Prepare for death as a wise one does
Regardless of whether life is good or bad, in the end, we are in this world temporarily. Whether we depart with possessions, or having to wait and receive the merit from others, all results from our actions.
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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 …
The Mind’s Refuge
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 …
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 …
Train the mind to be powerful and then cultivate wisdom
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 …