Mindfulness Talks
Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one's own mind in the present moment. Mindfulness derives from sati, a significant element of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, and is based on Zen, Vipassanā, and Tibetan meditation techniques. Though definitions and techniques of mindfulness are wide-ranging, Buddhist traditions describe what constitutes mindfulness, such as how perceptions of the past, present and future arise and cease as momentary sense-impressions and mental phenomena. Individuals who have contributed to the popularity of mindfulness in the modern Western context include Thích Nhất Hạnh, Joseph Goldstein, Herbert Benson, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Richard J. Davidson.
Clinical psychology and psychiatry since the 1970s have developed a number of therapeutic applications based on mindfulness for helping people experiencing a variety of psychological conditions. Mindfulness practice has been employed to reduce depression, stress, anxiety, and in the treatment of drug addiction. Programs based on mindfulness models have been adopted within schools, prisons, hospitals, veterans' centers, and other environments, and mindfulness programs have been applied for additional outcomes such as for healthy aging, weight management, athletic performance, helping children with special needs, and as an intervention during early pregnancy.
Clinical studies have documented both physical- and mental-health benefits of mindfulness in different patient categories as well as in healthy adults and children. Studies have shown a positive relationship between trait mindfulness (which can be cultivated through the practice of mindfulness-based interventions) and psychological health. The practice of mindfulness appears to provide therapeutic benefits to people with psychiatric disorders, including moderate benefits to those with psychosis. Studies also indicate that rumination and worry contribute to a variety of mental disorders, and that mindfulness-based interventions can enhance trait mindfulness and reduce both rumination and worry. Further, the practice of mindfulness may be a preventive strategy to halt the development of mental-health problems. Mindfulness practices have been said to enable individuals to respond more effectively to stressful situations by helping them strike the balance between over-identification and suppression of their emotional experiences by finding the middle point which is recognition and acceptance.
Evidence suggests that engaging in mindfulness meditation may influence physical health. For example, the psychological habit of repeatedly dwelling on stressful thoughts appears to intensify the physiological effects of the stressor (as a result of the continual activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis) with the potential to lead to physical health related clinical manifestations. Studies indicate that mindfulness meditation, which brings about reductions in rumination, may alter these biological clinical pathways. Further, research indicates that mindfulness may favorably influence the immune system as well as inflammation, which can consequently impact physical health, especially considering that inflammation has been linked to the development of several chronic health conditions. Other studies support these findings.
Critics have questioned both the commercialization and the over-marketing of mindfulness for health benefits—as well as emphasizing the need for more randomized controlled studies, for more methodological details in reported studies and for the use of larger sample-sizes. While mindfulness-based interventions may be effective for youth, research has not determined methods in which mindfulness could be introduced and delivered in schools.
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June 10th, 1973, Serial No. 00131 Karma, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Describe |
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June 9th, 1973, Serial No. 00130 Big Mind, Dharmakaya, Religion, Sambhogakaya, Mindfulness |
Jun 09 1973 |
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Discussions Attachment, Balance, Concentration, resistance, Hindrances, Obstacles, Right Effort,... |
May 20 1973 Tassajara |
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Consciousness - Second and Third Types Hindrances, Concentration, Mindfulness, Karma, Equanimity, training, Oneness, Sangha... |
May 18 1973 Tassajara |
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Discussions Oneness, Mahayana, Concentration, Mindfulness, Describe |
May 17 1973 Tassajara |
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Discussions Concentration, Happiness, Obstacles, Judgement, Equanimity, Hindrances, resistance,... |
May 17 1973 Tassajara |
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Consciousness Mindfulness, Oneness, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Emptiness, Cultivation,... |
May 15 1973 Tassajara |
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May 13th, 1973, Serial No. 00125 Obstacles, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Greed, Delusion |
May 13 1973 |
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May 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00995Serial: SF-00995 "First 30 mins of 70 min lecture" Freedom, Concentration, Balance, Mindfulness, Liberation, Attachment, Karma, Doubt,... |
May 12 1973 Tassajara |
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May 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00124 Mindfulness, Big Mind, Practice Period, Sangha, Samadhi |
May 12 1973 |
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May 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00146 Mindfulness, Big Mind, Practice Period, Sangha, Samadhi |
May 12 1973 |
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May 5th, 1973, Serial No. 00122 Faith, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Practice Period, Intuition |
May 05 1973 |
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May 5th, 1973, Serial No. 00326 Faith, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Practice Period, Intuition |
May 05 1973 |
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February 12th, 1972, Serial No. 00442 Nirvana, Sangha, Pain, Buddha Nature, Mindfulness |
Feb 12 1972 |
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December 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00287 Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Conversation, Discrimination, Passions, lecture,... |
Dec 03 1971 |
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October 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00061 Precepts, stubbornness, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Pain, Mindfulness, Greed,... |
Oct 03 1971 |
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October 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00062 Precepts, stubbornness, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Pain, Mindfulness, Tassajara,... |
Oct 03 1971 |
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October 1971 talk, Serial No. 00045 Right Speech, Right Effort, Silence, Mindfulness, Hate, Balance, Patience,... |
Oct 1971 |
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July 1971 talk, Serial No. 00254 Monastic Practice, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Enthusiasm, Posture, Ego, training,... |
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May 8th, 1971, Serial No. 00293 Concentration, Right Effort, Instruction, Pain, Composure, Mindfulness, Observe,... |
May 08 1971 |
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April 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00323 Breath, Mindfulness, stubbornness, Don't Know Mind, Evil, Bell, Ego, Happiness... |
Apr 03 1971 |
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August 1st, 1970, Serial No. 00306 Emotions, Mindfulness, Observe, Anger, Buddha Nature, Patience, lecture, Obstacles,... |
Aug 01 1970 |
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Ekō Lecture 3Serial: SR-00228 The Second Morning Eko, Part 2 of 3 [This is the third in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted... Eko, Chanting, Describe, Concentration, Karma, Attachment, Mindfulness, Hindrances,... |
Jul 11 1970 Tassajara |
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July 6th, 1970, Serial No. 00307 Obstacles, Hindrances, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Ego, Delusion, Religion,... |
Jul 06 1970 |
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Some QuestionsLotus Sutra, Time, Ego, Wisdom, Passions, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Culture,... |
Nov 11 1969 |
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June 24th, 1969, Serial No. 00016 Mindfulness, lecture, Concentration, Happiness |
Jun 24 1969 |
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April 17th, 1969, Serial No. 00012 New Year, Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Buddha Nature, resistance, Demons, Mindfulness,... |
Apr 17 1969 |
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February 1969 talk, Serial No. 00004 Repentance, Delusion, Happiness, Vows, Meditation, Suffering, Mindfulness, Passions,... |
Feb 1969 |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00306, Side B Addiction, Right Effort, Culture, Building, Discrimination, confusion, Mindfulness,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00421, Side B Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Lineage, Anger, soto, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Rinzai,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00529, Side A Mindfulness, Daily Life, Practice Period, Composure, Aspects of Practice, Posture,... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Peace, Happiness, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Bell, Silence, Addiction, resistance,... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Anger, Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, Peace, Concentration, Avalokiteshvara, Non-... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Four Foundations, Mindfulness, Precepts, Peace, Happiness, Daily Life, Observe,... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Enemies, Non-violence, Happiness, Peace, Mindfulness, Zoom, Anger, Non-duality,... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Peace, Happiness, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Concentration, Enemies, Instruction, Anger... |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Attachment, Observe, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Delusion, Heart Sutra,... |
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Dharma Talk - FridaySerial: SF-04815 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Mindfulness, training, Happiness, Precepts, Peace, Daily Life, Family Practice,... |
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Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Poems 2Serial: SF-03510 Copyright 1998 by Gary Snyder - Unedited Preview Cassette Mindfulness, Silence, Hate, Emptiness |
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Unknown Date, Serial 02736Serial: SF-02736 There are no markings on this tape beyond manufacturers Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness... |
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Transformation of ConsciousnessSerial: SF-02707 Final One Happiness, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Four Noble Truths, Peace, Anger, Liberation,... |
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Second Precept Right Speech, Precepts, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Greed, Mindfulness,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00390 Meditation, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Precepts, Non-duality, Culture, Lay,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00393 Subject-and-Object, Culture, Mindfulness, realization, Compassion, Heart Sutra,... |
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The Emerging Gospel: Christianity As New Creation: The WordSerial: NC-00007 The Emerging Gospel: Christianity As New Creation II: The Word Archival Photo OSB Cam, Wisdom Christianity, Mandala, Buddhism, Mandala, Thich Nhat Hanh,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00562Serial: NC-00562 Cassian Institute Mindfulness, Emotions, Concentration, Oneness, Letting Go |
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Abiding in God's PresenceSerial: NC-01223 2000s OSB Cam, Addiction, Daily Life, Breath, Anger, Mindfulness |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00639 Mindfulness, Breath, Interdependence, Posture, Daily Life |
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