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I often call yoga a wisdom tradition or insight practice. Here’s a bit from D…

I often call yoga a wisdom tradition or insight practice. Here's a bit from Daniel Ingram's "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha”:⁣⁣
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"The primary agenda for doing insight practices is to increase our perceptual abilities so that the truths mentioned by the great mystics become obvious to us. ⁣
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Thus, rather than caring what we think, say or do, or caring about what altered state of consciousness we are in, when training in wisdom we actively work to simply increase the speed, precision, consistency and inclusiveness of our experience of all the quick little sensations that make up our experience, whatever and however they may be. ⁣
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Thus, the essential formal insight meditation instructions are : find a place where the distractions are tolerable, pick a stable and sustainable posture, and for a defined period of time notice every single sensation that makes up your reality as best you can. ⁣
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Just as with concentration practices, more time and more diligent practice pays off.”
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 · 10:58 am
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