Suppose a person stays in an empty, remote place—just a person alone—very healthy, highly educated, very wise, and physically very strong. As that person lives alone, there’s no possibility of his becoming wealthy or famous; there’s no possibility of his producing good food or building good shelter; he cannot become a hero. All benefits of this worldly life are entirely dependent upon other factors, mainly on other human beings…
Walking is a wonderful way of meditating. It brings one to the point of realising that meditation does not depend upon the position of the body…
But if we suffer from ourselves, no one else can tread the path for us. That, I think, is central to Buddhism; it’s our own path, our own responsibility…
Buddhist Meditation is not normally thought of as a process of attainment or failure. Learning about ourselves is its practice and awareness is its function…
In the Theravada teachings on samatha-vipassanà, they divide meditation ― that English word ‘meditation’ ― into tranquillity and insight (samatha and vipassanà).
The central problem is that they all demand to be dealt with now, or otherwise there will be terrible consequences…
What are the characteristics of dukkha? What are the symptoms?…
.. after that I contemplated my attitude; I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity any more.
Buddhism now 