Photo courtesy of Sravasti Abbey.
Renunciation is about more than just doing without things. It’s the beautiful realization that you already have everything you need.
Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux on a “challenging but important” recent article that touched a nerve, and one Buddhist teacher’s own response to it.
Photo by Masao Yamamoto.Ajahn Amaro examines the arguments for and against the arhat and bodhisattva ideals that define and too often divide the Buddhist traditions. He suggests a way out of the polarizing debate.
Ajahn Amaro presents two helpful meditation practices you can do while listening to the inner sound.
Ajahn Amaro explains how to practice nada yoga and why this simple act of listening to inner sound can help you realize emptiness.
Photo by Greg Walters.There is a quality of pure awareness that is not fazed by fleeting thoughts, emotions, or sense impressions, explain Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. Even when they are together, pure awareness and the conditioned realm are always separate.
Jan Chozen Bays, Ajahn Amaro, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and Frank Ostaseski explore how to face aging and death with an open and fearless mind.
Before he encountered the dharma, explains Ajahn Amaro, his mother was his main example of great kindness and generosity.
; Japan; 15th century; Color and gold on silk; H x W: 115.2 x 58.9 cm (45 3/8 x 23 3/16 in); Gift of Charles Lang Freer. Image courtesy of the Freer Sackler Gallery.“When the heart is released from clinging,” said the Buddha, “then consciousness does not land anywhere. That state, I tell you, is without sorrow, afflication or despair.” Ajahn Amaro on abiding in the consciousness that is completely beyond conditioned phenomena—neither supporting them nor supported by them.
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