MEDITATION 8

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

Freedom, Conditioned & Not June 11, 2015 There are only two teachings that the Buddha lists as categorical, meaning that

Passion, Dispassion, Compassion January 15, 2010 There’s a Pali term, raga, which is usually translated as passion. And there’s its opposite, viraga, or dispassion.

Fire Escapes April 7, 2016 A rainy night like this forces your attention inside. If you send your mind out,

The Whole Elephant February 16, 2016 You probably know the story of the blind people and the elephant. A king

Train Your Hunger (The Sea Squirt) November 11, 2016 There’s a little animal called the sea squirt. It’s not very

Chickens from Hell September 17, 2016 We like to feed on our thoughts, which is why we feed them. We

Not-self Is a Value Judgment October 16, 2015 When the Buddha taught breath meditation to his son Rahula, he prefaced

Right View about Right View February 26, 2016 There are only two principles that the Buddha said are categorical—in other

Intelligent about Change July 22, 2016 Not all change is good, not all change is bad—and not all change is

Comparing Mind September 29, 2015 A couple of years back, I came across a photography book in which the photographer

A Noble Warrior’s Path March 26, 2014 The Buddha was a member of the noble warrior caste—in fact, it’s said

Clinging, Addictions, Obsessions December 27, 2015 As the Buddha said, suffering is the clinging-aggregates. The aggregates themselves are related to

Adult Dhamma March 5, 2015 I was reading a review of a short-story collection recently, in which the reviewer was

A True Person September 28, 2014 There’s a term in the Pali, sappurisa, that can be translated in a lot of

The Positive Side of Heedfulness December 25, 2015 If you could boil the practice down to one word, the word

So Little Time September 17, 2015 We have so little time. As the Buddha said, even if you have a