As long as it is still breathing, the body becomes a vessel for the mind to reside in. If we are intelligent, we’ll use it while it’s still strong and living to create merit and goodness.
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2021.09.12 | Moods and sense impressions, arammanas, are constantly contacting the mind through the six sense doors. If there is clinging to these phenomena, then birth and death, suffering, arises. This cycle of birth and death has gone on and on for a long time – a beginning is not to be found. Therefore we would do well to have sincere effort in training our minds, to practise dana, sila, and bhavana, and to have care with moods that enter the mind.
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2021.09.11 | Even though we may be right, if we attach to that rightness, it turns wrong. It’s normal for everyone in the world to have their own views, but if we each cling on to our own, there will be no end to the arguments and chaos. So we must learn to lay aside our opinions and listen to others, reflecting on what they have to say. And who knows? Maybe they actually are correct. But it’s only when we get to the heart of the matter—the place where right and wrong cease to exist—that we can find real peace.
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In this videoconference talk from 24 Sep, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about how making merit and building goodness leads to good results, whether through Dana, Sila or Bhavana. Whether we are coming from darkness or from brightness, in this life may we build our parami and go to brightness.
“So we people need everything in all ways. We need a good place to live. We need a strong body. We need a beautiful complexion. We want happiness. We want eyes that are bright. But not everyone gets all this. Why is this? Because of kamma, the actions we have done in the past are different. But people don’t know or understand whether this matter is related to kamma or not. Isn’t it only our efforts that matter? It can be both. One, our old kamma that we have created. We might have used to give food, give water. We used to donate these things. These are material and physical things, but we have turned them into a form of energy that is in our heart. We have given clothes and garments to others, and this also makes goodness grow in our heart. It makes our complexion better in whatever life we are born in.”
In the Tibetan tradition they give a metaphor: You’ve been caught by an ogre. He says he’ll ask you one question, and if you get it right, he’ll let you go. If you get it wrong, however, he’ll eat you. His question is, “Why were you born?”
So how will you answer?
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2021.09.09 | Cleanliness arises right where it’s dirty – the clean mind arises right where the mind is defiled. We practise to restrain our behavior of body, speech, and mind, to put down our views and conceit, and to practise virtue, collectedness, and wisdom in order to realize true happiness.
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2021.09.08 | Even though none of us wishes to suffer, if the causes for that suffering still exist within our hearts, then we must suffer. So the Buddha taught us the way to develop our minds so they are able to put down those causes and realise the end of all suffering.
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2021.09.06 | There are many methods to cultivate samadhi, collectedness and unification of mind. One method is to use contemplation to bring about peace. Once the mind is peaceful in samadhi, then wisdom and clear knowing can arise by itself. We can see the Dhamma. For this we need effort and diligence in our practice.
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As we all know, habits can go both ways: good or bad. Much of the path is about getting into skillful habit patters—being generous, virtuous and wise.
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2021.09.05 | When we set out on this path of practice, our aim is to reach the end of suffering. Having set this intention, we firmly apply ourselves to the teachings of the Lord Buddha, and in no long time we will see Nibbāna clearly within our own hearts.
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