Ajahn Dhammasiha points out the incredible dedication and sacrifice required to win an Olympic medal. In order to win, or even just to make it to the Olympics at all, athletes regularly train beyond the pain threshold, design their whole life around their training requirements, eat special food, and endure excruciating hardship.

But when we compare the true, longterm benefit anyone receives from an olympic medal, with the benefit from Dhamma practice, we have to admit that advanced Dhamma practice is of far greater benefit to oneself and others. Even with all the joy and fame an olympic medal can provide, it can't match up with ending old age, death and all suffering, which only the Dhamma can bring us.

Why, then, are we not practising meditation with the same dedication olympic athletes are practising their sport?www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive.