The First Benefit

Submitted by Varun Gauri on Sun, Feb 5, 2012

Three days and it feels good!

I recalled that in one of Sharon's talks at ICT in Washington DC, she mentioned Buddha's list of the seven benefits of mindfulness. I didn't exactly remember what they were so I just looked them up. And the first benefit is purification from the defilements, one of which is sloth and torpor. 

That's the one. I feel energized. 

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