MEDITATION 6

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

Pissing on Palaces April 9, 2010 A famous scholarly monk from Bangkok who was very skeptical about the Wilderness Tradition

A Mind Without Inertia February 13, 2010 The texts tell us that when the Buddha was newly awakened, he surveyed

Staying, Moving, & Neither December 28, 2010 If you were to boil all the issues of concentration practice down to

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

The Particulars of Your Suffering September 22, 2011 I once knew a journalist in Bangkok who asked me why Buddhism

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

Recollection of Hell February 9, 2010 We’re sitting here fabricating, putting together a sense of the body, putting together feelings,

Recollecting the Devas September 28, 2009 There was a monk back in the early part of the 20th century, Kruba

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

Loss April 19, 2010 One of the things you notice as you practice is how many selves you have. Often

The Truth of Transcendence October 27, 2010 Years back, a friend of my brother found out that I was a

Choiceful Awareness July 21, 2012 Sometimes our problem as meditators is that we’ve read too much, listened to too many

Freedom & Responsibility October 30, 2011 If you go to an allopathic doctor, you get asked certain types of questions

The Kindness of Body Contemplation January 30, 2013 When we focus on the breath, we’re with the body in and

Love Me, Love My Defilements May 3, 2010 A concept that many modern people find very hard to accept is