MEDITATIONS 4

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

Beyond Nature August 8, 2007 It’s good to come back to a place like this where you can hear the

Becoming July 23, 2007 Try to keep track of the breath. Don’t think about the fact that you’re going to

Disenchantment October 19, 2007 We all practice for the sake of happiness, for a happiness that goes deeper than ordinary

Three Perceptions August 21, 2007 Almost any book on Buddhism will tell you that the three characteristics — the characteristic

Experimental Intelligence August 7, 2007 One of the most important principles in meditating on the breath is learning how to

The Path of Mistakes March 26, 2007 An essential aspect of Buddhist practice is that we have to learn how

The Regularity of the Dhamma May 22, 2006 There’s a school of thought that says each present moment is so

Not What You Are, What You Do August 24, 2007 When you first look at a teaching like dependent co-arising,

The Path Has a Goal February 12, 2008 When the Buddha taught the practice as a path, one of the

The Human Condition January 10, 2005 Human life, when you think about it, can be pretty miserable. Think of how

Kamma & Rebirth February 29, 2008 We’re born into this world without an instruction booklet. There’s nothing to explain which

The Raft of Concepts August 3, 2007 When you start out meditating, you have to think — but in a

Fear of Death October 11, 2005 The Buddha’s decision to go off into the forest started with his realization that

Antidotes for Clinging October 7, 2007 There are some places in the Pali Canon where the Buddha says that the

Levels of Addiction November 11, 2006 What is attachment? It’s basically a kind of addiction, trying to find happiness in

The Taste vs. the Reality August 1, 2007 In India they have an interesting theory about why people enjoy art.