Merit The Buddha’s Strategies For Happiness
MERIT THE BUDDHA’S STRATEGIES FOR HAPPINESS a study guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu COPYRIGHT copyright 2013 thanissaro bhikkhu This work is licensed
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THANISSARO BHIKKHU
Basic Wisdom
Basic Wisdom “There are some cases in which a person overcome with pain, his mind exhausted, grieves, mourns, laments, beats
Read more Puñña: Merit
Puñña: Merit A blessing: friends when the need arises. A blessing: contentment with whatever there is. Merit at the ending of life
Read more Dana: Giving
Dana: Giving “Without abandoning these five qualities, one is incapable of entering & remaining in the first jhana… second jhana…
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Sila: Virtue Irrigators guide the water. Fletchers shape the arrow shaft. Carpenters shape the wood. Those of good practices control themselves. — Dhp 145 Through initiative,
Read more Bhavana: Meditation
Bhavana: Meditation This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “All the grounds for
Read more The Merit Of Stream-entry
The Merit of Stream-entry “Sariputta, ‘The stream, the stream’: thus it is said. And what, Sariputta, is the stream?” “This
Read more Beyond Merit
Beyond Merit As he was standing to one side, Uttara the deva’s son recited this verse in the Blessed One’s
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Glossary Arahant: A “worthy one” or “pure one”; a person whose mind is free of defilement and is thus not
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Abbreviations AN Anguttara Nikaya Dhp Dhammapada DN Digha Nikaya Iti Itivuttaka Khp Khuddakapatha MN Majjhima Nikaya Mv Mahavagga SN Samyutta
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Meditations 10
Meditations 10 Dhamma Talks by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Copyright copyright 2020 ṭhānissaro bhikkhu This work is licensed under the
Read more More Than Ordinary Heedfulness
More than Ordinary Heedfulness October 22, 2019 The Buddha said that all skillful qualities have their root in heedfulness. This
Read more Worry Vs. Heedfulness
Worry vs. Heedfulness November 16, 2019 Bring your attention to the breath. Try to breathe in a way that feels
Read more For Goodness’ Sake
For Goodness’ Sake December 27, 2019 A few weeks ago I was in Thailand. While I was there I went
Read more Seeing Danger In Birth
Seeing Danger in Birth October 30, 2019 I remember the first time when being a human being scared me. I
Read more Becoming Capable Of Happiness
Becoming Capable of Happiness May 19, 2018 “Days and nights fly past, fly past. What am I becoming right now?”
Read more On Idle Chatter
On Idle Chatter May 28, 2019 Of all the forms of wrong speech, idle chatter is the hardest to get
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