The Profundity of Kindness AN 3:66 The Buddha has so much to say about the importance of kindness, to ourselves and to others. Aug 11: Sense Restraint The Buddha teaches us to use sense restraint to prevent the arising of desire and aversion. However, it's not really clear how to do this. Thankfully, Ajahn Munissara gives a very animated, detailed talk on how to actually carry out sense restraint....and she does it with a lot of humour. Here is the link to her talk. This talk is part of a...

July 10: Changing Habits Bit by Bit Choices are happening all the time but "we" are not making them - our choices happen due to our conditioning and conditions. To change our habits we need to change our conditioning and conditions. July 17: Kamma Kamma is intentional action: thinking speaking or behaving. The law of kamma is that skillful intentions naturally lead to positive results and harmful or unskillful intentions naturally lead to suffering. This talk was based on Ven. Payutto's book,...

June 4: What Has Your Attention Has You What we pay attention to creates our experience in the present moment and influences who we are becoming. Our attention is our most valuable resource and the Buddha knows this. He gives us practical, immediately doable instructions. June 12: The Gift of Honesty AN 4:11 Giving and receiving honest feedback is a lifeline for each of us. It has played an important role in the longevity and continuity of the Sangha. June 19: What Matters When Navigating...