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Wisdom / Vipassana / Alert Mind / Mindfulness

• The aspect of mind which recognizes the rising of conceptual thoughts, that is the seed for enlightenment. [Alert mind]
• Don’t ignore even small conceptual thoughts. It is important to recognize them. Alert mind is a quality of mind like fire. For beginners it is just a spark. It is small, but it is fire. When conceptual thoughts meet alert mind, they are burned away. What is left is Wisdom. Each time we do this, we accumulate Wisdom. The Buddha Nature shines brighter and brighter.
• The inner Buddha is our own awareness. This needs to be maintained continuously. Resolve that one’s mind is the actual Buddha.
• Disentangle perception from attachment and aversion. Develop awareness free from conceptual thought.
• A yogi is someone who sustains awareness.
• Recognize anger, jealousy - concepts arising. Look at the one who recognizes. That is awareness.
• Watch [thoughts, emotions] with awareness. Don’t grasp.
• Wisdom is like the light that sees selflessness.
• The nature of wisdom is beyond time – past, present, future.
• Wisdom means to practice the other five perfections without attachment.

• Mindfulness: Tie mind with rope. Know the state of the mind.
• Carefulness: Checking – is mind distracted? Is mind where it should be?
• Heedfulness: Bringing it back. Place mind in virtue.
• Keep a balance between tight [too careful] and loose [not heedful].