Tag: Bhavana

A friend or a Noble friend

noble friend

Noble friends are we? What’s the difference you say? Well I believe it is a World of difference. Most of us have many friends, some of whom are near and dear to us, while others are merely “Facebook friends”. And…

Pali lesson

dhamma [Skt. dharma]: (1) Event; a phenomenon in and of itself; (2) mental quality; (3) doctrine, teaching; (4) nibbāna. Also, principles of behavior that human beings ought to follow so as to fit in with the right natural order of…

The Three Pillars

Yesterdays dhamma talk by the Venerable Bhante Sujatha was about the Three Pillars in Buddhism. He spoke of the Three Pillars being Dana (giving), Sila (virtue, moral conduct), and Bhavana (loosely translated as meditation). His talked spurred me to investigate…

Right concentration

I have been trying to study and learn about the kasinas and jhanas, and found the following explanation by Bhikkhu Bodhi to be very clear and in-depth. Rather than trying to put this into my own words, I felt it…

Take your medicine

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. ~ Mary Poppins For me, loving kindness is the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. And in my practice, often it may seem difficult to take my medicine.…