More and more each day, I realize that every situation and circumstance have two ways in which they can be viewed. Actually, a more mindful perspective might be that there are three ways; a positive, a negative, and a neutral…
“Cherish the day, I won’t go astray, I won’t be afraid, you won’t catch me running” ~Sade Bhante Sujatha’s recent dhamma talk was on death and living. Accepting the impermanence of this existence, and seeing that we bring nothing into…
I would guess that most of us do not think that we choose to suffer. It just seems to come up on us, and we’re stuck with trying to navigate the situation and emotions. But during Bhante Sujatha’s dhamma talk…
Buddhism views charity as an act to reduce personal greed which is an unwholesome mental state which hinders spiritual progress. A person who is on his way to spiritual growth must try to reduce his own selfishness and his strong…
Dukkha is: Disturbance, irritation, dejection, worry, despair, fear, dread, anguish, anxiety; vulnerability, injury, inability, inferiority; sickness, aging, decay of body and faculties, senility; pain/pleasure; excitement/boredom; deprivation/excess; desire/frustration, suppression; longing/aimlessness; hope/hopelessness; effort, activity, striving/repression; loss, want, insufficiency/satiety; love/lovelessness, friendlessness; dislike, aversion/attraction;…