One of the reasons that old age is so disconcerting to many people is that they feel as if they’re stripped of their roles. As we enter old age and face physical frailty, the departure of children, retirement, and the deaths of loved ones, we see the lights fading, the audience dwindles, and we are…

kenosis = self-emptying

The Buddha once noted:They do not ever lament over thepast,They do neither yearn for what has yet to come,They maintain themselves in thepresent here & now,therefore is their appearance so calm and serene!Samyutta Nikaya I, 5 Let go of the past, let go of the future,let go of the present, and cross over to thefurther shore of all becoming and existence.With mind wholly liberated and…

Thlipsis, Greek, growth through friction, hairy potatoes in a barrel bumping into each other

We ask questions in meditation to bring in interest, not for an answer.We continually sharpen intelligence and wisdom by being interested and by asking questions like: What is this? What is happening? Why is it happening? — Sayadaw U Tejaniya

The meditating mind stays with the awareness, not with the experience. – Sayadaw U Tejaniya