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DEVELOPING AN INTEREST IN DHAMMA
YOGI: How can we turn our minds towards Dhamma? How can we develop more confidence in Dhamma?
SUT: When you are new to the practice you will not have much confidence in the Dhamma because there are still a lot of defilements in the mind. In order to make your confidence in the Dhamma
What are Defilements?
Defilements are not only the gross manifestations of greed, hatred, and delusion but also all their friends and relatives, even the very distant ones!! See if you have ever had one of the following – or similar – thoughts cross your mind: "Those lights should not be on at this time of the day!" "His behaviour is so irritating." "He should not have done that." "I could do it a lot
Birth and Death
You'd think that people could appreciate what it would be like to live in a person's belly. How uncomfortable that would be! Just look at how merely staying in a hut for only one day is already hard to take. You shut all the doors and windows and you're suffocating already.
What is Mindfulness Meditation?
Let's talk a little bit about meditation. At this center, we practice Satipaṭṭhāna or mindfulness meditation on the four foundations of mindfulness (body, feelings, mind, and dhamma). However, before we begin,we need some clarity on what we are doing and why we are doing it.
Go Beyond Words: See for Yourself
In my own practice, I did not know or study much. I took the straightforward teachings the Buddha gave and simply began to study my own mind according to nature. When you practice, observe yourself. Then gradually knowledge and vision will arise of themselves.
THE FLOWERING OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
EVOCATION: Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: The first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up to receive the rays of the sun. Prior to this momentous event that heralds an evolutionary transformation
Clarity of Insight
MEDITATE RECITING "Buddho", "Buddho"2 until it penetrates deep into the heart of your consciousness (citta). The word "Buddho" represents the awareness and wisdom of the Buddha. In practice, you must depend on this word more than anything else.
THE GREATEST OBSTACLE TO ENLIGHTENMENT Enlightenment - what is that?
A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked:
Fragments of a Teaching
ALL OF YOU have believed in Buddhism for many years now through hearing about the Buddhist teachings from many sources – especially from various monks and teachers. In some cases Dhamma is taught in very broad
Training this Mind
RAINING THIS MIND... actually there's nothing much to this mind. It's simply radiant in and of itself. It's naturally peaceful. Why the mind doesn't feel peaceful right now is be- cause it gets lost in its own moods. There's nothing to mind itself. It simply abides in its
About Being Careful
THE BUDDHA TAUGHT to see the body in the body. What does this mean? We are all familiar with the parts of the body such as hair, nails, teeth and skin. So how do we see the body in the body? If we recognize all these things as being impermanent,