Wisdom through Mindfulness

"There are these four types of excellent thoroughbred horses to be found existing in the world. 1. There is the case where an exc...

"This world is swept away by AGEING , by ILLNESS , by DEATH ." "With the world thus swept away by aging, illness, & death...

"Just as a sal tree, a birch, or an aspen, when smothered & surrounded by three parasitic vines , falls into misfortune, falls into...

1. Seeing a form via the eye, one explores a form that can act as the basis for pleasant feeling, one explores a form that can act as the ba...

"I tell you, Vaccha, even if a person throws the rinsings of a bowl or a cup into a village pool or pond, thinking, 'May whatever a...

" There are these three types of sick people to be found existing in the world. Which three? 1. "There is the case of the sick pe...

"I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother & father. Even if you were to carry your...

Suppose there were a wet, sappy piece of timber lying in the water, and a man were to come along with an upper fire-stick, thinking, 'I...

One whose passion, aversion, & ignorance are washed away, has crossed over this ocean with its sharks, demons, dangerous waves, so hard ...

"It's not easy to teach the Dhamma to others, Ananda. The Dhamma should be taught to others only when five qualities are establishe...

The path to enlightenment is not so easy. It is a path that goes against the stream. Buddha called this "Patisothagami " or goi...

I think in meditation sometimes we get caught to a trap. When the mind runs out of the primary object, just acknowledge it and let go. Never...

"Monks, I don't envision even one other fetter* — fettered by which beings conjoined go wandering & transmigrating on for a lon...

I recently removed weeds off my flower bed and added mulch to prevent further weeds form growing. The mulch helped to prevent new weeds seed...

The monk who has demolished conceit * without leaving a trace, as a great flood, a very weak bridge made of reeds, sloughs off the near sho...

The monk who has cut off craving without leaving a trace, as if he had dried up a swift-flowing stream, sloughs off the near shore & ...

If you try to untangle your headphones by pulling them a part in a rush, it may even make it worse. But if you start from one end and gradua...

"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...

If you see an object just as an object, if you hear a sound just as a sound...(apply the same to the other senses) without "feeding...