Ep. 208 – Bare Knowing & Continuous Mindfulness, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 5

Joseph Goldstein has an intellectual discussion on bare knowledge without association and how to maintain continuity of mindfulness.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fifth 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 now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein lectures on: 

• The direct path for the purification of beings
• The liberating effect of present-moment awareness
• Freedom from desire and discontent regarding the world
• Observing phenomena without attaching meaning or reacting
• The two proximate causes for mindfulness
• How knowing is not altered by what is being known
• The nature of the knowing mind conforming to the condition of the body
• Building momentum and continuity of mindfulness
• Vipassana and observing the six sense stores
• Becoming aware of the process of change
• Perception as the function of recognition
• How concepts condition our experience

Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Bare knowledge here means observing phenomena, observing experience objectively without getting lost in associations, without getting lost in our reactions. It’s the simple and direct knowing of what’s present without making up stories about our experience.” – Joseph Goldstein

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