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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 120 - Right Mindfulness
Description: In this episode we explore Right Mindfulness, one of the Noble Eightfold Path. In general, mindfulness means awareness, presence of mind, or attentiveness. What sets Right Mindfulness apart from secular mindfulness is that it is taught as a skill that supports the Buddhist path to enlightenment. Mindfulness in this context is part of the eightfold path that leads to the realization of the four noble truths and the end suffering. In Pali, the phrase referring to Buddhist mindfulness is samma sati, which translates as "wise mindfulness."Mindfulness as a factor of concentration helps us stay on our objects of...