Tag: Bhante Sujatha

Dark night of the soul

I am not going to discuss whether or not Buddhist’s believe in a soul or no soul (anatta). But instead, try to describe what would seem to be a temporary black-out of my practice. A feeling of unsettledness, loss, emptiness,…

Letting it all hang out

I swear to you, when I write each post, I do my very best to be completely candid and transparent. Yet after almost 2 years of writing this Blog daily, I often feel as though I have come across slightly…

No meditation day

While I do practice meditation every day, today I have had numerous things happening early in the morning that have so far prevented me from doing my typical sitting time. And also, being Saturday, it is the normal day that…

A Buddhist in a Non-Buddhist World

Impermanence, shmermanence! And what’s dukkha? It sounds like something you stepped in on a farm! Pali? Isn’t that what you call your Parrot? And don’t even get me started on no-self. What kind of crazy, new age, wacky thinking is…

The cleaner

A recent dhamma talk by Bhante Sujatha offered some candid insight into the human nature, including his own. Beside sharing his experiences of the recent humanitarian efforts he just returned from, he also exposed the unhappiness that he often experienced…