Mindfulness/awareness (was Re: Suicide)( alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,talk.religion.buddhism)

[Tang Huyen]

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Peter Da Costa wrote:

Tang: <<No spirituality of any kind or any teacher is needed for that, just
self-awareness.>>

Peter: <<But this is surely the only meaningful sense of spirituality?>>

The Buddha calls the four stations of mindfulness "all teachings"
(sarva-dharma), and he means it. SA, 633, 175c, Maha-Vibhasa, T, 27, 1545,
936c21-22, Vyakhya, 529: sarva-dharma iti bhiksavas caturnam
smrty-upasthananam etad adhivacanam iti.

Mindfulness (awareness) sums up all Buddhist practice, without remainder.
If one does it right, it is surely the only meaningful sense of
spirituality -- Buddhist spirituality.

Tang Huyen