It is good to take one of the Perfections as a special practice. Maybe it’s patience: I’m impatient with myself and others; I’m easily irritated and angered. So let this be my special practice. As we develop one Perfection, we shall discover that the whole personality is affected and all the other Perfections are also enhanced…
Sometimes metta is presented as a kind of ‘think pink’ idea, where we are just saying very nice things and wishing everybody well and it is all very sweet and nice, but underneath there might be a kind of volcano of rage and resentment…
Mindfulness or awareness is knowing, isn’t it? It is a direct knowing, immanent here and now.It is being fully present, attentive, to this present moment as is.
Spiritual life is not about becoming someone special but discovering a greatness of heart within us and every being…
Modern practical teachings from an American monk living within one of the oldest Buddhist traditions…
When you hear such a teaching, you can’t figure out what it really means, because it’s talking in the way of Dhamma, not in the ordinary sense…
Ajahn Sumedho, abbot emeritus of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, visits Seattle Insight Meditation (SIMS) and offers teachings on…
While many Buddhists take Dhamma to be “the Buddha’s teaching,” it really means “Natural Truth” or “Natural Law.” Of course, this is what the Buddha taught and…
Many of us were truly sad to be saying goodbye to Ajahn Sumedho who has retired from his abbotship and duties at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery…
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