Meditation is hard, in the same way that exercise, eating healthy, studying, and forgiveness can be hard. All of which have such great and wholesome benefits to ourselves, but also require mindfulness and determination.
Meditation is so hard
Tag: Vipassana
The Glorious Sutta
Excerpt from the Maha Mangala Sutta – The Glorious Sutta (translation and Commentary by Dr. R.L. Soni revised by Bhikkhu Khantipalo) In life, one is plagued by desires; in Nibbana, all desires are extinguished and all clingings are nullified. In…
Pali lesson
dhamma [Skt. dharma]: (1) Event; a phenomenon in and of itself; (2) mental quality; (3) doctrine, teaching; (4) nibbāna. Also, principles of behavior that human beings ought to follow so as to fit in with the right natural order of…
Wrestling the mind in meditation
Do you ever wonder what happens in meditation for other people, or if you are even doing it right? Well, I have. Sometimes I wonder why no one has ever written about the meditation experience to give people a clearer…
Outer space
Several recent dhamma talks that I have listened to refer to opening the space that we have available to us in meditation. Seeing the spaciousness is a wonderful way of letting go of the self, and allowing plenty of room…