40. Nibbāna
The Release From Perceptual Awareness Excerpt: DN 2 Potthapāda The Release from Awareness [The Buddha] ‘Up to here Poṭṭhapāda, one is conscious of one’s self And gradually, one stage after the other, One contacts the beginning of perception. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC9tv9mrMeY This thinking mind is worse for me, The non-thinking mind would be better. If […]
24. The Experience of Nibbāna
And Samādhi, becomes so sharp,
collectedness of mind becomes so sharp,
steadiness so sharp and so present,
awareness starts to dissolve,
it breaks down here.
14. Anthems to Solitude
[Theragatha 1.13] The color of blue-dark clouds, glistening, cooled with the waters of clear-flowing streams covered with ladybugs: those rocky crags refresh me. So this an anthem of solitude from these Theras (elder monks). That’s what they wanted. That’s what they were looking for. A hole in the mountain, and […]
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 […]
9. Nirodha as ‘Unobstructed’
And Nirodha. Nirodha is… Sometimes I have translated it as release… But that does not always carry the whole of the meaning. This is a place where you can find that nirodha does not just mean ‘the end goal nirodha.’ See here, he is talking about nirodha, it’s actually leaning towards there (Boundless Love), It’s […]