Issue

17th Issue (September, 2010)

The Central Buddhist Practice: Right Mindfulness

By Mark Wong

The Noble Eight Fold Path
The Buddhist Way to deliverance
Commencing with Right View
See the world clearly
Developing Right Thought
of discerning Anattā (Principle) underlying Anicca (phenomena)
Character building through walking the talk
Right Speech, Right Actions and Right Livelihood
Other than these three noble conduct
Expand Right Efforts in everything else we do

Empty of the superimposed self-centric ego
Avoid evils and do good without grasping
Non-grasping kills the human ego
Egoless non-grasping produces Right Mindfulness
The central Buddhist practice is intrinsic Awareness
Producing the spiritual fruit of Right Mindfulness
Right Mindfulness of complete clear Awareness is
Not drifting away from the Truth
Rejecting immorality and fostering morality
Exercise altruistic outgoing concerns for others

Wisdom understanding the Truth
What is true and what is not
The Truth is none other than
Selflessness or Egolessness
Learn the Truth and apply it
Avoid transgression of the Precepts
Stay calm and tranquil
Focus on everything with Right Concentration
Right Concentration is the lamp
Right Mindfulness is the light

The Essence of Mindfulness is Selflessness
Selflessness in negation of I, Mine and Me
Selflessness in abiding in Anattā
Selflessness as the sacrifice of self for Non-self
Surrender of self-interest for public interest
Anattā executed through Non-grasping
Awareness of non-grasping is Right Mindfulness
In constant awareness of the Selflessness
Of body, feelings, mental objects and phenomena
Such are the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

 

Editor’s Note

The Dhamma poem is the crystallization of the quintessence of the Noble Eight Fold Path. The central practice of the Noble Eight Fold Path is Right Mindfulness or Intrinsic Awareness of all the six sense activities. All the six sense activities are illuminated with Wisdom of Anattā in relation to Anicca to effect an end to suffering.