Teachings on Discernment

42. Heartful Selflessness
STUDENT QUESTION: Can this pure giving-heart be a link-breaker within Dependent Origination then? Can one act without clinging (attaching) and so not add to their

38. The Flight of Consciousness
As for consciousness and the self, Many people wonder, “how does a ‘person’ transmigrates from this life to the next.” Consciousness is composed of

36. An Open, Unforced Samādhi
The Special Samādhi of the Buddhas “This Samadhi is not practiced by unrighteous people.” Now, we can concentrate the mind, make it focused

33. Seeing Hindrances
And we continue letting go. And whatever arises, whatever arises, it is just a hindrance. Even you thinking: “I can’t do it” Hindrance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Ak8IvEjf4 Or,

32. Radiant Calm
To radiate this calmness all around us, we first need to find it within ourselves. [From MN 2] How does one attend to things proper

29. Selflessness is Samādhi
Reading from SN II 12.23 Causes for Liberation “What is the cause for renewal of being?” Or renewal of karma, of action “Identity, should