Teachings
The Five Governing Faculties
Five Faculties
41. Devotion
Viriya Whenever there is seeking wholesome states, and discarding unwholesome ones, and completely understanding mental states, as they arise, with discernment, continually, and enthusiastically, ‘Enthusiastically’ I take from Bhante Vimalaramsi’s own version. Enthusiasm of “viriya” I also call that ‘determination’; ‘in a determined way’,
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 be answered. “ This is bhāva. Bhāva is also ‘becoming.’ This sense of identity. Which becomes more and more solidified. But how does it get
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
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 starting to become unified, to gather, to pool in the mind. The ‘water of Awareness’ is not leaking out to all of these things of