The challenge of dukkha. Without Mara, no Buddha.
Path Activity illuminates the hindrances
Without hindrance there’s no path
That which knows desire and aversion is not desire & aversion
‘I Know You Mara’
Path Activity breaks up obstructions
Beginners mind, patience, kindness
This is how it is
Working with how it is rather than how it should be
The three streams of karma / energy
Samadhi as healing
Kittisaro’s father and mother meeting Ajahn Chah
The terrorists of the heart that rob the true treasure
Finding a solid footing
Ajahn Chah's encouragement to be an earth worm rather than a bodhisattva
Ajahn Chah’s take on Samatha & Vipassana
Letting go is peace
Replacing reactivity of mind with mindfulness
Mindfulness as container & as that which reveals & discerns what is
Citta conditioned by perception & sankhara
Healing the citta through mindful awareness
Finding balanced energy as a support for mindfulness
The Buddha’s reluctance to teach
The first turning of the Dhamma wheel
The Four Noble truths and accompanying practices
Contemplating desire – resolving dukkha – the primary split.
The 4 truths that en-noble as we grow through them
The 8 kinds of Dukkha – Anando, ex marine & monk, bowing through anger
Death is also impermanent, seeing through impermanence, one touches peace.
When the causes of dukkha break up, it ceases - revealing the timeless dharma.
Using the breath to steady the mind, to reflect on impermanence and to see ‘non ownership’
The boulder is not heavy if you don’t pick it up
This is ‘how it is’ – methods to access the third noble truth
Replacing reactivity with mindfulness – the flood stopper
Compassion says ‘I am Everything’ - Wisdom ‘I am Nothing’
Where emptiness leans into aversion and compassion into grasping
Ajahn Chah’s reflection on teachings as way of providing balance
Metta and the attendant blessings of metta
Meeting English football hooligans
