If you long for a devoted crowd of disciples, it corrupts your heart and makes deep meditation difficult. Respect can be a dart, difficult to remove. -KN Thag 18.1 Sāriputtattheragāthā While this teaching is good and helpful, do not cling to it. Don’t treat it like a precious possession to be guarded and treasured. Always … Continue reading Teaching and Learning

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You should take time to be alone. If you spend time alone you will come to understand: this is suffering, this is the cause of suffering, this is the end of suffering, this is the way to end suffering. You should take time to be alone. If you spend time alone you will come to … Continue reading Wisdom 1

If you tie a dog to a post, it will keep running in circles all day. In the same way, a person who hasn’t learned the Dhamma will keep running in circles, obsessed with things, with feelings, with perception, choices, and consciousness. They are not free! -SN 22.10.99 Gaddulabaddha Sutta There are three kinds of … Continue reading Suffering

Once Vacchagotta the Wanderer said to the Buddha, “I hear that you teach that people should only give alms to you and your monks, nobody else. That giving to others doesn’t make merit. Is that true?” “No, that is not true,” replied the Buddha. “Giving is always a good thing, and anyone that says different … Continue reading Kamma