Teachings

What are the essential steps to a thought-free state in meditation?

What are the essential steps to a thought-free state in meditation?

How can I achieve a state where there are no thoughts?

How can I achieve a state where there are no thoughts?

Discovering what is real

Discovering what is real

Choose your words according to their effect

Choose your words according to their effect

Where did the Buddha’s journey end?

Where did the Buddha’s journey end?

The space of doing nothing

The space of doing nothing

What you think is neither right nor wrong

What you think is neither right nor wrong

How can I master my anger and prevent it from overwhelming me?

How can I master my anger and prevent it from overwhelming me?

Where can I find enlightenment in India?

Where can I find enlightenment in India?

Why is meditation so important?

Why is meditation so important?

How can I learn to be more confident?

How can I learn to be more confident?

Self-knowledge

What is the point of this teaching if it claims there is nobody to awaken and nothing to awaken?

What is the point of this teaching if it claims there is nobody to awaken and nothing to awaken?

Why does meditation sometimes seem to empower rather than eliminate the ego? Is this just a stage?

Why does meditation sometimes seem to empower rather than eliminate the ego? Is this just a stage?

I can’t stabilize my breathing or mind during meditation

I can’t stabilize my breathing or mind during meditation

I feel so lost. What can I do to find myself?

I feel so lost. What can I do to find myself?

Can you help me find peace?

Can you help me find peace?

Which is better, self inquiry or focusing on breathing?

Which is better, self inquiry or focusing on breathing?

I get upset when friends and family do not live up to my expectations. What can I do?

I get upset when friends and family do not live up to my expectations. What can I do?

What should I do when I get anxious about meditating improperly?

What should I do when I get anxious about meditating improperly?

Is there a correlation between positive thinking and meditation?

Is there a correlation between positive thinking and meditation?

Do time, space and our minds really limit us?

Do time, space and our minds really limit us?

There are so many meditation methods, but which one suits me?

There are so many meditation methods, but which one suits me?

When meditating, how do I know if my intention is correct?

When meditating, how do I know if my intention is correct?

How can I achieve deep meditative concentration?

How can I achieve deep meditative concentration?

How can I be sure I have reached enlightenment?

How can I be sure I have reached enlightenment?

How can I know whether I am telling a story or seeing the situation as it really is?

How can I know whether I am telling a story or seeing the situation as it really is?

How do you practice Zen?

How do you practice Zen?

Is there a best time to do meditation?

Is there a best time to do meditation?

I want to be non-judgemental and just aware. How can I achieve that?

I want to be non-judgemental and just aware. How can I achieve that?

While meditating, the sound of my breath distracts me from focussing on the breath itself

While meditating, the sound of my breath distracts me from focussing on the breath itself

Is formal meditation or mindfulness through the day more effective?

Is formal meditation or mindfulness through the day more effective?

Is meditation being relaxed?

Is meditation being relaxed?

Why are meditation and mindfulness not working for me?

Why are meditation and mindfulness not working for me?

Do Christians try to convert others out of compassion for other reasons?

Do Christians try to convert others out of compassion for other reasons?

Do I need a teacher to do meditation and/or self inquiry?

Do I need a teacher to do meditation and/or self inquiry?

When the Shoe Fits – Chuang Tzu

When the Shoe Fits – Chuang Tzu

I am rather impatient. Is it possible for me to meditate?

I am rather impatient. Is it possible for me to meditate?

Can I actually achieve enlightenment?

Can I actually achieve enlightenment?

Understanding the problem dissolves the problem.

Understanding the problem dissolves the problem.

Sometimes go outside and sit in the evening at sunset,

Sometimes go outside and sit in the evening at sunset,

What is the process of achieving enlightenment?

What is the process of achieving enlightenment?

Is it true that resisting feelings causes them to persist?

Is it true that resisting feelings causes them to persist?

Can I actually become enlightened? Or is this meaningless?

Can I actually become enlightened? Or is this meaningless?

Are the Buddhist ideas of no-self and higher self reconcilable?

Are the Buddhist ideas of no-self and higher self reconcilable?

Answers are often obvious. The difficulty may be in asking the right question

Answers are often obvious. The difficulty may be in asking the right question

Is suffering caused by craving and desire, or by ignorance?

Is suffering caused by craving and desire, or by ignorance?

I feel I should meditate but it is difficult

I feel I should meditate but it is difficult

Pain is inevitable but mental tension is avoidable.

Pain is inevitable but mental tension is avoidable.

Although things happen, that does not necessarily mean that someone is doing them.

Although things happen, that does not necessarily mean that someone is doing them.

Responsibility can be regarded as your ability to respond appropriately

Responsibility can be regarded as your ability to respond appropriately

Is self-inquiry on “Who Am I” difficult to do?

Is self-inquiry on “Who Am I” difficult to do?

Is spiritual awakening, enlightenment or satori also an illusion?

Is spiritual awakening, enlightenment or satori also an illusion?

My 34 year old daughter refuses contact with me even though I apologised for the mistake I made many years ago.

My 34 year old daughter refuses contact with me even though I apologised for the mistake I made many years ago.

I want to do a Vipassana retreat but fear neglecting my family

I want to do a Vipassana retreat but fear neglecting my family

Does a soul really exist?

Does a soul really exist?

How long does it take to learn to meditate successfully?

How long does it take to learn to meditate successfully?

Less problems

Where do I go having achieved enlightenment and ended the rebirth circle?

Where do I go having achieved enlightenment and ended the rebirth circle?

Is Buddha’s teaching compatible with modern science?

Is Buddha’s teaching compatible with modern science?

On freedom

Is it possible to meditate with your eyes open?

Is it possible to meditate with your eyes open?

Stress and its Removal – Video

Stress and its Removal – Video

A grain of sand

A grain of sand

How can I be free?

How can I be free?

Gaining immunity from praise and blame

Gaining immunity from praise and blame

Respect your thoughts, but as thoughts only

Respect your thoughts, but as thoughts only

There are no conflicts in reality

There are no conflicts in reality

Letting your expectations adapt themselves to reality

Letting your expectations adapt themselves to reality

You cannot think about reality; you can only think.

You cannot think about reality; you can only think.

Even hope involves anxiety

Even hope involves anxiety

The known is unreal; the real is unknown.

The known is unreal; the real is unknown.

What do Buddhists mean by compassion?

What do Buddhists mean by compassion?

Controlling emotions

Controlling emotions

Eliminating anger through awareness

Eliminating anger through awareness

Know the dream

With our thoughts we make the world

With our thoughts we make the world

We all want to be happy and enjoy peace of mind

We all want to be happy and enjoy peace of mind

Meditation is

Freedom from the need to be free

Freedom from the need to be free

The boundless task of universal awakening

The boundless task of universal awakening

The subsiding mind

The subsiding mind

Believing your thoughts

Believing your thoughts

The place of peace and freedom

The place of peace and freedom

Beneficial egoism

Beneficial egoism

So many things trouble me. How can I achieve peace of mind?

So many things trouble me. How can I achieve peace of mind?

How can I stop worrying about what other people think of me?

How can I stop worrying about what other people think of me?

Am I wrong to have disowned my son for knifing his girlfriend to death then smashing her face in?

Am I wrong to have disowned my son for knifing his girlfriend to death then smashing her face in?

If Buddha said not to have any desires, why did he desire for peace of mind and life in jungle?

If Buddha said not to have any desires, why did he desire for peace of mind and life in jungle?

Living in the real world

Living in the real world

Innate radiance of mind

Innate radiance of mind

When you realize deeply what is real and what is unreal, what can possibly trouble you?

When you realize deeply what is real and what is unreal, what can possibly trouble you?

I look after other people but not after myself

I look after other people but not after myself

Meditation is being awake

Meditation is being awake

When our love meets someone’s distress the result is compassion

When our love meets someone’s distress the result is compassion

It is important to look directly at the nature of thoughts

It is important to look directly at the nature of thoughts

Fulfilling our natural desire

Fulfilling our natural desire

Avoiding trouble from nonexistent problems

Avoiding trouble from nonexistent problems

The main thing preventing you from finding the truth is looking for it

The main thing preventing you from finding the truth is looking for it

Removing uneccessary suffering

Removing uneccessary suffering

Whatever happens happens. nothing else ever happens.

Whatever happens happens. nothing else ever happens.

When you grasp that this “I”, that so occupies you, is only a concept, your problems are not found.

When you grasp that this “I”, that so occupies you, is only a concept, your problems are not found.

The real does not die, the unreal never lived

The real does not die, the unreal never lived

The difference between a magician and his audience is that the magician knows

The difference between a magician and his audience is that the magician knows

Sounds and thoughts

Sounds and thoughts

Exploiting your amazement to find peace

Exploiting your amazement to find peace

Do your work with no expectations

Do your work with no expectations

The main difference between your dream and your thought is the time of day or night

The main difference between your dream and your thought is the time of day or night

Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.

Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.

As long as you are fully connected to reality there can be no tension, no conflict.

As long as you are fully connected to reality there can be no tension, no conflict.

Dissolving your fixations is itself peace

Dissolving your fixations is itself peace

Meditation for a movie theatre

Meditation for a movie theatre

Watching the truth in the presence of your dream?

Watching the truth in the presence of your dream?

Using uncertainty to your advantage

Using uncertainty to your advantage

The game of life

The game of life

Omniscience

Watching the dream

Watching the dream

Distinguishing the actor from the action

Distinguishing the actor from the action

Eliminating anger involves seeing the true nature of reality

Eliminating anger involves seeing the true nature of reality

Expressing our true nature

Expressing our true nature

A stressful job

A stressful job

Kindness and compassion just are

Kindness and compassion just are

There are no conflicts in reality

There are no conflicts in reality

Total peace with no obstacle to happiness

Total peace with no obstacle to happiness

Sampling the unconditioned mind

Sampling the unconditioned mind

We are what we think

We are what we think

In the unconditioned mind there is nothing missing

In the unconditioned mind there is nothing missing

My religion is kindness

My religion is kindness

Meditation is no more than being awake

Meditation is no more than being awake

We all want to be happy and enjoy peace of mind

We all want to be happy and enjoy peace of mind

When there is no effort – you are a Buddha already

When there is no effort – you are a Buddha already