Question: Would you call awareness ‘enlightenment’?
Beginners
Judging Mind versus Discerning Mind, by Corrado Pensa
Perceiving the power of separation caused by the judging mind is also very helpful. In other words, the judging mind creates more inner solitude.
Words of love are not necessarily only Kindly words, by Trevor Leggett
Love has to be brave enough to drink up the person entirely ― poison and all.
The Path to Wisdom, by Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho focuses on the simple reality of the here and now, and the awareness of ‘just this’, where all thoughts and concepts drop away in favour of insight and understanding.
Karma, by Diana St Ruth
These ideas brought an overwhelming sense of joy to me. It meant I was not a helpless victim of circumstance or fate, as I had thought.
Money Attracts Money, by Trevor Leggett
The yogic application of this little story is that the spiritual attracts the spiritual.
Both Happiness and Unhappiness are Unsatisfactory, by Ajahn Chah
The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness are unsatisfactory, they have the same value. When happiness arose he let it go. He had right practice, seeing that both these things have equal values and drawbacks.
If you don’t let go, there will be suffering, by Ajahn Chah
In the field of conventional reality, one side is right and the other side is wrong, and there can never be complete agreement. Arguing till the tears fall, however, is of no use whatsoever. The Buddha taught non-clinging.
