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The methods for letting go of the cause of suffering provide an ongoing Path, the Fourth Truth. We focus on this process in formal meditation exercises, and also in daily life. ...
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In the Parihāna Sutta, Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:
How did the Buddha define a person liable to decline?
It’s when...
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Words may be simply puffs of air from a mouth, but some phrases - "I love you!", "I hate and despise you!", for example - have the power...
To have faith/conviction is tantamount to having wealth. Virtue is like...
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There’s nothing within the body you can depend on. It’s not too bad when you’re still young, but as you get older,...
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This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
Mendicants, these three people are found in the world. What three?
One like a rainless cloud, one who rains locally, one who rains all over.
Because our conceiving mind tends always to delude us, it takes us into becoming. ...
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Having cleared away impurities, the mind is free of worries; it is peaceful, kind and virtuous. When the mind is radiant and ...
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The question remains: How does this strategy of skillful renunciation and skillful indulgence translate into everyday practice? ...
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Two people actively listen to the teaching: one remembers the teaching they’ve heard, one does not.
The person who
*doesn’t remember the teaching they’ve heard is reprehensible in that respect.
*does remember the teaching they’ve heard is praiseworthy in that respect.
~AN7.68
We all have the potential to practice what the Buddha taught and improve our own well-being.
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While moral shame and fear of wrongdoing are united in the common task of protecting ...
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When a person dwells in a suitable locality
and makes friends with the noble ones,
when he has formed right resolutions,
and done deeds of merit in the past,
grain, riches, fame, and reputation,
along with happiness accrue to him.
~AN4.31
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Because when you have the tools, you get eager to include your whole life as Dhamma practice.
~Ajahn Sucitto
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Vihāra is an experimental Buddhist monastery: a federated hub representing the activities of a Buddhist monastery in the Himalayan Vajrayāna/Mahāyāna lineages.
