WHAT DID WE LEARN, WHAT NEXT ?
Dec 24, 2015
What Did We Learn• We have the habit of living in the past
memories and future expectations, rarely do we live in the present.
• Mindfulness is the key to living in the present.
• All human beings have the innate capacity to be mindful…but we have not cultivated it to its full potential.
• Mindfulness implies being mindful of whatever is happening in the body and mind at the present moment
Mindfulness
Emotions
Thoughts
Mindfulness
Body : postures, Activities,
movements, sensations
Moment by moment
Non- judgmental
Open curiosity
Feelings
Perceptions
Non- reactive
Being Consciously aware of
Mindfulness …..
• Mindfulness actually sees these things .. It does not think about them. It sees them directly !
• When fully developed it sees the characteristics of existence directly , like an electron microscope … it reveals those realities which are normally ‘invisible’
• Learning to integrate Mindfulness in our conscious life needs practice.
Meditation process in nutshell
Be aware of it, its feeling tone, its impermanent
nature moment by moment
Notice any reaction --
Relax
Noticing attention has
wandered
Attention wanders
Return the attention to the object
• Open Curiosity
• Non-judgmental
• Non -reactive
Select object of meditation
Education ?
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live
The most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not
• Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.
UNESCO: Report of the International Commission on Education for the
Twenty first Century
Learning : The Treasure Within
Education throughout Life based on four pillars– Learning to Know– Learning to do– Learning to live together– Learning to be
What did we learn ?• Mindfulness is the key to “Learning to live
together” and “Learning to be” since it :• Increases concentration & efficiency, Self control ,ability
to face the vicissitudes of life with equanimity, humility and Forgiveness, selfless love and compassion
• Practice of Mindfulness will greatly help teaching learning process, improve classroom environment and create joy of learning
• Mindfulness can be taught both formally and informally in the class room.
• traditional moral education is not enough.
Maintaining Continuity of Practice
Formal sitting : Every morning and evening : 45
minutesending with loving kindness practice
Mindful Teaching
Teaching of Mindfulness
Mindfulness in Daily life
Mindfulness in Daily life -- joyfully
Mindful walks
Mindful cooking, eating, drinking, washing, bathing……….
Mindful waiting , travelling
Mindfulness during meetings –listening, speakingSpeak only if you can improve
upon silence.
Changing Perception
Conventional [consensual] reality and ultimate Reality
Imbibing the insights of impermanence , impersonality……..
Five daily reflections : Illness, aging, death, separation, karma
Precepts and more….
Need for following precepts – wholesome and unwholesome mental states can not exist simultaneously
Having spiritual friends
Practice of generosity, gratitude, forbearance, forgiveness, loving kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, equanimity