Wisdom through Mindfulness

There has been so much discussions and debates between Samatha (tranquillity) and Vipassana (insight) meditation methods. Ajahn Brahm ...

We discussed the first noble truth in a previous post. Here we will try to explore the second noble truth, the cause of suffering or stress...

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The mind always likes to feed on thoughts. Sometimes this happens even when sleeping. Not only the mind feeds on thoughts it also regurgitat...

Figure 1: This figures shows that clinging to five aggregates is the basis of stress or suffering Buddha did not say life is stress and suff...

Physical pain and mental pain are not the same. It is important to recognize these two as distinct entities. The physical pain of the bo...

Figure 1: The five aggregates Figure 2: The five aggregates are arranged according to the sequence they are generated as shown in the mind ...

Figure 1: The basic Mind Works Model The six senses in the form generate consciousness dependent on the sense base (eye, ear...) and give ri...

Sometimes two people see exactly the same person and can have two completely diffrent opinions. One may like the person and the other may di...

There is no absolute free will. But we have a will (intention).  The mind is like a random thought machine. Initial thoughts are tri...

The mind is not divided into two separate compartments called the conscious and subconscious minds. It is whether we see or not see the comp...

The five aggregates are all activities of the mind. It is obvious that the feelings, perceptions, and mental formations (thought constructs)...