The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

Discourse on the Full Awareness of

During sitting meditation, if you see clearly a symptom of your suffering, write it down. Then ask yourself, “What kinds of nutriments have I been ingesting that have fed and sustained this suffering?”

The Twelve Turnings of the Wheel

We need to shine the light of mindfulness on everything we do, so the darkness of forgetfulness will disappear. The first function of meditation — shamatha — is to stop.

Dwelling in mindfulness, we can touch these wondrous and refreshing things, and our mind of joy arises naturally. Joy contains happiness and happiness contains joy.

To develop compassion in ourselves, we need to practice mindful breathing, deep listening, and deep looking.

If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.

We need to be able to see the kinds of intention-food that we are consuming.

(avihimsa