Wise Friendship

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  To remember these wonderful, wholesome ways where really true happiness lies.   Wonderfully, the Buddha begins with wise friendship, […]

Gratitude is Awareness

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  Gratitude is, in fact,  very close to awareness.   It is one of these states of the heart or […]

An Open, Unforced Samādhi

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The Special Samādhi of the Buddhas   “This Samadhi is not practiced by unrighteous people.”   Now, we can concentrate […]

The Escape

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  These 5 hindrances, whatever they are, they’re just doing the same thing in the mind––   just doing that […]

Life and Practice in Harmony

And the 5th is: “I am aware while entering it, and aware when emerging from it.” So, this whole process […]

Bhante’s Path to Upasampadā

In 2017, Bhante Ānanda chose to ‘go forth’, relinquishing lay-life for the purpose of developing the higher mind. After two years […]

Seeing Hindrances

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            And we continue letting go. And whatever arises, whatever arises, it is just a […]

Radiant Calm

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To radiate this calmness all around us, we first need to find it within ourselves. [From MN 2] How does […]