2. We have the habit of living in the past memories and future expectations, rarely do we live in the present. Mindfulness is the key to living in the present. All human beings have the innate capacity to be mindful…but we have not cultivated it to its full potential. Mindfulness implies being mindful of whatever is happening in the body and mind at the present moment

3. Mindfulness Emotions Thoughts Mindfulness Body : postures, Activities, movements, sensations Moment by moment Non- judgmental Open curiosity Feelings Perceptions Non- reactive Being Consciously aware of

4. Mindfulness ….. Mindfulness actually sees these things.. It does not think about them. It sees them directly ! When fully developed it sees the characteristics of existence directly, like an electron microscope … it reveals those realities which are normally ‘invisible’ Learning to integrate Mindfulness in our conscious life needs practice.

5. Meditation process in nutshell Be aware of it, its feeling tone, its impermanent nature moment by moment Notice any reaction -- Relax Noticing attention has wandered Attention wanders Return the attention to the object Open Curiosity Non-judgmental Non -reactive Select object of meditation

6.  There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live  The most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.

7. UNESCO: Report of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty first Century Learning : The Treasure Within Education throughout Life based on four pillars –Learning to Know –Learning to do –Learning to live together –Learning to be

8. What did we learn ? Mindfulness is the key to “Learning to live together” and “Learning to be” since it : Increases concentration & efficiency, Self control,ability to face the vicissitudes of life with equanimity, humility and Forgiveness, selfless love and compassion Practice of Mindfulness will greatly help teaching learning process, improve classroom environment and create joy of learning Mindfulness can be taught both formally and informally in the class room. traditional moral education is not enough.

10.  Formal sitting : Every morning and evening : 45 minutes ending with loving kindness practice  Mindful Teaching  Teaching of Mindfulness  Mindfulness in Daily life

11.  Mindful walks  Mindful cooking, eating, drinking, washing, bathing……….  Mindful waiting, travelling  Mindfulness during meetings –listening, speaking  Speak only if you can improve upon silence.

12.  Conventional [consensual] reality and ultimate Reality  Imbibing the insights of impermanence, impersonality……..  Five daily reflections :  Illness, aging, death, separation, karma

13.  Need for following precepts – wholesome and unwholesome mental states can not exist simultaneously  Having spiritual friends  Practice of generosity, gratitude, forbearance, forgiveness, loving kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, equanimity

14.  Take time out of Summer vacations to attend a 10-day intensive Vipassana retreat, at the earliest  To get a birds eye view of the retreat let us listen to respected Goenkaji’s talk: Introduction to Vipassana.  Many Thanks for your enthusiastic participation !!