Ep. 40 – The Eightfold Path: Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Buddha's Fifth Method for Dispelling Unwholesome States
The key to self-control is avoiding thinking about it in the first place, Walter Michel says. The Buddha talked about dispelling unwholesome states that have already arisen by looking directly at their source. In adults, this skill is often referred to as metacognition or thinking about thinking.
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