Teachings on Wise Understanding
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 identity (habitual tendencies)? BHANTE’S RESPONSE: Of course it can. That’s what we do. That’s what it is. Slowly, if that is done properly,
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 many activities and processes that lay dormant. They are only activated at certain times. Yes, much like seeds. But, within, they are made of movement,
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 for attention? One attends to the things which make: new outward desires to not arise, and old outward desires to fade away. These are
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
28. Attachments: It’s all in the mind
This short teaching helps set the mind straight regarding attachments. Oftentimes, the simplest explanations are the easiest to digest… ‘The Smooth & Creamy Discourse on Unshakable Happiness’ 😊 “What is unwholesome about attachments is that, when the things we are attached to stop, we become distressed, and
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.