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Felicità radicale - Ajahn Sucitto
Felicità radicale – Ajahn Sucitto
Il Buddha non narrò sistematicamente tutte le proprie realizzazioni, soprattutto perché non intendeva fondare una nuova religione – con il suo pressoché inevitabile bagaglio di assunti e prescrizioni – e, con ogni probabilità, paventò il rischio di un’adesione acritica a tutto quanto avrebbe potuto affermare. D’altra parte, una delle intuizioni fondamentali che la pratica della meditazione ci…
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developing upekkhā in meditation
developing upekkhā in meditation
Image: Standing Nyorai Buddha (Tathāgata), Wood, H 166.7, Heian period 9th century Japan POSTCARD#426: Bangkok: For those of you who’ve been following Ajahn Sucitto’s text, “Parami, Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”, I had intended to finish with a conclusion here but I discovered still a few more treasures that had to be included. All the pāramī acquire their full power only when they are grounded…
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Evenness of Mind: Upekkhā Pāramī 2
Evenness of Mind: Upekkhā Pāramī 2
There was the story of the Buddha-to-be sitting under the Bodhi tree and meeting, then repelling, the demons of Mara through calling the Earth to witness the vast store of perfections he had accumulated over past lives. Another description illustrates the part equanimity played in that. In this account (M. 36), the Buddha describes having three successive realizations: 1. His previous lives; 2.…
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Evenness of Mind: Upekkhā Pāramī
Evenness of Mind: Upekkhā Pāramī
Photo: Locana Buddha, Tang Dynasty, 7th Century, China Ajahn Sucitto’s presentation of the Ten Perfections [Pāramī] is coming to the end. Next week we will conclude with the Buddha’s three successive realizations: his previous lives; the nature of good, evil, and their consequences; and the ending of the biases and floods that cause suffering. In this chapter we look at the structure and nature…
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holistic kindness, metta part 4
holistic kindness, metta part 4
POSTCARD#423: Bangkok: Excerpts from “Pāramī, Ways to Cross Life’s Floods” by Ajahn Sucitto. Click on the link to download or have a print copy sent by post. Wiki Bio Ajahn Sucitto Ajahn helps us discover and overcome difficulties in confronting negative self-views when clearing the ways that lead to holistic kindness. Also called loving-kindness, it is mettā in Pali, maitrī in Sanskrit; and…
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holistic kindness, the mettā pāramī part 2
holistic kindness, the mettā pāramī part 2
Image: Wikipedia. Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 1st-2nd century CE, at the Tokyo National Museum. POSTCARD#421: Bangkok: Excerpts from Ajahn Sucitto’s “Pāramī, Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”. Click on the link for a download or print copy. We are coming to the end of the text, and I’d like to open up this series on The 10 Pāramī for discussion. Put your thoughts in the comment box at the end of this…
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holistic kindness: mettā, the ninth pāramī
holistic kindness: mettā, the ninth pāramī
POSTCARD#420: Bangkok: Excerpts from Pāramī, Ways to Cross Life’s Floods” by Ajahn Sucitto. Click on the above link to download the file as pdf mobi or epub. Print copy also available by post. Click on this link for the Karaniya Metta Sutta Ajahn begins with mettā as loving-kindness that includes releasing others from being the objects of our projections, lust and idealism – self and other.…
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