MEDITATIONS 10

A Rite of Passage December 10, 2018 One of the things our culture lacks is a serious rite of passage:

Comfortable as an Outsider December 28, 2019 We suffer largely because of the way we talk to ourselves. That’s what

Filling in the Buddha’s Outline January 4, 2019 We’re working on a set of skills here that are meant to

No One Size Fits All October 17, 2018 Ajaan Fuang once told me he heard Ajaan Mun say that we

Appreciating Your Practice January 5, 2019 When Ajaan Fuang taught meditation, he would hand out a copy of Ajaan Lee’s

Be Precise March 9, 2019 We’re here to observe our minds. But we start by observing the breath, because the

The Prison Break May 29, 2019 Ajaan Suwat once made an interesting observation. He noted that all beings are looking

See Your Thoughts as Strange August 17, 2018 Try and settle into the body—the body as you feel it from

A Conglomeration of Germs July 18, 2018 I don’t know if you’ve ever contemplated our hummingbirds. They’re living in a

A Snare of Death Laid Out December 6, 2018 Craving has a location. In fact, it defines locations. It becomes

Don’t Just Fatten Your Mind October 9, 2018 We practice concentration as our food on the path. We try to

You Can’t Relax Your Way to Awakening December 13, 2018 There’s a Pali phrase that the Thai ajaans repeat a

Wise about Pain July 19, 2019 Take some good, long, deep in-and-out breaths. Get a sense of where you feel

Let Pleasure & Pain Fall Off the Plow June 1, 2018 Ordinarily, the mind goes bouncing back and forth between

The Dead Snake Around Your Neck June 23, 2018 We’ve talked a lot in the past about how the three

Worries & Regrets June 22, 2018 By the time I went to stay with him, Ajaan Fuang very rarely accepted

Unchanged by Loss September 18, 2018 One of the passages we often chant together is, “I will grow different, separate