Wisdom through Mindfulness

Buddha said "Endowed with these six qualities, a person is capable of alighting on the lawfulness, the rightness of skillful mental qua...

Buddha said : "There are these five rewards in listening to the Dhamma. Which five? 1. One hears what one has not heard before. 2. ...

"When, on observing that the monk is purified with regard to qualities based on greed, hatred and delusion, he places conviction in him...

Whoever is overcome by this wretched and sticky craving, his sorrows grow like grass after the rains. But whoever overcomes this wretched c...

craving is dependent on feeling, seeking (investigating/research) is dependent on craving, acquisition (gain) is dependent on seeking, ascer...

How is a monk content? Just as a bird , wherever it goes, flies with its wings as its only burden; so too is he content with a set of robes ...

If somebody calls you a name, in school, at work or even while you are on the road how would you react to it? Would you retaliate with a na...

The graph shows the largest component of friends, spouses and siblings in 2000. Circles are females, squares are males and the lines between...

When the eye meet an object, the eye consciousness arises. The union of three: The eye+ the object + the eye consciousness = contact arises ...

The whole “world” is our six senses.This is where it ALL starts. When the eye meet an object, the eye consciousness arises. The union of thr...

Buddha said to the monks to refrain from the night meal. Here are the reasons why: "Monks: I abstain from the night-time meal. As I am...

When anger does possess a man; He looks ugly; He lies in pain; What benefit he may come by He misconstrues as a mischance; He loses propert...

Buddhist meditation 'as good as drugs' at beating depression The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2008

"Now, suppose that there were a dry, sapless piece of timber, and a man were to come along with an upper fire-stick, thinking, 'I...

"Monks, there are these three types of individuals to be found existing in the world. Which three? An individual like an inscription i...

Calm is his mind, calm his speech & his deed: one who's released through right knowing * , pacified, such. -Dhammapada * The right ...

" Just as a dog , tied by a leash to a post or stake, keeps running around and circling around that very post or stake; in the same way...

Suffering arises when the mind becomes too "sticky" to the sensory "foods" (five sensors and their respective stimuli). ...

The mindful keep active, don't delight in settling back. They renounce every home, every home, like swans taking off from a lake. ...