The more we become conscious of this awareness, and our attention is drawn to it, the more it becomes a safe refuge for us.
Buddhist meditation
Morning Meditaton with Rinzai
‘A moment of desire in your heart is drowning in water.
Realising this, you’ll no longer be at the mercy of circumstance.’
Zen Master Rinzai
The Body by Bhante Bodhidhamma
Buddhist Film: A talk given by Bhante Bodhidhamma. (49 minutes)
Seeing The Unseen by Trevor Leggett
‘It is clear before you, but you do not see it,’ says the Zen master.
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.
Vipassana as taught by The Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma
Thinking is always about something. It is an attempt to categorise. What we experience is seen in the light of past experience. What we have experienced in the past is filtered through the way we look at things, our dispositions (sankhara). That is why thought will not allow us to see things anew. If we want to experience things as they really are, then thought about those things must come to an end. When thinking stops, we must be right there with what is happening…
First steps into Buddhist meditation
You cannot change the past, arrange the future to suit yourself, or make other people say and do the things you want them to say and do. All of your power is contained within this moment, related to this particular body and mind. And this is a very powerful position to be in…
Buddhism now 