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Solitary Buddhist practitioner | student of the Noble 8Fold Path Here to share the gift of true Dhamma for your reflection May the Buddhasāsana last long! Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@tikkhapanna Twitter: https://x.com/tikkhapanna

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 1d

📡🧡🧡🧡Radiating Pavāraṇā Full Moon mettā:
May all hardships be alleviated.
May all misfortunes be averted.
May good triumph over evil.
May universal kindness and harmlessness prevail.
May the world be healed and whole again.

:Exiting the 3-month Rains Retreat.🙏

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 7h

And what is the treasure of prudence/concern?

There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones feels concern for [the suffering that results from] bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct.
~AN7.6

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 1d

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 2d

If the mind is virtuous and skillful, we don’t have to take a bus...

#Buddhism #Dhamma #happiness #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #BuddhistWisdom #Dharma

Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 3d

Aspirations are not plans or schemes, they are value statements and resonances of what one would wish to bring about. Such as:

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 4d

Stress comes from the three forms of craving, so we should kill off craving for sensuality, craving for becoming, and craving for no becoming. These things are fabricated in our own heart, and we have to know them with our own mindfulness and discernment.
~Ajahn Lee

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 5d

He who checks rising anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, him I call a true charioteer. Others only hold the reins.
~Dhammapada 222

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 6d

The Eightfold Path stands at the very heart of the Buddha’s teaching. It was the discovery of the path that gave...

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 8d

Knowing this body is (frail) like a jar,
establishing the mind like a fortress,
fight Māra with the weapon of wisdom,
guard your success, and do not be attached.
~Dhammapada 40

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 9d

On his first visit to Wat Dhammasathit, a middle-aged man was surprised to see an American monk.

He asked Ajaan Fuang, “How is it that Westerners can ordain?”

Ajaan Fuang’s answer: “Don’t Westerners have hearts?”
~Ajahn Ṭhānissaro

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 10d

The Buddha teaches that there is one defilement which gives rise to all the others, one root which holds them all in place...

#Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #ignorance #delusion #Dharma

Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 11d

Worldly wealth is what fosters strength of body; noble wealth is what fosters strength of mind.
~Ajahn Lee

#Buddhism #Dhamma #wealth #Theravada #BuddhistWisdom #Dharma

Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 13d

Question: What, in a nutshell, is the law of kamma?

Answer: The Buddha said that the essence of kamma is...

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 14d

The path to the cessation of suffering is the path of perfection. Perfection can be a rather daunting word...

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 15d

Anger makes us suffer if we indulge it and hold on to it, and it will make...

#Buddhism #Dhamma #anger #suffering #Theravada #Dharma

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · 16d

When we acknowledge the fragility of it all, there’s a sense of enjoyment in life — we’re living a miracle. And because of that, what can we do?

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Sep 3

All beings are similar in their innate wish for happiness and their dislike of suffering.

#Buddhism #Dhamma #suffering #happiness #mudita #Theravada #Dharma

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just asserting myself and getting my way is not the way to peacefulness, equanimity and serenity of the heart.
~Ajahn Sumedho

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Aug 29

The senior venerable Mahākoṭṭhita said this:

Calm and still,
thoughtful in counsel, not restless—
he shakes off bad qualities
as the gale shakes leaves off a tree.
~Thag1.2

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Aug 9

... three requirements for a teaching proposing to offer a true path to the end of suffering:

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Jul 30

With saddhā/faith, the energy is an opening of the heart whereas belief closes the mind by locking it onto an idea or theory...

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Jul 27

In the Vitthatadhana Sutta, the Buddha says:

Monks, there are these seven treasures. Which seven?

The treasures of *faith/conviction,
*virtue/ethical conduct,
*conscience,
*prudence/concern,
*learning/listening,
*generosity, and
*wisdom/discernment.
~AN7.6

#Buddhism

Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Jul 25

Sādhu anumodāna 🙏

Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Jul 24

Not despising,
not harming,
restraint according to the code of monastic discipline,
moderation in food,
dwelling in solitude,
devotion to meditation
— this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
~Dhammapada 185

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Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Feb 23

Sādhu anumodāna, thank you, John 🙏😊

Tikkhapaññā☁ @tikkhapanna.bsky.social · Nov 20

If we're talking about realms of existence, yes, humans would be higher than animals.

But in this case, from the perspective of sīla & mettā, in the practice of harmlessness & goodwill, all living beings are equally entitled to life regardless of shape, size or realm of existence.

Hope this helps.