Tag: suffering

Breathing made easy

So last nights meditation was Vipassana (Mindfulness) meditation. But first I would like to share some advice I read recently about breathing. And that is, if you are doing mindfulness meditation and start feeling overwhelmed with disturbing emotions, it’s quite…

Who’s my Family?

I have been thinking about Family today, and about my children and grandchildren. I was thinking about how different each child is, their different ages and stages in life. Thinking about the one child who still lives with us, and…

Freedom

Just as in the great ocean there is but one taste – the taste of salt – so in this Dhamma and Discipline there is but one taste – the taste of freedom. – The Buddha (Uposatha Sutta) So many…

Buddha only taught one thing

One thing I teach: suffering and the end of suffering. It is just Ill and the ceasing of Ill that I proclaim. ~The Buddha I really found this statement by the Buddha to be very enlightening and liberating. I think…