<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:53:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/theravada/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[DOUBT AND THE PATH FORWARD]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI generated image Early in one's practice on The Path to Enlightenment there will be a pollution in the mind known as Doubt. This includes, doubt about: The Buddha The Teachings The Community Your Teacher]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@chrisrice/doubt-and-the-path-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@chrisrice/doubt-and-the-path-forward</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisrice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:43:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHE1cK3TvDcPUXpmdNqYoAFdZjx7U49yLYGfr9yUvhwuYCH5oQP62YRV5AXUoe7bvxbN8eYZvCJWuzs1mrgfuAyCWzeMv4y7nj1iX5qrzmYS1bPGxPoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE TEACHER’S KAMMA]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE TEACHER’S KAMMA Students may experience an interest in being careful with what they say towards their Teacher. This is Moral Concern, and is a result of their Teacher using Right Speech. A new student]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/buddhism/@chrisrice/the-teachers-kamma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/buddhism/@chrisrice/the-teachers-kamma</guid><category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisrice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:03:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Dv9uaBdXVrxBA1bWggTX3En4XfrSwHQPpVj67wd4KeP5qDkieUrmizoEntnacXbknn7pCfjSmZYxzKXDQNrVaEzCHu1PN21zNvcziUYdU41uP32CN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the process of learning and emptying the mind, you will attain a purer ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... and purer mind, thus, a more stable, content, and peaceful existence. Teacher David Roylance #Buddhism #Theravada #Wisdom]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@chrisrice/49kfk7xcx053yh2h40s1rm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@chrisrice/49kfk7xcx053yh2h40s1rm</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisrice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 07:32:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 21 - (Chapter 10) What is Merit?]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - (Chapter 10) What is Merit? Merit is an important teaching to understand as it relates to the path to Enlightenment. Merit is thought of as a unique type of Kamma. A practitioner would be unable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/xdlxmlhv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/xdlxmlhv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:11:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEARN - (Chapter 10) What is Merit?]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - (Chapter 10) What is Merit? Merit is an important teaching to understand as it relates to the path to Enlightenment. Merit is thought of as a unique type of Kamma. A practitioner would be unable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/nlchfjmt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/nlchfjmt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 20 - LEARN - Buddhist Chanting (Chanting Instruction & Guidance)]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - Buddhist Chanting (Chanting Instruction & Guidance) LEARN Buddhist Chanting to help ease the mind into meditation prior to starting a meditation session and to ease it out of meditation at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/cwfdoqmn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/cwfdoqmn</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 19 - (Chapter 9) - What is Kamma and How Does It Affect Me?]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - (Chapter 9) - What is Kamma and How Does It Affect Me? All of Gotama Buddha’s teachings center on the importance of “not doing any harm”. By doing harm to other beings, we do harm to ourselves]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/obundmib</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/obundmib</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 07:33:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 18 - LEARN - Loving-kindness Meditation - (Eliminating Anger!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - Loving-kindness Meditation - (Eliminating Anger!) Learn Loving-kindness Meditation to eliminate anger, frustration, irritation, and other discontent feelings associated with the poison of hatred]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/vlttsljx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/vlttsljx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 17 - (Chapter 8) - Transforming The Three Poisons: Greed, Hatred, and Delusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - (Chapter 8) - Transforming The Three Poisons: Greed, Hatred, and Delusion Gotama Buddha’s teachings to eliminate, greed, hatred, and delusion are known, for good reason, as The Three Poisons, The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/csasrozb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/csasrozb</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 08:19:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 16 - LEARN - Breathing Mindfulness Meditation - (Meditation Instruction & Guidance)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gotama Buddha explained that “a pot without a stand is easy to tip over”. The mind is the “pot” and your meditation practice is the “stand”. The mind needs a steady and consistent “stand” that you establish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/nkuljlpj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/nkuljlpj</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEARN - Meditation Guidance (Breathing Mindfulness Meditation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[LEARN - Meditation Guidance (Breathing Mindfulness Meditation) Gotama Buddha explained that “a pot without a stand is easy to tip over”. The mind is the “pot” and your meditation practice is the “stand”.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/fxyigucn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194470/@dailywisdom/fxyigucn</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194470]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVvUfYFWAWGucLfEdRdvor11ZB2ND8nvQVyxJmTAEkhqKQA86wky1rPPUrpndWpjKcVzL4wswk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha’s Teaching on Attentive Eyes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teacher David, I was wondering in Volume 2, Chapter 8 (The Two-Eyed Person), why is there so much importance given to wealth acquiring/creation (one eye), instead of pure sustenance (making enough to live).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/3grbkjglp6gfkokcrag7e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/3grbkjglp6gfkokcrag7e</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:29:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clarifying Lifespan Prophecy in Pali Canon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teacher David, In Chapter 37 of Volume 3 in your books series, Gotoma Buddha explains how beings once had a lifespan of 80,000 years but that those beings lifespan will decrease to 10 years. He also correlates]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/go2jamhj96rw3xjnkt0in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/go2jamhj96rw3xjnkt0in</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:09:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance on Communicating Wisely]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good day Teacher David, I would like some guidance. I have this opportunity to be an independent care giver, apart from an agency. There are some benefits to this position. Same client, consistent work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/n6u89i1flzo7m76x7czlo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/n6u89i1flzo7m76x7czlo</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:55:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free of Cost: Personal Discussion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Teacher David, I’m running into problems following the 8 Fold Path in the workplace. I used to be more assertive with everyone at my business. I did not follow Right Speech and I was not “teachings]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/tnkycty06den1p95bvdbw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/tnkycty06den1p95bvdbw</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:00:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploring the Nature of Gender]]></title><description><![CDATA[And what is the nature of gender, why does it even exist? Does gender exist in the non physical realms? Seems like yes, as for example Mara is a non physical being. Or perhaps there is only male gender]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/zkujlvhseszktah0s6xka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/zkujlvhseszktah0s6xka</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:47:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Categorizing Desire for Non-Existence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Teacher David, I hope you are doing well. Could you please help me with this question? To which fetter does the desire for non-existence belong? I see that fetters 6 and 7 are related to craving for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/2av7wij4lhegmw1qnx8yf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/2av7wij4lhegmw1qnx8yf</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:35:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles to Reaching Enlightenment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Teacher David, Based on your teaching experience what are like the top 3 or 5 factors that hinder students’ progress? Thank you. Teacher David replies. Hello Hela…sure, I will help you. The Buddha]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/jsjske75c2sqv1uckws9r</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/jsjske75c2sqv1uckws9r</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7vx57gy8dTmKBdcavYJ7jHp9AdvJDX2jUS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting Off Conditioned Pleasant Feelings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Teacher David, Could you please help me with this question? I stopped listening to music for entertainment purposes some months ago, and I've realized that although I was quite attached to it in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/taulrkf8l9r02z8p360bo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/taulrkf8l9r02z8p360bo</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:02:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivate Positivity in All Relationships]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a question Teacher David. I sometimes enter into relationships that I would characterize as "less than positive." I do this as part of my work for AA. Often, when people first join AA]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/r63sdikqgoypg2heb1ys7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@dailywisdom/r63sdikqgoypg2heb1ys7</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dailywisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:36:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>