What IS Mindfulness? A Perspective as Taught by the Buddha.

David Earl Johnson, LICSW

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The Buddha And Vajrapani, Gandhara 2nd Century This article on Mindfulness is very detailed and scholarly. It’s for those who want a detailed analysis of Buddha’s concept of Mindfulness from a cognitive psychology perspective. Its well worth the [read][1].

So we can adopt a definition of mindfulness as a method by which we skilfully and intentionally focus our attention on our behaviors, perceptions, feelings, thoughts, and mental phenomena in the present moment, with the right intention of purifying the mind as prescribed in the Eightfold Path.

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