Vipassana Meditation

Lectures on Insight Meditation

by Chanmyay Sayadaw | 22,042 words

Vipassana Meditation: English lectures on Insight Meditation By venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa....

Part 3 - Mindfulness Of Mental And Emotional States

When you feel happy or unhappy, or when you feel sorry and sad, these emotional states must be observed as they really are - mentally noting, happy, happy or unhappy, unhappy or sad, sad, and so on. After the emotional state has disappeared, the noting mind naturally returns to the abdominal movement, which should be observed as usual. When your mind goes out and thinks about your work, your family or your relatives, you must leave the abdominal movement a lone and observe the wandering thoughts, making a mental note thinking, thinking. You should be careful at this point. When you observe any mental state or emotional state, your noting mind must be energetic, attentive, precise and somewhat quick so that it becomes continuous, uninterrupted and constant. When the noting mind becomes powerful, the thought or idea, or the thinking mind stops by itself. Then the noting mind no longer has the object to note. It naturally returns to the abdominal movement which should be noted as usual.

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