Four Foundations: Mindful of Mind

Mindfulness of mind is the liberating heart of practice. The three orientations of mind—grasping, aversion and confusion—are natural, human problem-solving reactions to the world. They drive our behavior and create much suffering. Yet when we bring awareness to these primal energies, embrace them lovingly, and see them as cries for inner healing, the bodhisattva arises: greed transforms to generosity, hatred transforms to loving-kindness, and delusion transforms to clear-seeing wisdom.