Wisdom through Mindfulness

"Monks, there are these five faculties. Which five? The faculty of faith, the faculty of energy, the faculty of mindfulness, the facu...

 (Please click on the figure to enlarge) Kamma is the result of our will or intention .   We discussed before that we have no absolut...

In this post I will examine the different methods of answering questions skilfully based on Buddhist wisdom. As I was searching for this ...

Here is Buddha's advice on right speech. This is very valuable in our daily lives as we become more mindful in our speech. S...

Imagine a stream of water flowing over a large rock. Over time it will make small tracks on the rock that will gradually become groove...

The Five Hindrances- Like a " clear a bowl of water" (still mind) with different contaminants or  situations.   ( Pleas...

The five hindrance obstuct the path to our right concentration or stillness of the mind. So it is good to identify these as we meditate ...

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...