Concentration holds an object before mindfulness. Mindfulness then pays close attention to it. Then investigation finds that it is constantly changing, thus showing the signs of unsatisfactoriness and...
Concepts and reasoning just get in the way. Don’t think. See.
Don’t think. See.
Essentially, insight meditation is a practice of investigative personal discovery.
Every evil deed, every example of heartlessness in the world, stems directly from this false sense of me as distinct from everything else.
Every mental state has a birth, a growth, and a decay. You should strive to see these stages clearly. This is no easy thing to do, however. As we have already noted, every thought and sensation begins...
Everything is dangerous. No activity is entirely without risk, but that does not mean that we should wrap ourselves in a protective cocoon. That is not living, but is premature death. The way to deal...
Feeling is one of the seven universal mental factors. The other six are contact, perception, attention, concentration, life force, and volition.
In the practice of meditation you become sensitive to the actual experience of living, to how things actually feel. You do not sit around developing sublime thoughts about living. You live. Vipassana...
In the same way, morality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit pattern that you have consciously and voluntarily chosen t...
Jhanic happiness is calm, peaceful, and smooth. It is not excitement. It is almost the opposite. Spiritual happiness makes you relaxed, calm, peaceful, and concentrated.
Mindfulness is a broader and larger function than concentration. it is an all-encompassingfunction. Concentration is exclusive. It settles down on one item and ignores everythingelse. Mindfulness is i...
Mindfulness of impermanence in any of the four foundations is the entry point. Seeing anicca leads you to seeing dukkha and anatta. Seeing these three marks of existence leads you to liberation.
Ordinary human thinking is full of greed, jealousy, and pride. A man seeing another man on the street may immediately think, He is better looking than I am. The instant result is envy or shame. A girl...
Pin your attention to the simple sensation of breath at the nostrils. Stay with it as the breath naturally slows down and becomes fine and light. Allow thoughts of the breath to drop away. Stay with t...
Somewhere in this process, you will come face to face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell...
The essence of life is suffering, said the Buddha. At first glance this statement seems exceedingly morbid and pessimistic. It even seems untrue. After all, there are plenty of times when we are happy...
The mind can never be focused without a mental object. Therefore we must give our mind an object that is readily available every present moment. One such object is our breath. The mind does not have t...
The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built.
There is a point in the meditator’s career where he or she may practice special exercises to develop psychic powers. But this occurs far down the line. Only after the meditator has reached a very deep...
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