In this talk, Matthew discusses the “other two” types of craving in the Buddhist tradition. Usually, craving is mentioned in terms of sensual pleasure, but here the topic is craving for becoming and craving for annihilation. These craving are subtle yet powerful, difficult to notice because of their pervasiveness.
The talk was originally offered in at San Jose Insight Meditation and can be streamed on Youtube or on the Insight Timer App.
Inside the meditation groups at Folsom Prison, Matthew discovered something unexpected: a space safe enough to let his guard down—a place where he was treated as fully human and forgiven before he walked in.
I spent the first half of my prison sentence reminiscing about the past and the second half fantasizing about the future. I never occupied the present.
Traditionally, this is an asubha practice meant to lessen the clinging we have toward our own and others’ bodies by seeing clearly the constituent parts of the body.
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom.
Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of awakening factors as part of Bhikkhu Analayo’s method of Satipatthana practice.
Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of hindrances as part of Bhikkhu Analayo’s method of Satipatthana practice.