Wisdom through Mindfulness

Imagine you are trying to get to the ocean using a boat along a stream or river. This is a very rough river with rapids, currents and large ...

If we can investigate our 6 senses DEEPLY * using our mind as the lab, this is "everything" in a nutshell. * impermanence,sufferin...

Christmas is finally here. This is the time for giving. Two days ago we participated in a soup kitchen organised by Ven. Saranapala, from th...

Morality is like the foundation in the path of practicing Dhamma. You will gain other qualities * such as faith, effort, mindfulness, conce...

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill. -Dhammapada

The world outside is so complex and overwhelming. Trying to control the outside world is an impossible task. Luckily there is another option...

Imagine the whole of Dhamma as a "tangled ball of wool.” If you want to untangle it, contemplation on the five aggregates would be a go...

Those who are lust-infatuated fall back into the swirling current (of samsara ) like a spider on its self-spun web. This, too, the wise cut ...

Think of your mind as a garden. People may throw "seeds" in it from time to time. Don’t water them if you know they are weeds. Wee...

Yesterday there was a bad snow storm in Toronto. People were complaining as usual. I then thought to myself.... we have no control of storms...

All too soon, this body will lie on the ground cast off, bereft of consciousness, like a useless scrap of wood. -Dhammapada

"Monks, there is the case where some worthless men study the Dhamma..... They study the Dhamma both for attacking others and for defen...

"I have taught the Dhamma compared to a raft, for the purpose of crossing over, not for the purpose of holding onto. Understanding the ...

Through initiative, heedfulness, restraint, & self-control, the wise would make an island no flood can submerge. -Dhammapada

As a butterfly... without harming the blossom, its color, its fragrance ... takes its nectar & flies away: so should the sage go through...

Why do bad things happen to good people? This was one of questions asked by someone in my last post. Since the post about the death of my fr...

The good shine from afar like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear even when near, like arrows shot into the night. - Dhammapada R...

Delusion causes harm. Delusion provokes the mind. People don't realize it as a danger born from within. A person, when deluded, doesn...

He has become calm and at rest, Wise in speech and not self-centered; He's shaken off unwholesome states ...Like wind would leaves from ...