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Shoot Me First: Right Intention, Effort & Social Responsibility, Ayya Medhanandi
As we follow the steps of the Eightfold Noble Path, our hatred, greed, and delusion abate. We may yet suffer, but we use our suffering to fathom the …
5 years, 4 months ago
Ascending the Altar, Ayya Medhanandi
What is renunciation? Patiently we learn how to let go of the thoughts and actions that enslave us to samsara. And we begin to understand what it tak…
5 years, 4 months ago
Empty the Basket – Guided Meditation and Reflections, Ayya Medhanandi
Let us hone our expertise to witness the charade of gain and loss arising each moment. Seeing the eight worldly winds, impermanent, not giving in whe…
5 years, 5 months ago
Into the Quiet – Guided Meditation and Reflections, Ayya Medhanandi
We go forth into the quiet of the heart, distant from the world, to glimpse the Unconditioned. We are alone but we are as if with all beings. There i…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Safe Domain: How the Quail Escaped a Hawk, Ayya Medhanandi
The contemplative path of purifying the mind is the most important journey of all - inward. Just as the little quail that tricked a hawk, we no longe…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Inner Stopping, Ayya Medhanandi
Wherever we go the mind does not remain happy - unless we fully awaken. How can we end the restless tides and remain inwardly stable, content within …
5 years, 5 months ago
Chopping and Burning the Tree of Emptiness, Ayya Medhanandi
Too busy in the world, all entangled, we yearn to be free. So direct the mind to Nibbana - like a tree that leans to the East. And when it falls, it …
5 years, 6 months ago
A Good Pair of Boots, Ayya Medhanandi
We must not underestimate the significance of dedicating ourselves to the five precepts. Such a commitment to virtue provides a moral and ethical bas…
5 years, 6 months ago
Change for the Good, Ayya Medhanandi
Are we ready to stop clinging, let go and trust? If we live with gratitude and change for the good, if we learn to really see, we will be able to lis…
5 years, 6 months ago
Speaking of Violence, Ayya Medhanandi
If we can deal with the craziness of the mind, we can help to decrease the craziness and violence of the world. But we have to be so patient and keep…
5 years, 6 months ago