31. Smile!
😊 Whenever there is a distraction, wherever there is anything arising in the mind, even if it is anger, or worry, or restlessness– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6cxRJnrhY&list=PLbFvYEw0YpWDGXs_Yc1nGuAccSh366pZL&index=11 Notice these states always come with tension, with friction. They come with discomfort. And as we learn to see this, with our ever-deepening awareness, we simply let it go and release […]
23. The Beautiful
[One trains:] ‘Let me live, unattached [15] to what is favorable. One then lives, unattached to that. [One trains:] ‘Let me live, accepting what is unfavorable. One then lives, accepting that. [One trains:] ‘Let me live, unattached to both favorable and unfavorable.’ One then lives, unattached to that. [One trains:] ‘Let me […]
22. 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 develops the awakening support of awareness, filled with Love… -SN V 46.54 Filled with Love So I like to take time here. Because this is […]
21. Viveka as Letting Go
Here it is quite explicit, where the Buddha is going. Because… this is not ant kind of awareness, this is not any kind of development that is properly developed in the same way that the Buddha taught. Now we need to understand the importance of viveka; letting go, detaching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehsQ4wMXLkg&list=PLbFvYEw0YpWCDQ1V18MgR8T_OGEZ61HFQ&index=12 SN V 46.54 Filled […]
18. 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 to be dispassionate… (Smiling) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehsQ4wMXLkg&list=PLbFvYEw0YpWCDQ1V18MgR8T_OGEZ61HFQ&index=12 Which is not completely wrong, but not completely right, in the western context and the western understanding. Being dispassionate […]
15. 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…] So it is a very close bond. But, usually they would move together [a small monastic community] somewhere in the forest, or somewhere where they […]