But I cannot see the future. I cannot even see one minute in front of me. Recent events have had me suffering greatly because the future is so terribly unclear. And when I think of Bhante’s words to “accept, be…
I can see for miles
Tag: dukkha
Denial is not a river in Egypt
Denial (also called abnegation) is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may…
No more dukkha
dukkha: unsatisfactoriness, suffering, pain, distress, discontent, stress For many people, the Pali word “dukkha” simply means suffering. But I have learned that this is in fact somewhat inaccurate. Dukkha is better described as unsatisfactory conditions. One example could be that…
How we handle death
Recently, one of the Monks from the Blue Lotus Temple lost their Father. He was a young man, younger than I am. His illness the result of unsafe drinking water in his village of Kanthale. As sad as this was…
I’m so happy I could burst!
Aren’t you happy for me? Does it make you smile, knowing that I am simply overjoyed right now? Would you like to know my secret to this tremendous happiness, and how to make it last? Acceptance (khanti) and non-attachment (nekkhamma).…