A guide to mindfulness and Vipassana meditation as taught by Luangpu Pramote
When I got up here, those who await the homework review session feel like they are the death row inmates awaiting to be executed. I don’t know why you have to be so frightened. Learning dhamma with the presence of a master, you do not have to be overly afraid. Your masters are not cruel. …
The Chinese are so delightful. Despite the hardship and the distance, they are so perseverant to learn. I notice that the Chinese are very purposeful. If they are not, they won’t travel a long way here. Sometimes, Thai fellows take things for granted. They feel that it is easy to come and learn. They can …
It’s truly challenging to understand the middle path. Luangpor observes and find that we often sway too much, sometimes too lax, sometimes too tight. But it’s not surprising that it’s challenging to find the middle path. Prince Siddhartha also struggled to find the middle path while he was an ascetic for many years. Sometimes his …
In the morning, Luangpor went out to the front of the Dhamma Hall, and saw many of you looking good, each one showing progress. There are a few who haven’t fully grasped the principles yet, but it’s not unusual. They can watch Luangpor’s teachings on YouTube repeatedly, and soon they will grasp the principles. It’s …
Yesterday was Visakha Bucha Day and many people came here to perform a light waving rite. After returning home, did you continue meditation? Who continued the practice? Please raise your hand. It’s good. I was afraid that you just went straight to shopping. Occasionally, we need to detach ourselves from the world and be secluded. …
Merely listening to the Dhamma wouldn’t yield significant benefits. It’s akin to monks who study Buddhist teachings but never put them into practice, consequently gaining no tangible advantages. They won’t be able to combat defilements. You need to engage in serious practice after listening to the Dhamma. However, seriousness doesn’t mean stress. Once I visited …
Presently there is a Chinese course going on. Chinese speakers from over ten countries. 600 or 700 hundred of them are listening and benefiting. The teachings can spread much further and wider than previously. In the old days, when we wanted to learn the Dhamma, we had to find it for ourselves –not listen live …
When you are free, don’t just let your mind wander freely. You can breathe mindfully, or keep repeating Bhuddo. Don’t waste your breath by doing nothing. Though there are only 5 minutes or 10 minutes, just keep practicing. At this temple, there are many fruit flies in the summer. I didn’t know it before moving …
When you’re doing a sitting meditation, don’t alter your mind. Almost all practitioners alter their minds to make them more still and dull. Instead, sit with mindfulness. If the mind doesn’t struggle, it will be peaceful. When you alter the mind, the mind needs to work; it can’t rest. So, the restful type of Samadhi …
We come to the temple to learn in order to know how to meditate, and then put it into practice. If we only listen but don’t practice, we won’t gain anything from it. And in some cases, the more we listen and study, the stronger our defilements become. That is, when reading Dhamma, the mind …