Teachings on Meditation

23. The Beautiful

[One trains:]  ‘Let me live, unattached [15] to what is favorable. One then lives, unattached to that.   [One trains:] ‘Let me live, accepting what is unfavorable. One then lives, accepting that.   [One trains:] ‘Let me live, unattached to both favorable and unfavorable.’ One then lives, unattached to that.

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21. Viveka as Letting Go

Here it is quite explicit, where the Buddha is going. Because… this is not ant kind of awareness, this is not any kind of development that is properly developed in the same way that  the Buddha taught.   Now we need to understand the importance of viveka; letting go, detaching.

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15. Drinking Deep the Bliss of Stillness

[Theragatha 1.1] My hut is roofed, comfortable,          free of drafts; my mind, well-centered,          set free. I remain ardent.          So, rain-deva.          Go ahead & rain. [Forwarding to…] So it is a very close bond. But, usually they would move together [a small monastic community] somewhere in the

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