‘We fear the unknown, that is to say, we fear the unknown consequences.
Sometimes, however, there is this contradiction: we ask about practising with fear while being afraid of practising with fear…’
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Insights into Thinking.
We suffer, we are stuck in some kind of pain, mostly mental — mental torment, mental pain.
Morning Meditation: The Awareness which is Activated.
‘Even though we are focusing mainly on the breath, the awareness which is activated becomes available more and more for what is nonbreath, especially if the hindrances are making themselves felt in a very strong way.’
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Morning Meditation: Sadness is an Expression.
‘Wanting to get rid of sadness is an expression of the universal aspiration to happiness.’
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Fascination for our Mental Suffering. Corrado Pensa
We hear and read that we should look insidePapanca is proliferationWe hear and read that we should look inside; nippapanca is a mind of a buddha. Now, a simple reflection can help, at least it did in my case.
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.
Renunciation and Simplicity, by Corrado Pensa
The virtues (paramis) always work in a relationship of mutual cooperation. There is an organic necessity for these positive energies to work together; they are mutually supportive. There is support between formal practice and the virtues, and among the several virtues.
From a distance we might say that practice seems to be simple, and in a sense it is—it’s the simplest thing in the world. In another sense, however, it is a complex and interacting structure…
Discomfort without Aversion: A Little Miracle, by Corrado Pensa
You might remember a famous illustration that the Buddha gives of what a healed mind is like. He said, ‘In what is seen, there is only what is seen. In what is heard, there is only what is heard.’…
Buddhism now 