In 5-1 section, Prof Ju-En Chien( 簡汝恩 老師 ) talks about the wholesome mental factors in Yogacara school, there are eleven wholesome mental factors, such as faith, shame, embarrassment, absence of greed, absence of anger, absence of delusion, vigor, serenity, non-carelessness, equanimity, non-harmfulness. These mental factors free the mind from the affliction. 5-2 section, Prof Ju-En talks about sraddha(faith 信), which is good mental factor, according to Cheng Weishi Lun(成唯識論), sraddha is to accept,delight,and wish. Faith has powerful work in actuality, merit, and capacity. Faith should be fully accepted in astitva(real existence), guna(merit), sakti(power of karma), phala(fruition), catvari aryasatyani(four truths), ratna(three treasures).Cheng Weishi Lun(成唯識論)metaphor how udakaprasadakamani(water-purifying pearl 水清珠) to purifying water. No faith can pollute the mind and support laziness. Faith is a deep conviction in the Buddha’s teachings. 5-3 section, Prof Ju-En tal...
In 6-1 section, Prof Ju-En Chien( 簡汝恩 老師 ) talks about pratipakșa(counteraction), samyag-drșți(right view), these are antidotes to defiled mental factors, and also therapeutic function of factor will introduce later in this section. 6-2 section, Prof Ju-En talks about the pratipakșa(counteraction), it is the wholesome mental factors against the defiled mental factors. Right view brings the wholesome mental states and goes free from afflictions. The noble eightfold path, Samyag-drșți(right view 正見), According to Samyukta Agama and Samyutta Nikāya, there four modes of practice to attain the Stream-entry, which are Satpurușasamsevā (associating with superior persons), Saddharmaśravaņa(listening to the correct doctrine), Yoniśomanaskāra(proper contemplating), Dharmānudharmacārī(practicing in accordance with the dharma). In Samgitiparyaya, proper contemplating means ear faculty hearing and ear-consciousness apprehending both do not conflict with the meaning of the Dharma. According to...
In 7-1 section, Prof Ujjwal Kumar will introduce mindfulness and its four bases. Which is Sati and four Satipatthāna. 7-2 section, Prof Ujjwal Kumar talks more about the Sati and Satipatthāna. Sati means mindfulness, attentiveness, and detached watching. Also sati implies non-carelessness, non-negligence, non-distraction, non-confusion. Satipatthāna is from Digha Nikaya and Majjhima Nikaya. The Maha Satipatthāna sutra of the Digha Nikaya is a more extended version, which includes an additional section on the four Noble truths. The Satipatthāna sutra of the Majjhima Nikaya is more concise and mainly on meditation instructions. Satipatthāna can be translated as “presence of mindfulness” or “attending with mindfulness”. The four foundations of mindfulness are body(kāya),feeling(vedanā), mind(citta), and mental objects(dhamma), they are the primary objects for the practice in Buddhist tradition. Sati is crucial to the Noble Eightfold Path, which is vital for achieving wisdom(paññā). ...
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