Bhāvanā
Teachings on Wholesome Mental Development
26. Delight in Dhamma
Sukhasomanassa Sutta 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 in life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mywNWSJlfg To direct to things that are wholesome to direct to things immediate, but also which have a long-term
24. 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.
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.
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
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.
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