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  1. One who lives restrained in the senses
    And focused on unpleasant things,
    Who is moderate in food,
    Who has faith and diligence:
    Mara cannot overcome him,
    Just as wind cannot overcome a rocky mountain.
    ~Dhammapada 8

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

  2. As Buddhist practitioners, we bind ourselves to the Buddha’s teachings. This means that not only do you remember the Buddha’s teachings and have confidence in them, ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada

  3. As Buddhist practitioners, we bind ourselves to the Buddha’s teachings. This means that not only do you remember the Buddha’s teachings and have confidence in them, ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada

  4. As Buddhist practitioners, we bind ourselves to the Buddha’s teachings. This means that not only do you remember the Buddha’s teachings and have confidence in them, ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada

  5. As Buddhist practitioners, we bind ourselves to the Buddha’s teachings. This means that not only do you remember the Buddha’s teachings and have confidence in them, ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada

  6. As Buddhist practitioners, we bind ourselves to the Buddha’s teachings. This means that not only do you remember the Buddha’s teachings and have confidence in them, ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada

  7. Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless,
    Heedlessness is the path to death.
    The mindful never die,
    the heedless are as if dead already.
    ~Dhammapada 21

    #Buddhism #Theravada #mindfulness #mindful #sutta

  8. Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless,
    Heedlessness is the path to death.
    The mindful never die,
    the heedless are as if dead already.
    ~Dhammapada 21

    #Buddhism #Theravada #mindfulness #mindful #sutta

  9. Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless,
    Heedlessness is the path to death.
    The mindful never die,
    the heedless are as if dead already.
    ~Dhammapada 21

    #Buddhism #Theravada #mindfulness #mindful #sutta

  10. Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless,
    Heedlessness is the path to death.
    The mindful never die,
    the heedless are as if dead already.
    ~Dhammapada 21

    #Buddhism #Theravada #mindfulness #mindful #sutta

  11. Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless,
    Heedlessness is the path to death.
    The mindful never die,
    the heedless are as if dead already.
    ~Dhammapada 21

    #Buddhism #Theravada #mindfulness #mindful #sutta

  12. A good person is born in a family for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people. For the ...

    #Buddhism #Theravada #suttas #sutta #benefit #welfare #happiness

  13. Even so, on the rubbish heap of blinded mortals, the disciple of the Supremely Enlightened One shines resplendent in wisdom.
    ~Dhammapada 59

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #sutta

  14. One who lives unrestrained in the senses
    And focused on pleasant things,
    Who is immoderate in food,
    Who is listless and lazy:
    Mara overcomes him,
    Just as wind overcomes a weak tree.
    ~Dhammapada 7

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

  15. Question:
    Buddhists talk a lot about being in the present moment. Doesn’t that conflict with learning from past experiences and planning for the future?

    Answer:
    Past and future meet ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #Dharma #presentmoment

  16. “Cessation” is an important word in Buddhism, and it’s one that I like to define as the fading away of the sense of self.

    The sense of self fades away when we don’t attach to an experience. Cessation occurs when we learn to look at experience objectively.
    ~Ajahn Viradhammo

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #BuddhistWisdom #Dharma

  17. #Dhamma Talk #audio recording "Cornucopia":
    bhikkhu.ca/buddhism/audio/2023

    #Buddhist #dharma #Theravada #religion #spirituality #Buddhism

    Topics: relatives who pass away, merit, #happiness, puñña, rebirth, favorable birth, heavenly rebirth, good kamma, vipaka, resultants, practice as a form of #investment, reframing our #worldview, battling depression, critique, dukkha, ignorance, #humanity, #ProblemSolving, #HumanNature, #cooperating in large groups, emotional and psychological conditioning

  18. #Buddhism #Sutta #Theravada #Samyutta #Silence #TheSoundsOfSilence

    A philosophy professor I once had said that one of the worst things you could do to many people is to tie them down to a chair in a room with no stimulation.

    People are afraid of being alone with their thoughts

    Hence newspapers, televisions, radios, and the worst: mobile phones.

    A minority of people relish silence

    Of course the same person could relish silence at some times and not at others

    ---

    “In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so scary to me!”

    “In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so delightful to me!”

    ---

    SN 1.15: Whispers
    suttacentral.net/sn1.15/en/suj

  19. #Buddhism #Theravada #Samyutta #Sutta #Sutra #Anger

    From
    SN 7.3 Asundarika Sutta
    suttafriends.org/sutta/sn7-3

    “The fool thinks he has won,
    when speaking with harsh words.
    However, patience is the true victory,
    for those who praise patience.

    “When you get angry at an angry person,
    you just make things worse for yourself.
    When you don’t get angry at an angry person,
    you win a battle hard to win.

    “When you know that the other person is angry,
    if you’re patient, mindful and calm,
    then you act for the good of both
    for yourself and the other person.

    “People unfamiliar with the Buddha’s teachings
    consider that the person who acts
    for the good of both oneself and the other
    to be a fool.”

    ---

  20. Morning meditation — The heart’s Release by Loving-Kindness.

    ‘I declare that the heart’s release by loving-kindness has the beautiful for its excellence.’
    The Buddha — SN 46.54

    buddhismnow.com/2022/12/12/mor

    #Buddhism #Theravada #TheravadaBuddhism #Pali #Sutta

  21. Another incredible Sutta discussion with Venerable Candā of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project - a pioneering project working to establish the first Theravada Bhikkuni Monastery in the UK where women can train towards full ordination. Please support them if you can.

    #DhammaTalk #Dhamma #UK #Theravada #Buddhism #Sutta #Anukampa #Bhikkhuni #AN5 #ordination #VenerableCanda

    youtu.be/y46k5-wICdc