A guide to mindfulness and Vipassana meditation as taught by Luangpu Pramote
The world has always been chaotic, even at the international level. There really has never been peace. Problems are a part of the world. Currently, conflicts are everywhere; this is normal. There are conflicts among politicians, government officials, teachers, police forces, and even monks; this is normal. When you hear the news, take care of …
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 …
Listening to the teachings alone is not enough; there is no way to understand. It may seem like we understand, but we cannot truly understand without practicing. We listen to the teachings to know how to practice, and then we put them into practice, making mistakes and corrections along the way. It’s okay to make …
Each of us has a limited amount of time. The average lifespan is approximately thirty thousand days and then we leave this world. Some people have less time, sometimes just one day. Some die in the womb. Our lives are not that long. Buddhists shouldn’t be careless. The Buddha tried to warn us in his …