The Mind
Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind – so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.
Category: Lust
Cause and Effect
Good deeds can be compared to a pine tree. When we do a good deed it may not attract much attention, whereas evil may at
SIMILE: The Six Animals
“Suppose that a man, wounded and festering, were to go into a swampy jungle. Its sharp-bladed grasses would pierce his feet; its thorns would scratch
An Effective Way to Work With Our Mind
This thing we call mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can’t
Knowledge & Goodness
Knowledge is like a knife. You hone it until it’s sharp—really sharp. Then you put it away. The knife can cause both benefits and harm.
Understanding Intention
There’s an old saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but that’s not really the case. The road to hell is
The 5 Precepts
The five precepts are a set of training rules that the Buddha laid out for his followers. Buddhist monks follow over 200 training rules, but
The Road to Nirvana
There’s an old saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but that’s not really the case. The road to hell is
Old Age
When this world is ever ablaze, why this laughter, why this jubilation? Shrouded in darkness, will you not see the light? Behold this body—a painted
What Does “The Awakened One” Consider as Misconduct?
Then Ven. Ananda went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him, “I say categorically, Ananda, that bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct should not be done.”