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

... cultivate various qualities of the mind during dedicated independent purposeful training sessions. #Life #Meditation

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

... mind is the “pot” and your meditation practice is the “stand”. #Meditation #Enlightenment

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

... ourselves. This is titled “The Five Precepts”. #Life #Morality #Psychology

... Middle Way”. But what does this mean and where do we find it? #Life #Balance

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

... mind to “cut off thoughts” during meditation, thus, removing the poison of “Greed” or “Craving” while developing the skill of mindfulness. #Life #Meditation #Enlightenment

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

... The Path to eliminate discontentedness in your life. You will need a detailed and thorough understanding of The Eight Fold Path to attain Nibbana. #Life #Enlightenment

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

... ease it out of meditation at the conclusion of your meditation sessions. #Life #Meditation #Buddhism

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

... one must begin with a deep understanding of The Four Noble Truths. #Life #Psychology #Enlightenment

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”.

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).

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

Dear Teacher David, I hope this message finds you well. I have been reading about some intriguing theories suggesting that trauma and feelings can be "stored in the body." According to these

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