What is the aim of meditation? Meditation is not just to keep your mind still and peaceful, but it is to develop yourself for Supreme Wisdom or Enlightenment. From childhood, we all have been taught to learn by thinking with the brain such as analysis, calculation, problem solving and others. No one has been taught to learn by the mindfulness and awareness of one's consciousness. So the power of consciousness is lost through the thinking of the past and future and also through the six sense-bases i.e. the eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue, the body and all forms of sensation. More than 90 % of consciousness is lost outside while we are using only less than 10 % of consciousness to lead our lives. The result of consciousness leakage is the poor quality of life of a person, a family, a society and a country. Hence the mindful meditation program is an insight approach to restore one's consciousness which is to be applied to any activities of one's life without any leakage so that it can be developed to Supreme Wisdom. Being able to apply mindfulness practice to develop one's consciousness, one should understand the different meanings of mind, consciousness, mindfulness and awareness clearly. For example, most people have interpreted the two words, mindfulness (Sati) and awareness (Sampajana) to be one using mindfulness (Sati) to mean awareness (Sampajana) and we have been taught to use Sati and Sampajana as one word. But if we can clarify the different meaning of 'Sati' and 'Sampajana', we will find out the correct insight practice for developing Sati and Sampajana separately and efficiently. The different meanings of 'Sati' and 'Sampajana' is like breaking the word 'eat' into 'intake' and 'chew'. Another example is the hand movement. When you raise your hand and are fully aware of the hand moving upward, it is the awareness or Sampajana in Pali. So Sampajana is clarity of consciousness or full awareness. Sati should be mindfulness. When you have Sati or mindfulness in Sampajana of hand moving upward, this will result in full comprehension of the hand movement. Hence, 'Sampajana' is a full awareness of eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness and mind-consciousness and 'Sati' is the mindfulness of those six sense-bases' consciousness. And the result of the practice of Sati in Sapajana is the mindfulness with the full awareness of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind. This practice will lead to complete Satipatthana or foundations of mindfulness (mindfulness as regards the body, the feeling, the thought and the ideas). Therefore the right concentration is the result of right mindfulness and awareness. Nowadays, most people have tried to practice meditation without the knowledge of how to benefit from the practice of mindfulness and awareness. The mindful meditation program is the insight approach to develop right concentration through right mindfulness and awareness.

     All Thais and foreigners are welcome to join the mindful meditation program held at Bhavana Meditation Center & Pipphalivanaram Forest Temple in Rayong province.The meditation program is as follows

     Weekday Class from 5.30 PM to 8.30 PM and Sunday Class from 9.30 - 11.30 AM and 1 - 3.00 PM Dhamma Talk & Mindful Meditation Class at Ban Bhavana (See the map beneath). Please see the weekly schedule for Ban Bhavana's Meditation Class on this link :http://www.vimokkhadhamma.com/webboard/show.php?Category=cate008&No=126
     A 2 days' course on mindful meditation retreat on the 1st.weekend at Pipphalivanaram Temple , Rayong Province. See the map beneath) and on the 4th.weekend at Saladham ( Riverside Meditation Center on the Chaophaya River ) Any information , please phone 089-2334265

     The mindful meditation program is taught for free by a venerable monk with a lot of experience guiding people in the practice of mindful meditation for Supreme Wisdom. If you are interested to join the program , please email wimoak@yahoo.com or phone 089-2334265 with any enquiries or to make a reservation. You can also go to www.vimokkhadhamma.com for more information . Clicking Ban Bhavana Meditation Map beneath for direction. Also clicking Pipphalivanaram Forest Temple , Rayong Province beneath for a peaceful scenery of the temple.