In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains how the world is completely composed of conventions. When our minds understand this, they can put the world down and abide above it.
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In many places they teach to focus solely on vipassanā (insight), but really, in the initial stages, every aspect of the practice is samatha (tranquility). When we develop this way of bringing our hearts to peace, then investigating reality, we’ll realize the highest happiness that the Buddha himself gained.
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The five hindrances obstruct peace of mind, samadhi. And having gained samadhi, one must be careful not to misunderstand this peace as awakening and enlightenment. One practises samadhi for the sake of seeing clearly the nature of reality, that all phenomena are anicca, dukkha, and anatta. This insight is capable of liberating the mind from all suffering.
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2021.10.28 | Is there anything constant in this world? Inconstancy is the only constant thing here. Nature is always trying to teach us this lesson, and the important thing is that we take it to heart.
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2021.10.27 | Dust alighting on a mirror is a simile for sense impressions alighting on the mind. As long as we have a mirror or mind, then we must constantly clean it. With the understanding of not-self, however, we see clearly with wisdom, and there is nowhere for dust to alight.
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The decisions we make are very important; they’re what make the difference between heaven and hell. Those with intelligence will pick the way to genuine happiness and peace: the Noble Path.
2021.10.26 | In the beginning of the practice, we must endure many things and develop many qualities, but as we carry on, the practice eventually gains momentum. Here, it’s fun to meditate as we know that we are steadily cutting away at the defilements until they are forever gone.
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2021.10.25 | Where can we go to find peace? We may stay in a forest or a cave and flee from disturbing sights and sounds, and this can be useful to bring energy to our minds. But we can’t flee forever. So, in order to find true peace, we must develop wisdom that allows us to understand and let go of all sense impressions.
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Every teaching that the Buddha gave gathers into the single point of seeing form, feeling, perception, mental formations and sense consciousness as inconstant.
2021.10.23 | With the recent ending of the rains retreat, we can reflect on the origin story for the Kathina ceremony. We also reflect on the impermanence of worldly Dhammas, external harmony, and the internal harmony of sila, samadhi, and panya in the mind that leads to liberating insight.
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