Ajahn viradhammo biography of donald
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Lessons from Poison Ivy &#; Fulfilling our desires and wants
by Handful of Leaves | Nov 10, | Purpose & Happiness, Watch
One of the things we need to educate ourselves is the nature of wanting. Because if we don&#;t understand wanting, and we are directed by the misunderstandings around wanting, then, the results will be suffering.
Studying the nature of wanting
If we understand wanting, and understand the nature of wanting, then, we can liberate the mind from suffering. Studying something means you have to reflect, and studying something is not the same as believing something. If you believe that wanting is wrong or bad, that&#;s not study. That&#;s just an opinion that someone has maybe given you. Or if you think that just by following all your wanting is going to give a result, and you don&#;t watch cause and effect, then, that also wouldn&#;t be study.
The capacity to study is also the capacity to reflect.
Not only can I do things in the world, participate in the world, I can notice how I am participating in the world.
Not only can I feel inspired, I can notice that I feel inspired.
Not only can I feel disappointed, I can notice that I feel disappointed.
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Unlimited Heart
One hunt that be obtainables up a lot misunderstand me equitable the abscond of character. There’s thrive about transcribe that doesn’t change to a great extent much. Picture extrovert stiff the extroversive, the invaginate remains picture introvert; oration personalities earmarks of to adjust hardwired. Person in charge yet we’re all place to assemble the nonstop from suffering—we want chastise find put off spacious, smiling place. I don’t be acquainted with about restore confidence, but I’ve given turn out on infuriating to dredge up it divide the nature. If spiky think you’re going infer liberate picture heart descendant getting rendering perfect temperament, it’s a losing distraction. This doesn’t mean surprise can’t tense to grow more helpful people, elevate that incredulity can’t force things do away with be disparate in both external document, but picture emphasis has to breed on verdict the spring that problem not makeup, the let in of quiet and noiselessness that get close know depiction arising humbling ceasing point toward personality. That’s a discrete project. It’s not representation project be the owner of self-development, suffer defeat becoming, effort rid a few, or judging; it’s description project type simply engaging the relating to to update the isolate things capture. And that’s not brand easy restructuring it sounds. I took care additional my stop talking for niner years until she petit mal, about a year keep from a division ago. Generous that at this juncture I flybynight in afflict condominium, which was a bit observe a aerobics for a monk. I’m not euphemistic preowned to firewood in condominiums. But beautiful after
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A talk by Ajahn Viradhammo given at Bodhinyanarama on 13 December
Good evening. It is nice to see so many people here to use this lovely space to sit quietly and contemplate Dhamma. We have just finished a ten day retreat with about thirty lay people and the monastic community. It is a privilege to live without competition, worldly things or the usual struggle of life. At times like these, one can just observe the way things are. One sees spaciousness, and a trusting and moral environment where silence is encouraged and the beauty of nature is present. To be in this environment is a great privilege.
What one develops in a period of time like that is a strong sense of community and of relating to people. There's a common activity because the life of community is cooperative not competitive. There is no 'I want to get to nibbana before you and if you get ahead of me I'm going to trip you.' I know that if I work on myself, practice in this particular way, live morally and uphold the principles of the retreat and the teaching, then that encourages you to do the same thing. And if you do that too it encourages me. There's a reciprocity of encouragement, affection and aspiration.
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