Practice

Five precepts

Abstain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, and intoxicants that cause heedlessness.

Frequently recollect aging, illness, death, separation from what is dear, and ownership of one’s kamma.

Observe body, feeling, mind, and phenomena clearly and without clinging.

Sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and remorse, and doubt obstruct clarity and concentration.

Mindfulness, investigation, energy, rapture, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity support awakening.

Four stages of meditative unification progressively refine rapture, pleasure, equanimity, and mindfulness.