Tag: Bhikkhu

How to pick a good teacher

good teacher

Recently someone new to Buddhism asked the question of how to pick a good teacher. I found this to be a very powerful question, and one that I would not want to answer frivolously. Also, I can see clearly that…

Right concentration

I have been trying to study and learn about the kasinas and jhanas, and found the following explanation by Bhikkhu Bodhi to be very clear and in-depth. Rather than trying to put this into my own words, I felt it…

Dare I admonish you?

Although written for Bhikkhu‘s, I believe, as a layperson, I need to be very mindful of what I write here on my Blog. How to admonish another skillfully: “O bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who desires to admonish another should do so…