If you look at yourselves, you will see yourselves. Whenever you are about to do something bad, if you...
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And what is the treasure of learning/listening?
There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones has heard much, ...
Many people in this world haven’t encountered the Buddhist teachings and don’t know how to meditate or realize its value...
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... there is a way of feeling that is most secure, which is the feeling of joy in the Dhamma.
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You find, of course, that you end up getting a lot more if you start with the attitude of giving. The mind is more...
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And what is the treasure of prudence/concern?
There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones feels concern for [the suffering that results from] bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct.
~AN7.6
If the mind is virtuous and skillful, we don’t have to take a bus...
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Aspirations are not plans or schemes, they are value statements and resonances of what one would wish to bring about. Such as:
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Stress comes from the three forms of craving, so we should kill off craving for sensuality, craving for becoming, and craving for no becoming. These things are fabricated in our own heart, and we have to know them with our own mindfulness and discernment.
~Ajahn Lee
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He who checks rising anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, him I call a true charioteer. Others only hold the reins.
~Dhammapada 222
Where does rain come from?
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And what is the treasure of conscience?
There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones feels shame at [the thought of engaging in] bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, and mental misconduct.
~AN7.6
Mettā is very much how we should relate to ourselves. It’s how to relate to ourselves with kindness and ...
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Those, having seen
what's come to be
as what's come to be,
and what's gone beyond
what's come to be,
When we come to the practice, we want it to be another fun thing to do, we want to be entertained, so when we’re told to deconstruct these things, it’s very difficult...
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Seeking happiness, they find it through this practice.
They get a good reputation and grow in fame,
those who develop the direct route:
the Noble Eightfold Path to realize freedom from death.
~Thag1.35
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