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Tikkhapaññā☁
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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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Purifying virtue is not so much about getting the legal description of the precepts and then seeing how much one has to do and how much one can get away with. It’s more about approaching the precepts from ...

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November 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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We suffer so much because ...

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November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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If you’re used to hearing a teaching in one way ...

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November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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The reason why the Dhamma teachings have survived is because the Buddha worked really hard ...

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November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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To whatever extent there are phenomena conditioned or unconditioned, ...

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November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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For these sublime attitudes* to be fully developed, they must pervade your thoughts, words, and deeds. Only then will they be effective ...

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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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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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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 ...

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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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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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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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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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📡🧡🧡🧡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