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  • Am I one who is easy to correct?

    Respectful toward the Teacher, Respectful toward the Dhamma, deeply revering the Saṅgha, respectful toward toward concentration, ardent, deeply respectful toward the training; cultivating good friends, being easy to correct, deferential and reverential: scuh a one cannot fall away but is close to nibbāna Aṅguttara Nikaya 7:34   These are the seven qualities by which a…

  • We are all judgemental

    “Ānanda, those who are judgmental will pass such judgment on them: ‘This one has the same qualities as the other. Why should one be inferior and the other superior? That [judgement] of theirs will indeed lead to their harm and suffering for a long time. … Therefore, Ānanda, do not be judgmental regarding people. Do…

  • Attend to the perception of light when everything seems dark and painful

      “Again, Bhante, a bhikkhu attends to the perception of light; he focuses on the perception of day thus:’As by day, so at night; as at night, so by day.’ Thsu, with a mind that is open and uncovered, he develops a mind imbued with luminosity. This subject of recollection, developed and cultivated in this…

  • Living with mind that is like "space"…..

    “This is noble disciple dwells with a mind entirely like space: vast, exalted, measureless, without enmity and ill will. Having made this a basis, some beings here become pure in such a way.” Aṅguttara Nikaya 6:26 Looking up the sky above, I see nothing but empty. How does it feel that mind that is full…

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