Contentment is a muscle, actually it’s a system of muscles like your back. But this muscle produces thoughts. Strangely enough,[…]
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Don’t let your yearning shine.
I once heard a song lyric that went “I’m gonna let my yearning shine”. I thought it seemed like a[…]
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I would like to speak in praise of dispassion for grasping and clinging. And what grasping am I speaking of?[…]
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Read moreSN 46.51 translated for suttacentral.net by Bhikkhu sujato
unedited source at suttacentral.net this is licenced CC0 Here is a short summarry of this sutta: The Buddha describes[…]
Read moreMN 20 synopsis and flash cards
MN 20 is the twentieth sutta (teaching) in the middle length teachings of the Buddha. It describes a five step[…]
Read moreThe Intersection between MN 20 and MN 61
In the instructions in MN 20 step 2 is to regard the thought as a danger and be horrified and[…]
Read moreMN 61 as translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (ellipsis expansions by me)
unedited source at suttacentral.net this is licenced CC0 this local post links here Middle length discourses of the Buddha Sutta[…]
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