If you do not have a mindful foundation then whatever the generosity practice that you may be doing may not have that much of a positive impact, you know? So […]... read more →
Number two is that you train yourself to visualize. Nowadays many Buddhist practitioner, we come to the conclusion that “We must visualize, visualize, visualize”. And that is the first mistake. […]... read more →
Because in order to, you know, in order to develop all these qualities, you need to start a meditation. Nowadays there’s so many commercialized meditations, you know? Like an example, […]... read more →
And then also the other thing about the emotion that I need to explain a little bit, since I explain a little bit about the devotion. You know, we have […]... read more →
And then over the time, when you have the devotion, so the meaning of the devotion is not a, many people when they think about, when they join the Buddhism […]... read more →
You don’t need to say to your Guru or to your Lama and say “Ah, I need to have a devotion to the Buddha and Dharma and Sangha, but there […]... read more →
So therefore, the first practice is generosity, you know, practicing generosity. So the practicing generosity means reciting the visualization that you are wanting to benefit all the sentient beings; you’re […]... read more →
But any positive action needs to have some sort of awareness in mind. And that awareness in mind is the discipline. The discipline does not need to define as “being […]... read more →
The practice, I think the most important is not practicing a “Buddhism” as a religion. That is the most important thing. Practicing the Buddhism as a, as a solution to […]... read more →
And many people when they think about renunciation they think that, you know, having a hair cut, changing clothes, changing place. They think that’s renunciation. That is “ceremonial renunciation”. It’s […]... read more →