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darkness of samsara. Moreover, it is the act that purifies our minds, and so it is the act that brings us happiness. Without purity of mind there is no happiness; this act of meditating is that which brings us true happiness. As a result it should be something that we rejoice in. It goes without saying how important it is to meditate at all times; this is just one more reason for us to apply ourselves to the meditation. Someone asked today whether we were doing anything special on the Buddhist holiday and I joked: “meditate more.” It’s true, though, isn’t it? This is a chance for us to practice more intensively; it is a day when lay people will come to the monastery, take the eight precepts and listen to the dhamma. It’s a time when people undertake the practice of morality, concentration, and wisdom; it’s a good excuse, a special opportunity for all Buddhists. It’s an especially good opportunity for us who are living in the monastery, who have the chance to take the opportunity in full; to take is as a joyful occasion for ourselves. Here, we have the opportunity to meditate, and we take it. On the holy day we practice with greater conviction; it doesn’t mean you have to necessarily practice for longer periods of time, but you will at least make more effort to be mindful knowing that this is the holy day, knowing that there is a full moon and we are under the Bodhi tree; thinking about the Buddha who sat under the Bodhi tree. Here we are, 20 feet away from the Buddha – the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha sat. Finally, we can also take our practice as a puja towards the Buddha, a way of paying homage to the Buddha. We may wonder what we can do on a holy day to pay homage to the Buddha. The Buddha himself was very clear on this topic; when he was about to pass away and everyone was bringing flowers, paying homage to him, the Buddha taught that such homage wasn’t proper homage to the Buddha. He said: “yo kho, ānanda, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā upāsako vā upāsikā vā dhammānudhammappaṭipanno viharati sāmīcippaṭipanno anudhammacārī, so tathāgataṃ sakkaroti garuṃ karoti māneti pūjeti apaciyati, paramāya pūjāya.” 10
“Whether a bhikkhu or a bhikkhuni, a lay man or lay woman, when they dwell practising according to the teaching, realizing the teaching for themselves, practising properly according to the dhamma, this is a person who pays proper homage, pays proper respect, pays proper reverence, pays homage to the Buddha with the highest form of homage.” – DN 16 Every step we take is like offering a flower to the Buddha. The Buddha himself said our practice is the highest form of offering we can give. It is a gift to the Buddha, to the Buddha’s teaching, to the monastery, to the meditation centre, to the world. One step you take with mindfulness, clearly aware of the present moment as it is, with morality, concentration, and wisdom is the greatest gift you can give to yourself and to the entire universe. 11
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Page 3 and 4: Introduction This book is based on
Page 5 and 6: Celebrating A Buddhist Holiday When
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Page 9 and 10: any of us know how we became human
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Page 43 and 44: to support one’s practice, protec
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Page 49 and 50: tiṭṭhikā” - “patience, for
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further refine their observation; t
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A person who has realized nibbāna
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other recommended him to disrobe an
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the fact that “mindfulness” is
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cultivation of objective understand
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many minutes, hours, days, or even
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experience, not impersonal space-ti
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“Rising” and “falling” are
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meaning is actually closer to “ac
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emembrance. It is called memorizati
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8. sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, pe
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Once you see impermanence, it’s n
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disgusting it is because, if you do
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angel is still not as good as being
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to create, wanting to become. When
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knowledge, “I am freed!” - MN 7
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their beauty. This is likely the re
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2. paṇīto - is subtle 3. asecana
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The Buddha taught that inside of al
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Both greed and anger are caused by
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of experience. Once we are able to
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was as “afraid, afraid”, as wel
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for themselves and others. Actually
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true freedom - to see that all thin
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When we undertake the practice of m
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you can build up that won’t fall
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and effect works incessantly. This
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When we practice meditation our goa
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Part Three: Subjective Experience N
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haven’t studied the Buddha’s te
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happy. Even giving rise to good int
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The Nature of Reality Reality is a
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Simple Truth Studying the Dhamma is
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it changes. You will come to see th
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see the simple reality of our exper
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until finally the kid gets fed up.
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peaceful indigenous peoples of the
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to perpetuate themselves; beliefs i
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must look at it quite closely, whic
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and to agree with it, but the key i
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something goes contrary to our expe
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you obviously won't bump into anyth
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would like it to be. The technique
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