MEDITATIONS 1

The Components of Suffering May, 2003 Let your mind settle in. Stay with the breath. There’s nowhere else you have

Giving Rise to Discernment October 29, 2002 We meditate, developing mindfulness, developing concentration, and after a while we begin to

Producing Experience November 12, 2002 A friend of mine once wrote a novel about a storytelling contest between the gods

Mastering Causality May, 2001 They tell us that the heart of the Buddha’s Awakening was discovering the principle of causality,

The Six Properties March, 2003 In English we have a very limited vocabulary for describing how the body feels from

Fabrication March, 2001 The mind has a basic habit, which is to create things. In fact, when the Buddha describes

At the Door of the Cage July 30, 2003 Our practice requires a lot of letting go. We prefer to

Glossary Ajaan (Thai): Teacher; mentor. Arahant: A person who has abandoned all ten of the fetters that bind the mind to the