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Train for Nibbana, Ayya Medhanandi
On the path to freedom, every moment in every life situation is an opportunity for training the mind. We plant seeds of virtue, watering them with r…
3 years ago
The Dhamma of Snow, Ayya Medhanandi
In the grip of painful feelings such as fear, anger, grief, or despair, we are in danger of allowing these to subdue the mind. Discernment and clear …
3 years, 1 month ago
No Going Back, Ayya Medhanandi
On a wilderness trail, at times the path is clear, at times not. We get lost, confused, and disheartened. Tested again and again, we gain strength, s…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hauntingly Beautiful, Ayya Medhanandi
Where is safety in this world? As the Buddha taught: “Not apart from awakening and austerity, not apart from sense restraint, not apart from relinqui…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ecology of the Heart, Ayya Medhanandi
Our most valued renewable resource is the heart, the seat of awareness and our true refuge in what is worthy of refuge – the ancient virtue of the no…
3 years, 1 month ago
Unwavering Mind, Ayya Medhanandi
To directly know Truth, we enter the depths of the vast ocean of the mind. We refine our attention and focus it like a laser beam. In the knowing of …
3 years, 1 month ago
Open the Gates to the Deathless, Ayya Medhanandi
The Eightfold Noble Path is the Buddha's map to freedom. His directions how to proceed are precise, rigorous and breathtaking – the better for our fa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Shave Your Heart, Ayya Medhanandi
Can we resolutely walk the moral high road and discover Dhamma treasures in the fertile ground of the heart? Heroic good-will, metta, will serve as o…
3 years, 2 months ago
Courageous Friendship, Ayya Medhanandi
Generosity and virtue are at the heart of waking up. We give nothing less than our full devotion to the practice, day by day, training in present mom…
3 years, 2 months ago
Fertile Ground for Liberation, Ayya Medhanandi
To escape clinging to the world and the creations of thought, we purify and tame the restless mind until we directly know the impermanence, unsatisfa…
3 years, 2 months ago