Podcast, Page 63

The central theme is the awakened mind.  If you trust in that and see that as important then the issue is what helps to sustain the awakened mind?  It’s very simple that way, but our habits are complicated.… Read the rest

Sometimes you get committee members calling from your adolescence. One of the errors people make in Buddhism is to think “I am working through my Karma”, as if you have got a certain amount of punishment you have to go through. This is wrong view.… Read the rest

We say that form follows function. Buddhism is really a very elegant form.  When I think of it, it’s a very beatifully designed teaching.  But, it has a function.  It’s not just an artifact that you believe.… Read the rest

In mindfulness meditation we stress the awareness, the witnessing, no matter what the object is.… Read the rest

Instructions for walking meditation given by Luang Por Viradhammo at a retreat held in February, 2010.… Read the rest

A guided meditation given by Luang Por Viradhammo at a retreat held in February, 2010.… Read the rest

Effort is something that you learn as you do.  One of the ways that you learn about effort is by making mistakes.  Right effort very much depends on what’s going on in your mind.  If you remember the principle that it’s being awake to the way things are, it helps a lot.… Read the rest

Anything that requires skill is not easy, but the rewards of skill are considerable.… Read the rest

Meditation instruction given by Luang Por Viradhammo at a retreat held in February, 2010.… Read the rest

There are so many ideas around meditation.  If you had to describe to someone how hard to tap an egg in order to break it, how would you do it?  You can’t it’s just impossible.  In the same way, the most important thing in meditation is just to do it.… Read the rest