Mindfulness: An Online Study/Practice Course on the Satipatthana Sutta

Studying and Practicing with the Satipatthana Sutta
(The Four Foundations of Mindfulness)

Led by Joe McCormack

Meeting  April 23, May 7 & 21, June 5 & 18, July 2 & 23, August 20, September 3 & 17, October 1
On  Zoom
10:00 am to 11:30 am Central

Registration opens March 30, closes April 21

There is no set registration fee. This course is being offered on a dana basis to make it more accessible to everyone.  Mid America Dharma is relying on offerings from  participants to cover our operating costs and the costs of making this course possible.

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The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the foundational discourses that informs the practice of Buddhist meditation, particularly in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness refer to four aspects accessible in our everyday experience. The Buddha taught that insight into these four aspects of experience were particularly potent means of inclining the mind toward awakening. The main resource book for the class will be Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein.

Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein is one of the most clear and cogent resources for studying the Satipatthana Sutta, its relevance to insight meditation, and how practice of insight meditation moves us in the direction of cessation of suffering.

In order to deepen your practice through this course there will be reading assignments and practice exercises. Each class will include sitting meditation with instructions on one aspect of mindfulness and insight meditation practice, group discussion of the practice exercises and the readings, and a Dharma talk on the assigned reading. Registration is required, and participants will be asked to commit to attending classes as regularly as possible.

For more information email us or call Phil Jones at 573-673-6713