Tikkhapaññā ☁️

When we use the word ‘renunciation’ in English, it generally means a sense of ‘going without’, or gritting our teeth and thinking, ... #Buddhism #renunciation

Yogi: I am finding the heat unbearable these days. Sayadaw Tejaniya: So what do you do? Complain or meditate? #Buddhism #meditation #meditate

Layperson: I reduced watching the news. Ven. Ajahn Suchart: Yes, the news is the same. You cannot ... #Buddhism #news #realnews

In the Paṭhamaakkhanti Sutta, the Buddha expounds the five drawbacks of intolerance, and the benefits of being tolerant. Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of intolerance. What five? #Buddhism #intolerance #tolerance

So ‘intent’ isn’t an idea in your head, but the inclination of your heart. And Right Intent, or Right Motivation ... #Buddhism #intent #motivation #Theravada

What the Buddha is encouraging is a strength of attitude, a robustness, ... #Buddhism

Question: Is everything that happens in our life meant to be, or is there such a thing as free will? Answer: The Buddha rejected the belief that everything in our life is fated, ... #Buddhism

Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot. What five? #Buddhism

Any form of wealth, if we want it to last, must depend on good basic principles in the heart, steady principles which are not ... #Buddhism

The quality of sympathetic joy is an interesting one in terms of social action. Its opposite is ... #Buddhism

When developing good states of mind, we may ask: What qualities should I cultivate? Which one should I cultivate first? When we consider good states and their cultivation, ... #Buddhism

Hard is it to be born a human; hard is the life of mortals. Hard is it to gain the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas. ~Dhammapada 182 #Buddhism

The Buddha said that the most important thing in our life is our mind because ... #Buddhism #mind #happiness

You must use the Dhamma to help you awaken. Out there in the world, you might rely on music, entertainment and other stimulants to keep you awake, but here, we use the energy of the Dhamma and the skillful qualities of #mindfulness, patient effort and #wisdom. ~Ajahn Kalyano

When we let go of the conventions, we don’t throw them away. I don’t have to ... #Buddhism #delusion #suffering #freedom #Theravada

In the Vitakka Sutta, this is said by the Buddha: Mendicants, there are these three unskillful thoughts. What three? #Buddhism

The Buddha taught that the greatest gift is the gift of Dhamma. For it is the Dhamma that 'turns upright what has been upside-down, reveals what has been hidden, shows the way to those who are lost, raises a lamp in the darkness for those with eyes to see forms.' ~Ajahn Jayasāro

Making puñña (merit) and dāna (giving) is a way of letting go of ... #Buddhism

During one of the first years, that we were establishing Wat Pah Nanachat, the forest monastery Ajahn Chah set up for foreigners, the villagers would come and ... #Buddhism

Your children bring you delight! Your cattle also bring you delight! #Buddhism #sutta #sutra