17. The Choice
Liberating the mind at the root of experience and choosing happiness, choosing to let go, choosing freedom.
16. Aniccasañña – Unabiding Mind
It would be much more valuable to cultivate, for the time of a finger snap , An unabiding mind. And this is Aniccasaññā, impermanence.
13. Going to the Core of Awakening
Going to the core of the Buddha’s awakening by understanding the four noble truths.
12. Pleasant Progress with Quick Comprehension
Reading: “This is the unsurpassed teaching in regards to the modes of progress.” Why am I saying this? Well, it is your choice. You can take the highway or the slow way. You can smile, more and more, and try to be happy, and this will really boost your meditation, this will be the fast […]
11. The Four Qualities of Release
Reading: “Here monks, (1) One develops the awakening support of awareness, filled with Love; Supported by letting go, Calming down, Release, Culminating in surrender.” SN V 46.54 Filled with Love – HeartDhamma I write ‘relaxation’ in this translation but I go back and forth. […] And now this is where it gets interesting because we […]
10. Samādhi – The Pooling of Awareness
“As the mind and the body gain some ease, some steadiness, some calm, you might start experiencing what the Buddha called Samādhi: Awareness that is starting to become unified, to gather, to pool in the mind. The ‘water of Awareness’ is not leaking out to all of these things of the senses in the world […]
6. Sharing Merits
Puññanumodanā-Pattidāna Rejoicing and Sharing of Merits Dukkha-ppattā ca, niddukkhā May suffering ones be suffering free. Bhaya-ppattā ca, nibbhayā And the fear-struck fearless be. Soka-ppattā ca, nissokā May the grieving shed all grief. Hontu sabbe pi, pāṇino. And may all beings find relief. Idaṃ no puññaṃ, sabbe sattā anumodantu May all beings share this […]
4. Transience and Letting go
“Or perhaps, one might notice, forms or shapes, or lights and colours, forms, Rūpa. The first fabric of the ego. One of the five constituents that we call ‘ourselves’: Form or shape Sensations Perceptions or concepts Mental fabrications (the active part of the mind: Saṅkhāra) or simply Awareness. Perhaps mind is aware of one of […]