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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Practice

   Of course, you can use an object if the feeling gets weak… if it goes away.   If the […]

The Experience of Nibbāna

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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 Choice

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Liberating the mind at the root of experience and choosing happiness, choosing to let go, choosing freedom.

Nirodha as ‘Unobstructed’

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And Nirodha. Nirodha is… Sometimes I have translated it as release… But that does not always carry the whole of […]