Attachments: It’s all in the mind

This short teaching helps set the mind straight regarding attachments. Oftentimes, the simplest explanations are the easiest to digest… ‘The Smooth & Creamy Discourse on Unshakable Happiness’ […]
Awareness in Practice

How is the liberation of the heart by Love developed? Where does it lead to?What is its limit?What is its fruit?What is its culmination? Here monks, (1) One […]
Holding on to Impermanence

Now here, of course,
the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence,
in regards to these five aspects of what we call ‘me’.
is at the very core of the teaching,
it is very important,
and it’s good for us to understand that.
Virāga as Calming Down

This calming down, Virāga, is very often translated as ‘dis-passion’. And this is a problem one. Because this tends to be interpreted in a way that one needs […]
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…] […]
Going to the Core of Awakening

Going to the core of the Buddha’s awakening by understanding the four noble truths.
Defilements vs. Samādhi

There are [many] things that we can do to get our minds to gravitates more and more towards uplifted states, which is… the Buddha’s Teaching… on meditation. That’s what the […]