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Solitary Buddhist practitioner | student of the Noble 8Fold Path

Here to share the gift of true Dhamma for your reflection
May the Buddhasāsana last long!

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You’ve probably heard the rumor that “Life is suffering” is Buddhism’s first principle, the Buddha’s first noble truth. It’s a rumor with good credentials ...

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November 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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In the Saṅghāṭikaṇṇa Sutta, the #Buddha says:

Bhikkhus, even though a bhikkhu might hold on to the hem of my robe and follow close behind me step by step, ...

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November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Nibbāna is emptiness of the mind. The mind is cluttered with ...

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November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Sometimes, all you need to do is observe the arising and passing away of thoughts and feelings for the mind to let go of whatever it’s suffering with.
~Ajahn Kalyano

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November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Let a man guard himself against irritability in speech; let him be controlled in speech. Abandoning verbal misconduct, let him practice good conduct in speech.
~Dhammapada 232

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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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As we try to integrate the Buddha’s teachings into our daily lives, we can reflect on the following questions:

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November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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If Right Intent isn’t accessed, the mind gets snagged on the moods and thoughts that pass on the surface. Then we don’t recognize the basic goodness in ourselves and ...

#Buddhism #Dhamma #intent #Theravada #BuddhistWisdom #Dharma
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Fading away is said to be the best of all things whether conditioned or unconditioned ...

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November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Sadness is actually not depressing. We can become depressed by wanting it to be otherwise, ...

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November 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Right Effort involves work. It’s a steering of the mind. You are recognizing the unwholesome, letting it go, recognizing the wholesome and feeding it, maintaining it, keeping it in being – there is work going on. The Eightfold Path is a path of action.
~Ajahn Amaro

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November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Buddhist Romanticism is a result of a very natural human tendency: When presented with something foreign and new, people tend to see it ...

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October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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If one shows oneself in one way
While actually being otherwise,
What one enjoys is obtained by theft
Like the gains of a cheating gambler.
~SN1.35

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October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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People want to go to Nibbāna but when you tell them that there is nothing there, they begin to have second thoughts. But ...

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October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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A meditation session is the time to put down for a while all of our identities: ...

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October 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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‘All that is mine, beloved and pleasing, will become otherwise, will become separated from me.’

True or false?

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October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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In the Tatiyavagga, the Buddha says:

One person, mendicants, arises in the world for the hurt and unhappiness of the people, ...

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October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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What is the mind?

The mind doesn’t have any form. That which receives impressions, ...

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October 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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When there’s physical birth, notice how it makes us seem separate. We’re not physically joined to each other, are we? ...

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October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Long is the night to the sleepless;
long is the league to the weary.
Long is worldly existence to fools
who know not the Sublime Truth.
~Dhammapada 60

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October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Our teacher, Ajahn Chah, taught us to practice with integrity. It means doing the right thing, whether you are alone or with others. You know what you do, even if no one else sees you.
~Ajahn Kalyano

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October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The Pali word sīla originally meant simply conduct. But in the context of the Buddhist spiritual training, the term is used to...

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October 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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And what is the treasure of discernment/wisdom?

There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones is discerning, endowed with discernment of arising and passing away—noble, penetrating, leading to the right ending of stress.
~AN7.6

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October 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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📡🧡🧡🧡Radiating Pavāraṇā Full Moon mettā:
May all hardships be alleviated.
May all misfortunes be averted.
May good triumph over evil.
May universal kindness and harmlessness prevail.
May the world be healed and whole again.

:Exiting the 3-month Rains Retreat.🙏
October 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM