The Anusota Sutta – Going With The Flow
It is remarkable how often the Buddha’s original teachings as preserved in the Pali Canon are simple and practical advice on staying focused within the framework …
The Bhaddekaratta Sutta – Mindfulness of What Is Occurring
The Bhaddekaratta Sutta teaches the importance of being mindfully present of life as life unfolds. The title of this Sutta means an auspicious day…
Maha-Assapura Sutta
In the Maha-Assapura Sutta the Buddha teaches the assembled monks and nuns that being known as “contemplatives” and identifying as contemplatives does not fully describe the qualities of one following the Eightfold Path…
Unanswered Questions The Khema Sutta
The Buddha did not make a definitive declaration or left unanswered, questions that could not be answered as the declaration or direct answer would likely develop additional confusion or distraction…
Rahulavada Sutta – The Buddha Teaches His Son
The Rahulavada Sutta – The Buddha Teaches His Son is an article on how the Buddha teaches mindfulness to his seven year old son profound simplicity…
Dependent Origination And Conditioned Mind
All of human life is anicca, impermanent and uncertain. Life in the phenomenal world is ultimately unsatisfactory, dukkha, due to life’s inescapable qualities of impermanence and uncertainty. Arising from a wrong view of life in the phenomenal world, an impermanent and insubstantial “self” is formed…
Sankhitta Sutta – A Monk’s Concise Teaching
The Sankhitta Sutta – A Monk’s Concise Teaching recounts the teaching given to a monk who was eager to develop the Buddha’s teaching in seclusion….
Akankha Sutta Wishes Granted
In the Akankha Sutta the Buddha addresses the assembled sangha on the wish to be helpful to others. He teaches that having a mind inclined to compassion and wisdom is noble…
The Arahant Sutta – Awakening in a Single Paragraph
Seeing the “five clinging aggregates as they really are” is understanding Anatta, not-self, or a self-referential ego-personality in relation to Anicca, Dukkha and The Four Noble Truths…
The Mindfulness of Bahiya
The Buddha was serene, at peace. Bahiya placed himself at the Buddha’s feet and asked: “Teach me the Dhamma Awakened one. Teach me the Dhamma for my long-term welfare and lasting happiness…