2021.03.28 | We practice restraint in virtue, to be mindful, to collect our minds in samadhi, and this allows the mind to see clearly that all conditioned phenomena are, by nature, unstable and ever changing. With this clear seeing, the mind realizes purity, Nibbana. Therefore, we have effort and firm intent to practise the Dhamma to see this for ourselves.
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2021.03.21 | Four things which should not be done, four things which should be done, and five meditation objects. These are taught to all Bhikkhus (monks) when they ordain.
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2021.02.14 | Love that is pure must abide within the bounds of morality. If it strays outside, it can cause much harm. We see the deep wish of all beings—ourselves included—to be happy, and so we act in ways that lead to joy and ease. If our love is bound up with attachment, however, it can morph into anger in an instant.
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The things of this world never bring satisfaction and are never enough. Seeing this, and that one must leave behind everything at death, one seeks a wealth and happiness that does not decay.
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2021.02.13 | Like dust in a house, sense impressions and our identification with them constantly come in and cover over the mind. We clean our minds with meditation. We also practise patient endurance when the mind is not at peace.
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In a talk given to a group travelling to many monasteries making offerings, Ajahn Anan describes how to cultivate merit.
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2021.02.09 | Just as how we need passwords to access our phones, realizing awakening requires a code. The Buddha has already discovered and revealed it to the world, but we must put it to use.
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All things must pass away. To see this truth clearly, we practise developing a meditation object such as loving-kindness or the other brahma-viharas, amongst others. Old age, sickness, death, and suffering are coming for us. We prepare our minds through this Dhamma practice.
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2021.02.18 | We can use our wisdom to contemplate our breath—the air is not-self, the sensation of breathing is not-self, the knowing of that sensation is not-self. I am not the five khandas, the five khandas are not me.
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2021.03.02 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of the ways that drowsiness can catch us while meditating, and how we can overcome it.
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