Growing Home

Before they get wiped from the whiteboard, thought I would share.

I have read this numbered precepts in the past, but I can understand them now. Ripeness is a virtue.

May they arrive to you, whether known or unknown, as fresh words of contemplation.

More and more I see how our attchment to previous notions draws blood from the present. We can choose to always ask ourselves, is this true for me now?????

4 establishments of mindfulness for practioner of the pathtowards liberation:

1)body 2)feelings 3)mind 4)objects of the mind.

5 hindrances to meditation:

1)sense desire 2)ill-will 3) drowsiness 4)agitation 5)doubt

7 Factors of Awakwening:

1) full attention 2) investigating dharmas 3)energy 4)joy 5)ease 6)concentration 7)letting go.

4 Noble Truths

1) existence of suffering 2) causes of suffering 3)liberation from suffering 4) the path that leads to liberation from suffering

The more I cross reference the teachings and life of the buddha with advita vedanta, the more I become assured the teaching is the same. It is the religion, or philosophy that succeeds the origial teachings that clouds the truth of the message. The rituals and adaptations can be valuable based on the conditions we come from, but from what i can tell, we may be able to avoid lifetimes of confusion and spiritual distress by going directly to the source. the teaching that proclaims the truth is not to be sought, that it is the Self (efulgent happiness without a reason). So the meditation is on the meditator. The concentration to be focused on the act of concentrating itself. “don’t ask how, just do it!” -one great mahatma.