Ep. 40 – The Eightfold Path: Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Buddha's Three Methods in Awakening Unwholesome States
The Buddha suggests three ways to let go of unwholesome states. The first is to use its opposite, Hiri and Ota-pa, or reflecting on the wise. A second way is to deliberately divert our attention away from what we're thinking about. And a third method is to focus on something that doesn't seem like it can be seen by others.
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