Kithsiri - Mindfulness Meditation - Part2

Meditation; The Engineering of the Mind 5/5/2021
Six Contemplations Think of yourself…

Breathing What was
your mind
Postures thinking
about when
Physical Activities you were
walking?
Anatomical Parts
Elements
Corpse Decay Lost present moment awareness ?
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Walking Meditation Walking Meditation
You can practice meditation while you are walking. Relaxed and slow walking.
◦ When you walk with heavy purpose in mind our steps are weighed
down with worry, stress, fear, anxiousness etc…
This meditation is especially useful to avoid mental dullness
(sloth and torpor) when it occurs. Do not set any goals of arriving at a destination within a specified
time.
Generate awareness of the phenomena as they are while the

walking is happening. (at the present moment) The purpose of walking is mindfulness contemplation.
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How to do the meditation How to do the meditation

Take the standing posture. Be mindful that your body has taken Start walking activity.
the standing posture now. Maintain awareness of the moving foot; Right foot, Left foot
Allow yourself to relax. Allow the breathing to relax as well. alternatively, one at a time.
◦ Become aware of head, neck, shoulders, main body, hand and Keep walking until the mind captures each step fully.
legs.
Observe arising and passing away of each step.
Take the awareness to the selected area of mindfulness (around
the feet) for this meditation
Feel the feet, sensations and the weight of the body.
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Causes for Arising

Contemplation part
Phy Energy
Increase awareness by close examination of the arising and passing (Food)
away of each stride.
Slowly uncover the causes. Volitions

◦ What causes a stride to arise?
◦ What causes it to pass away?
Craving
Ignorance Dependent Co-arising
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Causes for Arising

How to do the meditation
Phy Energy
(Food)
Then heighten the awareness by
identifying two sub-activities in
each forward step. i.e. Lifting and
Volitions Placing.
Keep walking until the mind
captures each sub-activity fully.
Craving Identify causes for each sub-activity
Ignorance
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Stages of Development of Walking Meditation Stages of Development of Walking Meditation (Cont.)
pressing
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MINDFULNESS ON OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Guidelines
Capture the present moment physical activity
Be neutral and unbiased (not liking or disliking)
Observe it arising and passing away
Focus on your walking first then others walking and then yours-
and-others all walking activities simultaneously.
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Example : Turning the Head Follow the same guidelines

Look forward. Capture the present moment physical activity
Generate awareness of heading
Turn the head to the left slowly maintaining mindfulness. Be neutral and unbiased (not liking or disliking)
At the end start turning the head to the right.

Observe it arising and passing away
Maintain awareness of the head movement; Left and Right
alternatively.
Focus on your action first then others actions and then yours-
Observe arising and passing away of each step. and-others actions simultaneously.
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Causes for Arising

Contemplation part
Phy Energy
Increase awareness by close examination of the arising and passing (Food)
away of each head movement.
Slowly uncover the causes. Volitions

◦ What causes the head to turn ?
◦ What causes it to stop ?
Craving
Ignorance Dependent Co-arising
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Causes for Arising

Moving on…
Phy Energy
Breathing
(Food)
Postures
Physical Activities
Anatomical Parts
Mental
Volitions Elements
Mind Factors
Corpse Decay
Feelings
Craving Body
Ignorance
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Why aren’t they coming

searching for me?
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Anatomical Parts in package
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DISMANTLE IT TO PARTS…
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CONTEMPLATION OF THE NATURE OF THE BODY

AND ITS ANATOMICAL PARTS
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Very educative, but are they… Pleasant? Engage the mind in imaginative visualization of
these properties of each
Attractive? part in the body….
Fragrant (sweet-smelling)?
Pleasant?
Permanent?
Attractive?
Satisfactory? Fragrant?
Under my control?
Permanent?
Satisfactory?
Under my control?
Unpleasant
Unattractive
Bad odor (Foul smell)
Changing…, Decaying
Unsatisfactory
Shall we observe them and their properties as they are? Not under my control
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Hair Body hair
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Nails
Teeth
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Skin
Teeth
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Flesh Blood vessels
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Brain
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Heart
Lungs
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Stomach
Membrane
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Undigested
Food
Liver
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Gallbladder
Large Intestine
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Small Kidneys
Intestine
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Bones Bone marrow
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Blood
Urine
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Saliva
Sweat
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Snot
Flem
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Pus
Fats
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Grease Tears
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Joint
Bile Oils
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Engage the mind in imaginative visualization of

PROGRESSION OF THE MINDFULNESS
these properties of each
part in the body…. CONTEMPLATIONS
Pleasant?
Attractive?
Fragrant?
Permanent?
Mental
Satisfactory?
Mind Factors
Under my control?
Unpleasant
Unattractive Feelings
Bad odor (Foul smell) Body
Changing…, Decaying
Unsatisfactory
Not under my control
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Another Method…
SIX CONTEMPLATIONS
Breathing
Postures
Activities
Anatomical Parts
Elements
Corpse Decay
Thinking that the body is made up of food…
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Made of nothing
other than…
…Food. Different form of existence of the food.
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Still… Nothing other than…
…food (or elements).
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Progression of the mindfulness contemplations Six Contemplations

Breathing
Postures
Mental
Factors Activities
Mind
Feelings Anatomical Parts
Body Four Elements
Corpse Decay
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A Comparison
Contemplation of the anatomical parts has covered mainly
the first two of these qualities, solidity and liquidity.
Four Elementary Qualities of the body

The four-element analysis extends the awareness to aspects
of the body that manifest the qualities of heat and motion.
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Four Element Meditation Four basic qualities of matter

Analyze and decompose the physical body into its four Solidity Earth element
elementary qualities.
Liquidity Water element
Irrespective of its placement and posture, review the body,
as consisting of elements as consisting of the earth element, Heat (Temperature) Fire element
the water element, the fire element, and the air element.
Motion Air element
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Properties/Qualities represented… Contemplation

Contemplation of the body's earthy and watery qualities can be done
 Earth element represents hardness or softness by observing the physical sensations of the solid and liquid parts of
the body.
 Water element represents wetness or dryness Awareness of its fiery quality can be developed by body heat, and
processes such as digestion and ageing.
 Fire element represents hotness or coldness

Air, representing the quality of motion, can be done by directing
awareness to the different movements that take place within.
◦ Circulation of the blood,
 Air element represents degree of freedom ◦ Breathing
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Air Element Fire Element Air Element Fire Element
Air Fire
Element Element
Water Earth
Element Element
Water Element Earth Element Water Element Earth Element
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The Earth Element
The Earth Element
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The Earth Element The Earth Element
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THE
FIRE
ELEMENT
THE WATER ELEMENT
THE
THE EARTH AIR
ELEMENT ELEMENT
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An Analogy
However it is placed,
However it is disposed
The body Consists of
A butcher who has slaughtered and cut up a cow to sell.
the earth element,
the water element
the fire element and
the air element.
Same four elements exist outside.
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Notice the change of cognition
After the slaughter, the butcher no

longer thinks in terms of "cow",
but thinks
only in terms of "meat“
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Shift of cognition Purpose

Shift of cognition takes place
Experience the qualitative identity of one's own body with the
when a meditator decompose external environment.
‘me’ the body into its elementary
or Seamlessly blend/mix this material body with the whole material
qualities
"mine", world
This meditation gives realization of the selfless nature of material
The body is no longer reality.
experienced as ‘me’ or "mine",
but simply as a combination of
these four qualities.
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..and Heat
Another Method….
There are simply different degrees of hardness or softness, of wetness or dryness,
of hotness or coldness and some degree of motion on the subatomic level.
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Are the four qualities

present?
Consider tree
leaves
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Meditation; The Engineering of the Mind 5/5/2021

Six Contemplations Think of yourself…

Corpse Decay Lost present moment awareness ?

Walking Meditation Walking Meditation

Generate awareness of the phenomena as they are while the

How to do the meditation How to do the meditation

Causes for Arising

Slowly uncover the causes. Volitions

Ignorance Dependent Co-arising

Causes for Arising

Stages of Development of Walking Meditation Stages of Development of Walking Meditation (Cont.)

MINDFULNESS ON OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Capture the present moment physical activity

Be neutral and unbiased (not liking or disliking)

Observe it arising and passing away

Example : Turning the Head Follow the same guidelines

At the end start turning the head to the right.

Causes for Arising

Slowly uncover the causes. Volitions

Ignorance Dependent Co-arising

Causes for Arising

Why aren’t they coming

Anatomical Parts in package

CONTEMPLATION OF THE NATURE OF THE BODY

Hair Body hair

Flesh Blood vessels

Bones Bone marrow

Engage the mind in imaginative visualization of

…Food. Different form of existence of the food.

Still… Nothing other than…

…food (or elements).

Progression of the mindfulness contemplations Six Contemplations

Four Elementary Qualities of the body

Four Element Meditation Four basic qualities of matter

Properties/Qualities represented… Contemplation

 Fire element represents hotness or coldness

Air Element Fire Element Air Element Fire Element

Water Element Earth Element Water Element Earth Element

The Earth Element

The Earth Element

The Earth Element The Earth Element

THE WATER ELEMENT

Same four elements exist outside.

Notice the change of cognition

After the slaughter, the butcher no

Shift of cognition Purpose

Are the four qualities

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