WHAT DID WE LEARN, WHAT NEXT ?

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.

WHAT NEXT ?

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

Finally……

Take time out of Summer vacations to attend a 10-day intensive Vipassana retreat, at the earliest

To get a birds eye view of the retreat let us listen to respected Goenkaji’s talk: Introduction to Vipassana.

Many Thanks for your enthusiastic participation !!