By accepting your situation and wanting to be there…
By accepting where you are, temporarily, as a starting position, and wanting to be there, you gain the ability to[…]
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The four things required for success (iddhipādas)
1) Desire (chanda) 2) Energy (viriya) 3) Having your mindset / intent correct (citta) 4) Ingenuity (vīmaṃsā) 1) Desire: For[…]
Read moreOn motivation:
Three ways I know of to motivate yourself are sublimated anger, sublimated sadness, and flowing from faith. To sublimate anger:[…]
Read moreHow to approach a buddhist monastic.
Step one: Know the proper time, do not be a burden. Step two: establish humbleness. Step three: Reduce obstinacy to[…]
Read moreMy best advice if you suffer from anxiety.
The hindrance of restlessness and anxiety is fed by frequent improper attention to unsettled mind states. To discourage that look[…]
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 moreOn horror, humiliation, and disgust.
In MN 61, The Buddha instructs us to regard mental acts that we have done That led to harm for[…]
Read moreContentment is a muscle.
Contentment is a muscle, actually it’s a system of muscles like your back. But this muscle produces thoughts. Strangely enough,[…]
Read moreDon’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[…]
Read moreOn ill will
Ill will is one of the 5 hindrances to clear thought described by the Buddha. In SN 46.51, the Buddha[…]
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