Buddhist Meditation Explained

Sign up to Morning Brew for free today https://bit.ly/mbreligionforbreakfast Sponsored by Morning Brew This video is a broad overview of Buddhist meditation techniques aimed at non-specialists. For those looking to explore more deeply, we recommend the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNrtFIk6Ko , as well as other more in-depth videos from from Doug's Dharma. For those looking for examples of guided meditations from Buddhist teachers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Wc8TXeDcU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wu9YzVrz3o are good places to start. For a short and accessible introduction to the Satipatthana Sutta, see Don Lopez, ed, "The Establishment of Mindfulness," Norton Anthology of World Religions, pages 193-201. For a translation of the Satipatthana Sutta, see: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.010.than.html For more about samatha and vipassana, see Rupert Gethin, The Foundations of Buddhism, pages 174-197. For a publicly available resource, see the writings of Alexander Berzin, including https://studybuddhism.com/en/essentials/what-is/what-is-meditation For more about mindfulness, sati, and samprajanna, see Jay Garfield, "Mindfulness and Ethics: Attention, Virtue, and Perfection", in A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics, pages 204-207. For more selections from the Pali Buddhist Canon on meditation and mindfulness, see Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, pages 257-300. There are also ample resources on https://www.accesstoinsight.org. For those interested in understanding the development of the term mindfulness as used in contemporary society, see Rupert Gethin, "On some definitions of mindfulness," in Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 12, 2011 - Issue 1. Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast 00:00 Intro 1:06 Sponsorship 2:16 Misconceptions 4:34 Why do Buddhists meditate? 6:43 Defining meditation 8:18 What does meditation seek to accomplish? 9:35 The two wings of Buddhist meditation 12:13 Mindfulness explained 14:00 Satipatthana Sutta overview 16:51 Takeaways