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On the nature of wrong view

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022Hermitage meditation

Based on a transcription of a talk by the late Luang Por Boontham, translated from Thai. A short note to preface this: the ‘right view’ referred to here is clearly the noble right view, often referred to in the suttas […]Continue reading

The thing called ‘happiness’ is actually suffering – but how to see it?

May 14, 2021May 15, 2021Hermitage meditation

Based on part of a talk by Luang Por Boontham We have to know both ‘heedfulness’ and ‘heedlessness.’’ Or we might say ‘care’ and ‘carelessness,’ Where are care and carelessness? In what kind of practice is there proper heedfulness? What […]Continue reading

The right way of knowing | Mindfulness of the body

January 19, 2021January 21, 2021Hermitage meditation

We have already a complete article focused on the mindfulness of breathing, but here we would like to open up and explain how this mindfulness is carried throughout the day, and particularly in regard to bodily position and bodily movements.  […]Continue reading

what is the use of faith?

September 3, 2019January 17, 2021Hermitage meditation

In meditation, every time you let go of an emotion or a thought, you are removing from yourself, going against yourself.  You believe these are your feelings, your thoughts, your ideas. Part of yourself. It is as if every time […]Continue reading

why do we want to let go of our emotions?

August 29, 2019September 10, 2019Hermitage meditation

To practice the quality of equanimity, it is important to learn how to stop being a slave of one’s emotions. In the meditation of this school, we aim to be able to observe how any emotion is born and drop it right at the place where it is born.

the difference between control and observation

August 17, 2019January 17, 2021Hermitage meditation

Can we exercise control over our emotions? Trying to control one’s emotions or the direction of one’s mind in no way reduces the struggle that we live from day to day. Maybe you have already seen this in your life? […]Continue reading

rite and ritual and what is wrong with it

August 6, 2019August 9, 2019Hermitage meditation

Why do we make rites and rituals? There are thousands that exist in hundreds of various forms all around the world. How are these born, and what is the purpose of them? What is the purpose of them for you […]Continue reading

where is self? the meaning of ‘anata’ or non-self

August 1, 2019January 17, 2021Hermitage meditation

We are so worried, so constantly anxious, running as fast as we can in circles round our little Self. It’s as if we already know inside from the beginning that it is just an image, fake, put-together.

“are you lonely too?” let us talk of loneliness

July 24, 2019January 17, 2021Hermitage meditation

I have this problem that keeps coming back: I am desperately lonely.   I need to be loved, and I’m not. I feel that in the deepest way possible, nobody understands me: I have nobody I can really, fully trust. I’m […]Continue reading

between birth and death: the value of life

July 17, 2019January 17, 2021Hermitage meditation

Have you ever asked yourself the question: does life have value? Why am I here? Is there a point to everything, and if there is, what is it? And if there isn’t – what are we doing here in this […]Continue reading

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