Tag: Bhante

How to pleasure yourself

pleasure

One of the basic tenets of the Buddhist practice is to love yourself. And while most of us probably believe that we do, I am not so sure that we all have a deep understanding of this. To begin with,…

A “Like” button for life

Facebook

Or has Facebook become reality? It seems as thought the whole World is on Facebook. From kids to elderly, Nuns and Monks, Politicians and more. And most of us, myself included, spend way too much time getting input and stimulus…

The understanding of no self

Thanks in no small part to a wonderful dhamma talk recently given by Bhante Sankichcha of the Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, I finally feel as though I have an understanding of anatta (no self). Strangely, as much as I’ve studied…

I can see for miles

But I cannot see the future. I cannot even see one minute in front of me. Recent events have had me suffering greatly because the future is so terribly unclear. And when I think of Bhante’s words to “accept, be…

How big is your ego?

Perhaps the real question is, how big is my ego! Because if I think you have a big ego, and I have none, then I am considering myself superior in a way. That means my ego has taken over. How’s…