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Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attentive awareness towards 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 Chan, Guān, 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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Four Offerings Inspired by the Flower Adornment Scripture Mindfulness, Practice, Offering |
Mar 22 2025 No Abode Hermitage Online |
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Sitting in the Presence of BuddhaA Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community.
Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, resistance, Consciousness |
Nov 04 2023 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Going Deeper into our Bodhisattva SamadhiA talk given to the No Abode Community on October 7th, 2023
Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Samantabhadra, Samadhi, Bodhisattva Vow,... |
Oct 07 2023 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Meditation on Our Original Nature, Class 1In this series of gatherings we will explore and perhaps realize our original nature, and how to apply such a discovery to all of our daily activities. #YRB-2023-Spring1, Original Nature, Emotions, War, Precious Mirror, Zazen,... |
Mar 21 2023 1 of 8 The Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on Karma and Awakening - April 26th, 2022#YRB-2022-Spring, Consciousness, Karma, Mindfulness |
Apr 26 2022 4 Yoga Room |
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February 6th, 2020, Serial No. 04511 Zazen, Delusion, Mindfulness |
Feb 06 2020 |
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Teachings for the Welfare of the WorldIn this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world. ...YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, Mindfulness, Addiction, japanese, zen meditation, Duality,... |
Jul 23 2019 5/7 The Yoga Room |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of... YRB-2018-Fall, Intimacy, Silence, Doubt, Addiction, unconscious process, Attachment,... |
Nov 20 2018 6 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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Silent Sitting and Social ActionAll compounded phenomena are unworthy of confidence. Compassion to these unstable phenomena is our practice. Zen stories are about enacting awakening within social interactions. Attend to your body,... Compassion, Four Foundations, Practice Period, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Observe... |
Oct 20 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Teachings and Meditations On Our True NatureOur true nature is that we fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the buddhas. But because of misconceptions and attachments we do not realize our buddha nature. Therefore, teachings are given to... YRB-2018-Summer, Buddha Nature, Buddha, Mindfulness |
Jul 03 2018 2/7 The Yoga Room |
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July 3rd, 2018, Serial No. 04441 Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Original Nature |
Jul 03 2018 |
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January 18th, 2018, Serial No. 04406 Stillness, Consciousness, Mindfulness |
Jan 18 2018 |
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January 7th, 2018, Serial No. 04401 Desire, Practice Period, Mindfulness |
Jan 07 2018 |
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The Teaching of the Buddha’s Whole LifetimeYunmen's appropriate response; being Buddha right where you are: Master Ma being ready to die; Koan, Mindfulness, Delusion, Nirvana |
Aug 05 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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November 13th, 2016, Serial No. 04331 Letting Go, Mill Valley, Mindfulness |
Nov 13 2016 |
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November 13th, 2016, Serial No. 04334 Letting Go, Mill Valley, Mindfulness |
Nov 13 2016 |
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November 3rd, 2016, Serial No. 04326 Zazen, Mindfulness, Practice |
Nov 03 2016 |
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October 23rd, 2016, Serial No. 04316 Ego, Posture, Mindfulness |
Oct 23 2016 |
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October 23rd, 2016, Serial No. 04318 Ego, Posture, Mindfulness |
Oct 23 2016 |
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November 17th, 2014, Serial No. 04169 Mindfulness, Perfect Wisdom, Blue Cliff Record |
Nov 17 2014 |
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April 17th, 2014, Serial No. 04129 Perfect Wisdom, Mindfulness, Japan |
Apr 17 2014 |
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Essence of Mind: Daowu Teaches the Essential Gate to TruthSesshin Dharma Talk Dragons, Mindfulness, Perfect Wisdom, Doubt, Faith |
Jan 22 2014 Green Gulch Farm |
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Friendship as the Path to Enlightenment Wisdom, Name, Mindfulness |
Jan 22 2014 |
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January 21st, 2014, Serial No. 04101 Breath, Mindfulness, Zazen |
Jan 21 2014 |
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Remembering Fred Maroth Faith, Community, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, resistance |
Nov 23 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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October 28th, 2013, Serial No. 04077 Zazen, Posture, Mindfulness |
Oct 28 2013 |
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August 11th, 2013, Serial No. 04067 Posture, Breath, Mindfulness |
Aug 11 2013 |
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August 11th, 2013, Serial No. 04068 Breath, Posture, Mindfulness |
Aug 11 2013 |
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Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode Posture, Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Observe, Mindfulness |
Aug 10 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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On Breathing Posture, Breath, Confession-and-Repentance, Mindfulness, Observe |
Aug 08 2013 The Yoga Room |
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August 8th, 2013, Serial No. 04064 Posture, Breath, Mindfulness |
Aug 08 2013 |
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On the Body Mindfulness, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Thoroughness |
Dec 13 2012 The Yoga Room |
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December 13th, 2012, Serial No. 04020 Mindfulness, Posture, Lotus Sutra |
Dec 13 2012 |
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A Family Style for Realizing the Oneness of All Families true dharma, Precepts, Lay, Mindfulness |
Mar 10 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom Letting Go, Mindfulness, Breath, Practice Period |
Nov 17 2011 The Yoga Room |
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On Enlightenment and Delusion Silence, Posture, Karmic Consciousness, Mindfulness |
Nov 19 2009 The Yoga Room |
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April 25th, 2009, Serial No. 03651 Posture, Mindfulness, Soto Zen |
Apr 25 2009 |
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April 24th, 2009, Serial No. 03650 resistance, Mindfulness, Faith |
Apr 24 2009 |
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Buddha Sitting as Us; Us Sitting as Buddha Funeral, Emptiness, Mindfulness, Precepts, confusion |
Oct 18 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Buddha Sitting as Us; Us Sitting as Buddha Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, War, Mindfulness |
Oct 18 2008 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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September 16th, 2008, Serial No. 03588 Mindfulness, Lotus Sutra, Enemies |
Sep 16 2008 |
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Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality Mindfulness, confusion, Attachment, Breath |
Sep 06 2008 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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September 6th, 2008, Serial No. 03586 Mindfulness, Posture, Oneness |
Sep 06 2008 |
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September 6th, 2008, Serial No. 03587 Ceremony, Openness, Mindfulness |
Sep 06 2008 |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Mindfulness, Posture, Enemies, Cultivation, Discrimination |
Jul 15 2008 The Yoga Room |
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July 15th, 2008, Serial No. 03576 Mindfulness, Posture, Discrimination |
Jul 15 2008 |
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January 22nd, 2008, Serial No. 03520 Concentration, Mindfulness, Healing |
Jan 22 2008 |
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2008, Serial No. 03617 Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Posture |
2008 |
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March 29th, 2007, Serial No. 03418 Anger, Mindfulness, Four Foundations |
Mar 29 2007 |
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December 13th, 2006, Serial No. 03385 Practice Period, Dogen, Mindfulness |
Dec 13 2006 |