The action of thinking

January 26, 2021 0 Comments 0 tags
This essay is based on a discourse from Luang Por Boontham, translated from Thai to English. It is necessary to ...

The right way of knowing | Mindfulness of the body

January 19, 2021 0 Comments 0 tags
We have already a complete article focused on the mindfulness of breathing, but here we would like to open up ...

The mistake of pursuing happiness in concentration

January 14, 2021 0 Comments 5 tags
Let us talk about what goes wrong (a lot) when one tries to practice mindfulness or concentration with a desire ...

Following the breath is not mindfulness of breathing | A teaching by Luang Por

January 2, 2021 0 Comments 0 tags
I have already mentioned that concentrating on the breath is not right concentration.  Why is that? It is because it ...

the simile of the taxi, and “right mindfulness”

June 2, 2020 0 Comments 5 tags
Where is "self," and what is the "right mindfulness"? These two questions are intimately linked, and here we explain why. ...

the difference between control and observation

August 17, 2019 2 Comments 4 tags
Can we exercise control over our emotions? Trying to control one’s emotions or the direction of one’s mind in no ...

effort

June 27, 2019 0 Comments 0 tags
It’s easy to think of effort as being purely physical, purely to do with persistence and non-stop work. Yet mental ...

the source of right and wrong – the correct practice of sila

May 3, 2019 0 Comments 11 tags
Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one’s mind: This is the teaching of the Buddha. It ...

how to be a mechanic of the mind

January 20, 2019 0 Comments 9 tags
Today happened this. We were lifting a big beam into the ceiling with the whole team. They are so heavy ...

why meditation is like catching flies

July 14, 2018 0 Comments 5 tags
Now it is summertime, we have a lot of flies that want to come in the house and we need ...