Ajahn Karunadhammo
Ajahn Karunadhammo, on a visit from Abhayagiri monastery in California, reflects on four aids to our development on the spiritual path, namely developing kalyanamitta (spiritual friendship), listening to Dhamma, using wise attention, and practicing in accordance with Dhamma. He then discusses four spiritual practices that the Buddha encouraged us to develop: asuba contemplation, cultivation of metta (loving kindness), anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing), and the perception of anicca (impermanence).