Wisdom through Mindfulness

Keep reflecting mindfully on the Dhamma you have learnt. Dhamma is everywhere around you. Then just apply it to your life, every moment, one...

This is the method how you grow this tree to bear tasty fruits. 1. Before you plant the seed, you need to prepare the soil (fertile). 2. The...

Dhamma teaches us the the path, that finally liberate us (Nirvana) from Samsara. This is our final goal! Fetters tie us down to the Samsara....

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 a...

“When you see you only see, when you hear you only hear, when you taste you only taste, when you smell you only smell, when you feel (touch)...

"Suppose a man in need of fire, looking for fire, wandering in search of fire, would take a fire stick and rub it into a wet, sappy pie...

" Suppose there were a king or king's minister who had never heard the sound of a lute before. He might hear the sound of a lute a...

"In a guest house, O monks, people from the east may take lodgings, or people from the west, north or south. People from the warrior ca...

"These are the four drains on one's store of wealth: 1. debauchery in sex 2. debauchery in drink 2. debauchery in gambling 3. evil ...

Leave that sound alone...it is not disturbing you but you are disturbing the sound! Leave that object alone...the object is not distracting...

"Suppose there were a pool of water — sullied, turbid, and muddy. A man with good eyesight standing there on the bank would not see she...

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 ...

"Now, suppose that there were an empty, hollow water-pot set on a stand, and a man were to come along carrying a load of water. What d...

DHAMMA* can be seen as a "GPS" in a car. Having GPS alone will not help us to arrive at the destination. We still have to DRI...

The three essential ingrients to gain wisdom are, the right effort, a clear comprehention and the right mindfulness. It is just like a plant...

Why do we cling to what we see? This is because of craving. If thre is no more craving how can clinging survive ? It is like a tree that alw...

Sure...there is pressure in what we see. This is why we cling to it. This same clinging will lead to our own suffering... at the end. Sam...

"Monks, if anyone were to say, 'Without having broken through to the noble truth of stress as it actually is present, without havin...

Consider your mind as your garden. It is very easy to grow weeds but it is hard to grow nice flowers. You need constant effort and mindful...