To know correctly

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 …

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The mind must possess the power of Samādhi

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 …

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