “self.” From this understanding, we examine how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness arise: mindfulness of body, feeling, mind, and Dhamma. The talk emphasizes that whichever object becomes most prominent — body, feeling, or mind — can serve as the...

Topics covered

• Buddhist practice
• Five Aggregates
• Four Foundations of Mindfulness
• self
• mindfulness

Keywords

• Buddhism
• mindfulness
• self
• Five Aggregates
• Four Foundations of Mindfulness
• meditation
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Satipatthana Meditation Society of Canada

Books & works: Five Aggregates, Four Foundations of Mindfulness

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