Mindfulness for Beginners

Have you heard of "mindfulness" but don't know what it is or why it's important? We'll discuss all that in this video.

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✅ Some good intro books on mindfulness:
Bhante Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English https://amzn.to/30m7Nvn
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness https://amzn.to/308ZOGP
Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness http://amzn.to/2mC8OgY

✅ A more scholarly treatment of the original sutta on mindfulness:
Anālayo, Satipaṭṭhāna http://amzn.to/2DCty05

✅ The original sutta on mindfulness meditation (The Four Foundations of Mindfulness): https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato

✅ My playlist on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness:    • The Four Foundations of Mindfulness  

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