GATHER ’ROUND THE BREATH

Full Attention December 29, 2011 Ajaan Suwat used to call this place our quiet corner here. We’re literally at the

Levels of Truth October 7, 2010 Close your eyes, focus on the breath, notice where you feel the breathing. You

Feeding on Feeding November 11, 2011 There’s a saying in Thailand that if you haven’t suffered, you usually don’t go

Feeding Frenzy: Dependent Co-arising October 23, 2006 The Pali word for the worlds we create in the mind is bhava, which literally

Good Eating July 31, 2008 You may have noticed that when babies come across something new, they don’t engage in

Chewed Up by Your Food October 9, 2010 I read a story recently about a Siberian tiger that had gone

Isolating the Aggregates July 20, 2011 As the Buddha says, one of the rewards of concentration is that you get

Sensuality January 26, 2012 Two big enemies of concentration are sensual desire and ill will. It’s all too easy—as you’re

Transparent Becoming December 8, 2007 The mind is used to wandering around. That’s what the word samsara means. It’s not a place;

Cutting New Paths in the Mind October 10, 2011 When we’re taught to meditate, there’s so much emphasis placed on

Skills of the Dhamma Wheel November 10, 2009 Every time we chant the Sutta on Setting the Dhamma Wheel in

Heedful of Death February 11, 2011 Greek philosophers used to say that thinking about death is the beginning of wisdom.

Don’t Worry, Be Focused December 27, 2011 In several passages in the Canon, the Buddha says that the main thing

Strengthening Discernment January 11, 2012 The standard definition of discernment is the comprehension of fabrications, or sankharas, and you try to

Equanimity Isn’t Everything June 22, 2012 There was a time when Rahula went to the Buddha—he was probably a teenager

The Essence of the Dhamma July 28, 2012 We look at the forest tradition and to us it seems very

Freedom Through Painful Practice August 6, 2012 One of the measures of your wisdom is the extent to which you