The Satipatthana; Dharma Talk and Walking Meditation with Noah Levine

May 6, 2020 I was asked recently about the difference between mindfulness and vipassana.

On some level there is no difference between mindfulness and vipassana:
Mindfulness is the technique that we practice in what we call “vipassana”
Vipassana is the term that is translated as meditation that leads to liberating insight.

Mindfulness is not just about formal sitting meditation; it’s about bringing present time awareness into all of our activities.

The Buddha – in the Satipatthana; translated as the word for mindfulness - the four foundations, levels, the four aspects we are mindful of:
- The body
- The feeling tone – pleasant, unpleasant neutral perception of all sensations in the body
- The mind – turning towards our mind
- The truth of your experience and the experience of awakened factors, “Sukha”, the happiness, joy and pleasure that comes from our meditation; the spiritual experiences coming from our own heart and mind