Teachings on Discernment
10. 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 called Samādhi: Awareness that is
8. Defilements vs. Samādhi
There are [many] things that we can do to get our minds to gravitates more and more towards uplifted states, which is… the Buddha’s Teaching…
6. Sharing Merits
Puññanumodanā-Pattidāna Rejoicing and Sharing of Merits Dukkha-ppattā ca, niddukkhā May suffering ones be suffering free. Bhaya-ppattā ca, nibbhayā And the fear-struck fearless be. Soka-ppattā
5. The Direction the Wheel Turns
“Practicing the Jhāna to that depth, seeing Nirodha, entering Nirodha, you have to understand Dependent Origination at its core, but also know the wheel of
4. Transience and Letting go
“Or perhaps, one might notice, forms or shapes, or lights and colours, forms, Rūpa. The first fabric of the ego. One of the five constituents
3. Listening to the Dhamma
Aspiration Chant Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāṇā, sabbe bhūtā, May all beings, all those who breath, all who are living, sabbe puggalā, sabbe attabhāvapariyāpannā, all people,