Last night I was speaking to Bhante Samita, and he commented that he read yesterdays post about being heedful. He mentioned that I used the word Appamada, and I said yes I did. Bhante said, “you know, that means don’t…
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Heedful
Well here’s another word we don’t hear very often. Probably because most of us are not in fact heedful. Let’s start with a definition of the word heedful: –adjective taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful: She was always heedful of…
Why are you so ignorant?
Actually, why am I so ignorant? That’s the real question. Ignorance, I am finding, is the cause of Samsara. Constantly grasping for worldly desires, is like rowing a boat with one oar in the water. You can keep putting in…
What’s up Upasaka?
Upasaka (masculine) and Upasika (feminine) are the Buddhist terms for laypeople that have taken the Five Precepts and are devout followers of Buddha’s teaching and the Triple Gem. The five vows to be held by upāsakas are referred to as…
What if disaster struck?
I had a dream last night that there was a natural disaster of epic proportions. Floods, fires, plane crashes, looting, riots, complete chaos. At first, I thought perhaps these are the fires in my mind. And perhaps they are. But…