Right Mindfulness: Anchor & Buoy Model
Geoffrey Hunt
The Buddha's Path of Peace: A Step-by-Step Guide August 1, 2020 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.39407 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Practical guide or manual Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | breathing meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | The chapter proposes that concentration and mindfulness can be practically integrated through the author's 'Anchor & Buoy Model' of meditation, and that the 'Body Scan' exercise cultivates mindfulness of the body. It argues that distractions during breathing meditation function as 'teachers' when categorized as 'thinking past', 'thinking present', or 'thinking future', and presents learning by 'insight' as a critical step on the Path to Peace. |
Abstract
This chapter begins with an account of ‘watchfulness’, and an exercise. This is an entrée into fully-fledged mindfulness. Then we find that concentration and mindfulness may be practically integrated in what the author calls ‘The Anchor & Buoy Model’ of meditation. Here too an important and dynamic exercise called ‘The Body Scan’ enlivens the mindfulness of body. The reader is shown the utility of observing the so-called ‘distractions’ during breathing meditation, which are in fact our ‘teachers’, beginning with a simple self-categorization of ‘thinking past’, ‘thinking present’, and ‘thinking future’. Here, learning by ‘insight’ is explained as a critical step on the Path to Peace.