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The calls of Bliss

Perhaps you glimpsed at that in a piece of art. Art takes the materiality of sensory experience, it refines, reshuffles, restructures,...

The Sacrifice

The first time I was born out of fear and ignorance. Seeing this folly, following the path of the Silent Sage, I turned around, seeking...

Opening moves

In a chess game, the first moves are usually quite important. Players aim at taking some control of the center of the board and allow...

Reverse-engineering, almost

How should I practice? This is an important question, and its answer is made somehow fuzzy by the multitude of different methods,...

Scaffolds

Force develops against resistance. Growth demands constraints. When constraints work systematically and methodically, they create a...

The art of playful action

In the beginning of the Bhagavad Gītā (2.50) we encounter the following short definition: yogaḥ karmasu kuśalam, which might be...

Spontaneity

There is a condition in which life flows by itself. It does not matter what exactly is experienced, but whatever happens seems to unfold...

Where to start? Where to end?

We might encounter teachings, practices, and other aspects of contemplative traditions in a pretty random way: a Buddha Head looking out...

Seeking freedom

Whatever feeling is felt (pleasant, unpleasant or neutral), do not indulge in craving for the pleasant, or in aversion for the...

Embodiment

In the Udana 3.5 there is this short stanza: “Sati kāyagatā upaṭṭhitā, Chasu phassāyatanesu saṁvuto; Satataṁ bhikkhu samāhito, Jaññā...

Meditation: four basic principles

Formal meditative practice is just a piece (important, but just a piece) in the broader picture presented in the discourses. And how to...

Mental disobedience

Meditation is a training in mental disobedience, based on four main points: (1) Keep the context in mind. Don't focus on things, don't...

Dispassion or dispassion*?

The discourses of the Buddha are fond of emphasising attitudes of dispassion, weariness, absence of desire and craving, equanimity,...

Assume you’re wrong

In They Live (1988, directed by John Carpenter), the world is ruled by an invisible alien elite. Everything looks normal and fine, but it...

Integrating practice in daily life

A common worry that arises in the beginning of practice is how to best integrate it within one's life and circumstances. There are...

Last-breath meditation

Admittedly, death is one of the most scary topics for most people since people are around. In archeological records, fully modern human...

Two switches

There are two switches: one needs to be turned off, the other needs to be turned on. The switch to turn off is thirst (which entails a...

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