Reflections and guided practice on embodiment

What is the mind like right now? Contracted? Distracted? Collected? Liberated?

A reflection on the Kalakarama Sutta from the Anguttara Nikaya, in which the Buddha describes the quality of an awakened mind.

In an online 4th Sunday Dhamma talk, Ayya Anandabodhi deconstructs how mental habits create the personality and sense of self.

The theme of this Sunday talk, is witnessing experience as it is. The awakened mind, does not demand anything be different to what it is, in the moment free of judgement. The theme that this builds upon, is "Santitikko"- Something that can be verified for oneself. If we can see suffering for what it is, as its is now, in the moment, we get out of it a little easier. So the practice becomes one of Witnessing the way it is now, first. Action can follow later if necessary.

In a Sunday Dhamma talk at Parayana Vihara, Ayya Anandabodhi encourages re-training the mind to abide in the present to experience the peace, joy, and freedom this brings.