Friday, October 29, 2021

Why meditation won't work (Bhikkhu Bodhi)

21 Too-Real Cartoons About the Struggle to Practice Mindfulness (Cathy Thorne/HuffPost Life)

(Buddhist Insights, Aug. 10, 2019) How to find joy (piti, delight) in the wholesome to arrive at the final goal of nirvana by tracing back the factors (conditions) that lead to it with Bhikkhu Bodhi. In this old fundraising lecture for buddhistinsights.com/BIfundraiser, Venerable Bodhi explains how cultivating happiness creates a foundation for samādhi (unification of mind, stillness, super-concentration), which involves confidence/faith (saddha). What is the basis for that?


(Buddhist Insights) Join B.I. for a morning of giving to support BGR: Buddhist Global Relief (buddhistglobalrelief.org), American scholar-monk Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's non-profit bringing much benefit to many people worldwide.

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