Legacy 11
The slogan of Suan Mokkh is ‘eat from a cat’s plate, bathe in a stream, sleep in a pen, and listen to the mosquitoes sing.’ This is a practical standard for eliminating the problems of material life and supports mental development because it follows that natural principle which says, ‘simple living, high thinking.’
Exposing Ourselves to the Truth
When Kisa Gotami’s child died she went mad with grief. Grasping the child’s body firmly to her breast, she refused to believe the truth. Kisa Gotami searched ceaselessly for someone to cure her child of its illness.
Legacy 10
The five pillars on our roofs are symbolic of the five hindrances (nīvaraṇa), the five groups of clinging (upādānakkhandha), the five powers (bala), the five sovereigns (indriya), the five essentials (dhammasāra), the five paths & fruits & nibbāna (magga-phalanibbāna). Even the five fingers on your own hand are just reminders of the matter of eliminating dukkha for us all.
Very Well Is Not Good
Ajahn Chah did not speak English but he was very skilled in teaching his Western disciples who knew little Thai. One day, in the weeks following my arrival at Wat Pah Pong, I was sweeping leaves when he walked by on an inspection tour.
Contentment
In the Buddhist sense, contentment is the feeling that comes when we know how to appreciate the good points of something, …
Untrustworthy People
These days there seems to be so much contention throughout the world on so many important issues. Often we don’t have the time or resources to be able to make reliable judgements as to where the truth is really to be found.
Never Give Up
It is because we have all created a great deal of good kamma in our past lives that we have been born into the human realm and come into contact with Buddhism.
Practising the Recollection of Death
The Buddha often spoke in praise of practising the recollection of death. He declared that if well cultivated it leads to the deathless. When he once asked a group of monks how they developed this practice
The Blessing of a Long Life
In all parts of the world, a long life is considered a blessing. But what is a long life? What if it were defined in terms of the time we are conscious of being alive?
In the Present Moment
It was cool and damp this morning here in the hermitage. After my daily meal I returned to my kuti, wrapped myself in my shawl, and made a cup of tea.
Buddhadasa’s 100 Years of Memory, 100 Worthy Dhamma Poetries
This kind of Dhamma topic in poetry is for consideration in order to see the truth of that phrase clearly and go on considering till that feeling really happened and then mind has changed by that truth which cause a feeling of pity, carefulness, changing an unworthy habits, washing all annoying feelings out of the mind and got a cleanness, clearness, calmness instead by a proper behavior of each other.
Forbearance
Forbearance (Khanti) was praised by the Buddha as the ‘supreme incinerator’ of defilement. It has been defined as ‘peaceful co-existence with the unpleasant’.
