MEDITATIONS 3

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

Freedom Undefined December 17, 2004 There’s a passage in the Dhammapada where the Buddha says that life as a householder is difficult,

Strategies for Happiness August 26, 2004 Those chants are often juxtaposed just before we meditate: “The world is swept away.”

Perception August 19, 2005 That phrase in the chant just now — “those who don’t discern suffering” — sounds a

Battling Darkness August 6, 2005 One of the standard analogies for meditation is that you’re going into battle with all

Standing Where the Buddha Stood January 18, 2005 In all the passages where the Buddha describes his Awakening, he talks

Fabricating the Present August 20, 2004 Bring the mind to the breath, for this is where everything important is happening.

Things as They’ve Come to Be August 29, 2005 Sometimes at the end of suttas, when the Buddha has been

Investing Your Happiness August 3, 2004 One of the purposes of meditation is to sensitize yourself to the fact that

Pleasure & Pain April 15, 2005 Pleasure and pain are big issues in our lives — so big that you’d

The Meaning of the Body October 15, 2004 Everything in life is fabricated. It’s all put together. And it doesn’t

A Multilingual Mind April 2, 2005 One of the things you notice in meditation as you start looking at your

Habits of Perception November 27, 2004 What have you got here in the present moment? You’ve got the body, you’ve

The End of Uncertainty May 5, 2005 Very few things in life are certain. Even the thoughts we know to be true:

Licking Yourself Clean May 25, 2005 The Buddha once said that one of the prerequisites for concentration is a sense

No Preferences July 20, 2005 The Canon tells us that the Buddha’s contemporaries fell into two main camps: what you

Active Truth April 7, 2005 The Buddha had a very active sense of the truth. True things on the conditioned