Teachings on Wise Understanding
16. Aniccasañña – Unabiding Mind
It would be much more valuable to cultivate, for the time of a finger snap , An unabiding mind. And this is Aniccasaññā, impermanence.
15. Drinking Deep the Bliss of Stillness
[Theragatha 1.1] My hut is roofed, comfortable, free of drafts; my mind, well-centered, set free. I remain ardent. So, rain-deva. Go ahead & rain. [Forwarding to…] So it is a very close bond. But, usually they would move together [a small monastic community] somewhere in the
14. Anthems to Solitude
[Theragatha 1.13] The color of blue-dark clouds, glistening, cooled with the waters of clear-flowing streams covered with ladybugs: those rocky crags refresh me. So this an anthem of solitude from these Theras (elder monks). That’s what they wanted. That’s what they were looking for. A
13. Going to the Core of Awakening
Going to the core of the Buddha’s awakening by understanding the four noble truths.
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… on meditation. That’s what the Buddha taught. When you read meditation instructions from the Buddha, especially to the laity and people that are beginning in
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 Dhamma, and which direction that is– and that is: letting go, relaxing, smiling. Cultivating love, cultivating compassion, forgiveness, states that are not sticky, they are