This Sunday Denise guided our reflections on vedana, the sensation or “feeling tone” that arises when our senses come into contact with something. We focused on the challenges and benefits of working specifically with vedana as a part of one’s spiritual practice.
Here’s the references from Denise’s talk:
- Analayo. 2018. Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide.
(Windhorse Publications, UK)217pp. - Analayo. 2016. Interview “Vedana Part 1: Addressing Views and
Clinging at the Source”. Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/article/vedana-part-1-addressing-views-and-clinging-at-the-source/ - Analayo. 2016 Interview “Vedana Part 2 Addressing Views and
Clinging the Source” https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/article/vedana-part-2-addressing-views-andclinging-at-the-source/ - Faulds, Danna. 2009. “Nothing More is Needed”. Poem published in
Limitless: New Poems and Other Writings. (Morris Publising, NE) 120pp. - Goenka, S.N. 2010. “Why Vedana and What is Vedana?”
Vipassana Research Institute
https://www.vridhamma.org/research/Why-Vedana-and-What-isVedana - Sangharakshita. Living with Awareness: A Guide to the Satipatthana
Sutta . A community audio book read by Suhadra. Paper copy
published in 2004 by Windhorse Publications, Cambridge UK.
https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1016 - Vidyamala Burch. 2018. Talk on Vedana and Growth. Part of a series
on Sattipatthana Sutta https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC3746
Other references that came up during discussion:
- Brahm, Ajahn and Chan Master Guojun. 2019. Faliing is Flying: The Dharma of
- Facing Adversity (Wisdom Publication, Mass.). 136pp.
- Chodron, Pema. 2017 Twentieth Anniversary Edition. When Things Fall Apart: Heart
Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Publication, Colorado).151pp. - Rinpoche, Youngey Mingyur and H.T. Tworkov. 2019. In Love with the World: A
Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying (Bluebird, London UK)
Burlington Buddhist Sangha 