Selflessness is Samādhi
Reading from SN II 12.23 Causes for Liberation “What is the cause for renewal of being?” Or renewal of […]
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.
The Beautiful
[One trains:] ‘Let me live, unattached [15] to what is favorable. One then lives, unattached to that. [One trains:] […]
Viveka as Letting Go
Here it is quite explicit, where the Buddha is going. Because… this is not ant kind of awareness, this is […]
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. […]
Anthems to Solitude
[Theragatha 1.13] The color of blue-dark clouds, glistening, cooled with the waters of clear-flowing streams covered with ladybugs: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nirodha as ‘Unobstructed’
And Nirodha. Nirodha is… Sometimes I have translated it as release… But that does not always carry the whole of […]
Defilements vs. Samādhi
There are [many] things that we can do to get our minds to gravitates more and more towards uplifted states, […]