Dhamma Essays - Hermitage Meditation Centre

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 whole Dhamma is to let go of evil

April 27, 2021April 28, 2021Hermitage meditation

From a talk by Luang Por BoonthamTo learn Dhamma is to learn the right way of thinking. We have been talking about the suffering of aversion: especially the suffering of blaming others and becoming angry. Nobody can make us angry. […]Continue reading

The eyes to see Dhamma

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021Hermitage meditation

Based on a discourse by Luang Por Boontham, translated from Thai. How can you bring your eyes along with you when you die? No one can carry their eyes along with them; when we die, the eyes will remain right […]Continue reading

The action of thinking

January 26, 2021March 20, 2021Hermitage meditation

This essay is based on a discourse from Luang Por Boontham, translated from Thai to English. It is necessary to concentrate the mind at only one point and not have it divided in all directions. Focus it either at the […]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

The mistake of pursuing happiness in concentration

January 14, 2021October 14, 2021Hermitage meditation

Let us talk about what goes wrong (a lot) when one tries to practice mindfulness or concentration with a desire for pleasant feelings. First, we have to understand the nature of attachment to pleasant feelings, this desire that has defined […]Continue reading

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