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Tag Archives: Practice
A thicket of views
My father is a kind, generous, and helpful man. He has a good sense of humor and seems always to be happy. He’s also very conservative. I’d always known from the way he lived he that he was religiously conservative. “Devout Catholic” is an apt description. But I was well into my adult life before [...]
Creating the causes and conditions of spiritual growth
In a recorded Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Jayasaro I listened to recently, he said it’s ineffective to use meditation and other forms of practice as a means to get something or somewhere. Rather, what’s important is to use one’s practice to create the causes and conditions for spiritual growth. That’s it: Just create the [...]
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What is a Buddhist, and Am I One?
During a conversation among a group of us prior to a formal meditation session several years ago someone said, “I’m not a Buddhist. I just practice the Dharma.” It sounded pompous to me, but I understand where she was coming from. Identifying with being Buddhist is no different from identifying with the body and mind, [...]
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Discernment, wisdom and the Kalama Sutta