Die Lehre über die vier edlen Wahrheiten stellt die Essenz der gesamten buddhistischen Lehren dar. Die vier edlen Wahrheiten weisen auf unsere existentielle Situation als Menschen hin, mit Leiden und Unzulänglichkeit konfrontiert zu sein, und auf unser Potential, dieses Leiden zu überwinden. Sie laden uns ein, uns für unsere eigene Erfahrung zu öffnen - für Schmerz, Leid, Konflikte etc. - und Einsicht in die Ursachen und Bedingungen von Leiden zu gewinnen. Und sie zeigen einen gangbaren Pfad auf, der zum Ende von Leiden führt - zum Erwachen.

A dhamma talk Ajahn Achalo gave to some Indian monks and Sri Lankan lay people at Ajahn Anan's request.

04:02 Q1 - How can one truly love oneself? Many times even though we do an entire project we blame ourselves for some mistake and focus on the negative things. 10:25 Q2 - I'd like to know if faith is all about being positive? What about the things that we really can't do? Is accepting that an aspect of faith as well? Ajahn mentions 1) the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic. It is available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.than.html 2) Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon, available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html

We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and then invites us to discover the spacious presence in the background of all experience.

The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these times are drawing forward in us individually and collectively, and how we can live true to the full wisdom and love of our beings.

Meditation: Meditation on thoughts and desire. Dhamma talk on Muditā.

A dharma talk about how to strengthen your spiritual resilience/immunity. This talk introduces the idea of dharma micro-dosing and includes some practices to do on a daily basis.

A brief, additional comment to a student, who mentioned that my suggestion of a practice of "listening to all thoughts like they were a birdsong" was helpful to her.

An answer to a question about Awareness of Awareness. Also includes some about "dissolving into Being" as part of our evolution in practice.