Magga-Vibhanga Sutta: Analysis of the Path
Friends, I will now give you a detailed analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path. Listen mindfully. This is the Noble Eightfold Path…
Three Trainings For Liberation – The Sikkha Sutta
The Sikh Sutta teaches the the Eightfold Path is a path that incorporates the three aspects or trainings necessary for becoming Rightly Self-Awakened as the Buddha instructs. The Eightfold Path is a training in developing heightened virtue, heightened concentration, and heightened wisdom…
Mittakali – A Nuns Path Completed
In this poem, the nun Mittakali recounts her going forth still affected by continued clinging to wrong views ignorant of Four Noble Truths. ..
Simsapa Sutta A Handful Of Leaves
“This is what I teach. I teach these things because they are related to my Dhamma and they support the principles of a life integrated with the Eightfold Path. These things that I teach lead directly to disenchantment, to dispassion…
Right Intention – Emptiness of Clinging
Right Intention – Emptiness of Clinging. Right Intention develops the true meaning of emptiness: to empty oneself of clinging…
Kaccayanagotta Sutta – Right View
The Kaccayanagotta Sutta – Right View is a teaching on Right View and also a clear explanation of the common misunderstandings of “emptiness” and non-duality…
Tissa Sutta: Uncertain
Tissa is a cousin of the Buddha and a monk in the original Sangha. Tissa’s mind is still troubled from continued clinging to wrong views rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths…
Agantuka Sutta: For All Who Reside In The Dhamma
In the Agantuka Sutta, the Buddha uses the metaphor of a common residence to show that the Eightfold Path is a true refuge for anyone seeking to develop the profound understanding of the nature of stress and suffering,..
Satthusasana Sutta: To Upali, A Concise Teaching
The Satthusana Sutta is a concise sutta presented to a monk well-versed in the Buddha’s teachings. He has developed understanding of Dependent Origination and Four Noble Truths…
Wisdom and Right Intention – Nagasena Answers King Milinda
As wisdom and understanding develop, Right Intention is seen as the essence of the Dhamma, and of mindfulness. As the Dhamma’s purpose is to develop understanding of dukkha and experience the cessation of the origination of dukkha, clinging, Right Intention is the intention to abandon all forms of clinging. Right Intention also informs the proper application of intelligence and developing wisdom…
Awakening To Four Noble Truths
These are four articles and related Dhamma talks and sangha discussions on the meaning of awakening in relation to Four Noble Truths from summer 2016…
Eightfold Path – Wisdom, Virtue, Concentration
Eightfold Path – Wisdom, Virtue, Concentration is an article and Dhamma talk on the Eightfold Path of developing wisdom, virtue, and concentration…
Going Forth
The Buddha called himself the “Tathagata” which means “one who has gone forth and” and has through his own efforts awakened to the truth of reality…
Right Intention Right Thinking
Right Intention is being mindful, holding in mind, the intention to recognize and abandon clinging to objects, events, views, and ideas. The Buddha’s original and direct teachings show that the common problem of dukkha, the unsatisfactory nature of life that gives rise to all manner of confusion and suffering, originates in clinging rooted in ignorance…
The Eightfold Path – A Complete Practice
A Complete Practice was originally presented as a three-part series of dhamma articles and talks. I have combined these articles and talks into one coherent post. The Buddha taught and Eightfold Path that is often diminished in effectiveness through adaptations and accommodations made to allow for individually and culturally influenced views of what “Buddhism” should be…
Saddha – The Question of Faith
The question of faith, usually meaning blind faith, often arises in Buddhism. Is Buddhism a faith-based religion as theistic religions are…