Search results for: "Nibbana"

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  2. The Power of Your Actions
     … As Ajaan Lee says, “Nibbana is easy,” in the sense that it doesn’t have to be maintained. So these are the strengths that keep us going, based on our conviction in the Buddha’s awakening, that what he learned about human action is true, and that we can actually apply it to our own attachments, our own clingings. Then when we let go … 
  3. The Dhamma Is in the Method
     … He was also the one who, on the night of Buddha’s passing away, was able to keep track of where the Buddha’s mind was in the different levels of concentration before he entered total nibbana. Anuruddha had a novice who could levitate up to the Himalayas, wash Anuruddha’s bowl in the pure waters of a lake up there, and then levitate … 
  4. Customs of the Noble Ones
     … The way Buddhism had developed fit very nicely into everyday Thai culture, but Ajaan Mun and Ajaan Sao saw that it wasn’t leading to nibbana. When people would complain to them about the fact that they weren’t eating like other monks, or dressing like other monks, or staying in the village temples like other monks—they weren’t following Thai or Lao … 
  5. On the Path of the Breath
     … This is how the breath leads you all the way to nibbana. Of course the breath doesn’t do that itself. But if you follow the Buddha’s steps, learning how to master the steps he recommends for you to experiment and explore, the breath does become a path. It’s a path happening right here all the time. So try to take advantage … 
  6. The Buddha’s Wisdom
     … These are the indications that come from the names the Buddha gives to nibbāna. But the names are just pointers to get you interested in going there. When you finally get there, you find no perceptions at all can do justice to it. But you’ve used perceptions—as you’ve used all the other aggregates—as part of the path to get you … 
  7. Slowing Down to Look
     … It’s interesting that the term for someone who’s reached stream entry—the first glimpse of nibbāna—is that the person is called a learner, someone who is finally really willing learn, and in the best position to learn. So look at the meditation practice as the process of developing your skill. And in the course of this training, in course of mastering … 
  8. How & Why We Meditate
     … The state the Buddha described as health, nibbana, is something he can’t pull out of his heart to show to us. So we’re not in a position where we can wait to accept things only when we know them for sure. We have to bring some conviction to what he says. On the one hand, we have to take his word for … 
  9. A Good Buddhist Ego
     … There’s no bridge over the water, and no Nibbana yacht to come pick you up. So, what do you do? You take the twigs and branches and leaves on this side of the river, you make them into a raft, and then, holding on to the raft really tight and making an effort with your arms and legs, you cross the river. The … 
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