Suttas on Mental Development
Bhāvanā
- SN IV 42.8 Sounding the Conch of Dhamma
- SN III 22.101 The Chisel’s Handle
- MN 118 The Breath as a Reminder
- MN 21 The Analogy of the Saw
- MN 19 Discerning Thoughts into Two
- MN 7 The Analogy of the Cloth
- AN IX 35 Analogy of the Cow
- AN V 28 Fivefold Perfect Samādhi
- SN IV 45.4 The Chariot of Dhamma
- DN 2 The Purpose of the Truth-Seeking Life
Bhāvanā
Teachings on Wholesome Mental Development
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 is just very mindful. There is no place where there
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 for attention? One attends to
Smile!
😊 Whenever there is a distraction, wherever there is anything arising in the mind, even if it is anger, or worry, or restlessness– Notice these states always come with
Delight in Dhamma
Sukhasomanassa Sutta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mywNWSJlfg Sukha means happiness Somanassa means mental grace or mental joy. The two combined together. Directing the ways in which we delight, in which we find happiness
The Experience of Nibbāna
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 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,