Truthfulness – Finding Peace and Happiness in the Midst of Chaos, Pain and Strife

February 5, 2020 Taylor

The Mind

Anger, Attachment, Awakening, Cause and Effect, Consciousness, Defilements, Delusion, Dhammapada, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Karma, Karma,Caause and Effect, Good Deeds, Lust, Parable, Precepts, Precious Human Life, Right Intention, Samsara, Spiritual path, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Uncategorized, Wisdom

Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind – so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Taylor

SIMILE: The Six Animals

Anger, Attachment, Awakening, Buddha, Consciousness, Cyclic Existence, Defilements, Delusion, Desire, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Lust, Meditation, Mind, Precious Human Life, Right Intention, Samsara, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Uncategorized, Wisdom

“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

September 18, 2019 Taylor

Knowledge & Goodness

Anger, Attachment, Awakening, Consciousness, Defilements, Delusion, Desire, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Happiness, Lust, Mind, Precepts, Right Intention, Samsara, Spiritual path, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Wisdom

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.

September 2, 2019 Taylor

The Kind of People We Are

Anger, Attachment, Dharma, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Happiness, Meditation, Mind, Precepts, Right Intention, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Wisdom

We all are extremely fortunate. We should make ourselves happy and glad that we have the opportunity to practice, to train ourselves. This is something

May 30, 2019 Taylor

The Road to Nirvana

Attachment, Awakening, Buddhism, Consciousness, Cyclic Existence, Defilements, Desire, Ending Suffering, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Lust, Meditation, Mind, Right Intention, Samsara, Spiritual path, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Uncategorized, Wisdom

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

May 30, 2019 Taylor

Old Age

Attachment, Awakening, Buddhism, Consciousness, Cyclic Existence, Defilements, Desire, Dhammapada, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Lust, Mind, Precepts, Precious Human Life, Samsara, Spiritual path, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Wisdom

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

May 24, 2019 Taylor

What Does “The Awakened One” Consider as Misconduct?

Attachment, Awakening, Buddha, Consciousness, Defilements, Desire, Dharma, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Lust, Meditation, Mind, Right Intention, Spiritual path, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Wisdom

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.”

May 24, 2019 Taylor

The World

Awakening, Cyclic Existence, Defilements, Dhammapada, Dharma, Ending Suffering, Enlightenment, Parable, Right Intention, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness

There is no wrong that cannot be committed by a lying person who has transgressed one (good) principle (i.e., that of truthfulness), and who has given up (all thought of) the other world.