Ajahn Sucitto
(And is released from) three threads.
(And is released from) three threads.
How to steadily warm rather than get fried.
How to juggle the plates of feeling without becoming a nervous wreck.
Using mindfulness of the body to chill emotional reactions.
During a brief visit to Cittaviveka, Luang Por Pasanno recounts a meeting he had many years past with Ajahn Buddhadasa in Thailand. Luang Por draws on this encounter and his own experiences to show how the floods of greed, hatred and delusion can be skilfully met and transformed through the power of selflessness and gratitude.
Tan Anejo speaks on the Buddha’s gradual training, in which the Buddha stressed the qualities of sincerity, honesty and a willingness for one to learn and to be trained.
Death contemplation is known as an easy way to get into deep meditation, but because death is a socially avoided theme in the West, we only use a light and soft approach to this kind of special meditation.
The real business of our life is on making Dhamma qualities of kalyāṇa-mitta and the brahmavihārās manifest in the world. These abiding places, of goodwill, compassion, appreciation, and serenity are our valid and healthy ‘vihara.’
Reflecting on the impact of the silent legacy of quiet lives they pass on, through the way that they speak, the way that they relate to others, their insignificant acts of kindness, and unselfishness. They bring attention to what we do, how we do it, the way we work in the world, and the way we communicate. It’s from a non-personal point of view, a Dhamma point of view. So whether things go well or things go badly, we can learn from both of those. Not being selfish, not seeing things from a self-centered perspective is one of the most important kinds of acts of generosity that we can practice. Training the mind using meditation uses the capacity to wisely reflect upon our attitudes to not see things in personal, self-centered terms.