Tag: Metta

Buddhist parenting

I’m sure the title of this post will pique many people’s curiosity. So just to clarify at the onset, I do not write this as any sort of authority on parenting – Buddhist or otherwise. That said, I have been…

A Christmas Sutta

Karanîya Metta Sutta (translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu)   This is to be done by one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace: Be capable, upright, & straightforward, easy to instruct, gentle, &…

W.M.D.’s

No not Weapons of Mass Destruction, but Wisdom, Meditation and Determination. In a sense, I suppose these are weapons of destruction. The destruction of delusion, suffering, dogma’s and seperateness. Bhante Sujatha was the one who taught me that “bhavana” is…

Outer space

Several recent dhamma talks that I have listened to refer to opening the space that we have available to us in meditation. Seeing the spaciousness is a wonderful way of letting go of the self, and allowing plenty of room…

This love and that love

I don’t know why, but most mornings, at the start of my meditation, I have some small epiphany. This morning was again one of those mornings. I began my thoughts of loving kindness (metta) with my Mother and with Bhante…