Sīlabbataparāmāso, ‘’attachment to rules and rituals’’ is one of the three mental ties that are undone forever by the event of seeing Dhamma for oneself,…
This is one of the Buddha’s teachings that is most often quoted everywhere, so it might be difficult to realise how significant or how valuable it is when we read it.
When you are in anger, fear or anxiety, can you see clearly or think wisely? What if you could remove them? Find out how…
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…
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.
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…
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,…
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.
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…
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,…