What
is the aim of meditation? Meditation is not just to keep your mind still and peaceful,
but it is to develop yourself for Supreme Wisdom or Enlightenment. From childhood,
we all have been taught to learn by thinking with the brain such as analysis,
calculation, problem solving and others. No one has been taught to learn by the
mindfulness and awareness of one's consciousness. So the power of consciousness
is lost through the thinking of the past and future and also through the six sense-bases
i.e. the eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue, the body and all forms of sensation.
More than 90 % of consciousness is lost outside while we are using only less than
10 % of consciousness to lead our lives. The result of consciousness leakage is
the poor quality of life of a person, a family, a society and a country. Hence
the mindful meditation program is an insight approach to restore one's consciousness
which is to be applied to any activities of one's life without any leakage so
that it can be developed to Supreme Wisdom. Being able to apply mindfulness
practice to develop one's consciousness, one should understand the different meanings
of mind, consciousness, mindfulness and awareness clearly. For example, most people
have interpreted the two words, mindfulness (Sati) and awareness (Sampajana) to
be one using mindfulness (Sati) to mean awareness (Sampajana) and we have been
taught to use Sati and Sampajana as one word. But if we can clarify the different
meaning of 'Sati' and 'Sampajana', we will find out the correct insight practice
for developing Sati and Sampajana separately and efficiently. The different meanings
of 'Sati' and 'Sampajana' is like breaking the word 'eat' into 'intake' and 'chew'.
Another example is the hand movement. When you raise your hand and are fully aware
of the hand moving upward, it is the awareness or Sampajana in Pali. So Sampajana
is clarity of consciousness or full awareness. Sati should be mindfulness.
When you have Sati or mindfulness in Sampajana of hand moving upward, this will
result in full comprehension of the hand movement. Hence, 'Sampajana' is a full
awareness of eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness,
body-consciousness and mind-consciousness and 'Sati' is the mindfulness of those
six sense-bases' consciousness. And the result of the practice of Sati in Sapajana
is the mindfulness with the full awareness of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body
and mind. This practice will lead to complete Satipatthana or foundations of mindfulness
(mindfulness as regards the body, the feeling, the thought and the ideas). Therefore
the right concentration is the result of right mindfulness and awareness. Nowadays,
most people have tried to practice meditation without the knowledge of how to
benefit from the practice of mindfulness and awareness. The mindful meditation
program is the insight approach to develop right concentration through right mindfulness
and awareness. All Thais and foreigners are welcome to join this mindful
meditation program held at Home English Center. The schedule is as follows:
Every
Sunday : 10.00 - 12.00 AM (for intermediate - advanced)
Every Sunday: 1.00
- 3.00 PM (for basic - intermediate)
Every Tuesday & Thursday : 6.00 - 8.00
PM (for any level) This mindful meditation program is taught free by a
venerable monk from his experience to guide all participants with many techniques
to develop insight mindful meditation for Supreme Wisdom. Those interested to
join the program kindly email to wimoak@yahoo.com
for reservation or any enquiries. The website of mindful meditation practice (Thai
version) by the venerable monk can be searched through www.vimokkhadhamma.com
or http://larndham.net/index.php?showtopic=15296&st=0
Please click HOME
ENGLISH CENTER for the map of Home English Center or see the map with bus
route attached herewith.
Remark : Bus No. 19,42,57,68,80,124,127,146,203,507,509,511
passing the front of PATA Department Store.
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