Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
- Ajahn Chah, “Still Forest Pool”
Monthly Archives: November 2011
WEEKLY WISDOM 21/11/2011
Monks, there are these three roots of evil. What three?
Lust is a root of evil, hate is a root of evil, delusion is a root of evil. These are the three roots of evil.- Itivuttaka
WEEKLY WISDOM 14/11/2011
Abandoning malicious speech, he abstains from malicious speech; he does not repeat elsewhere what he has heard here in order to divide (those people) from these, nor does he repeat to these people what he has heard elsewhere in order to divide (these people) from those; thus he is one who reunites those who are divided, a promoter of friendships, who enjoys concord, rejoices in concord, delights in concord, a speaker of words that promote concord.
- Majjhima Nikaya
WEEKLY WISDOM 07/11/2011
Of the divine state of love the near enemy is lust, because, like love, it sees good qualities. It is like a foe lurking near a man. Quickly it finds access. Hence love should be well protected from lust. Ill-will is the distant enemy. From its dissimilarity in nature it is like a man’s foe dwelling in a mountain fastness, and so on. Hence love should be developed secure from ill-will. It is impossible that one should develop love and at the same time get angry.
- Buddhaghosa, “Visuddhimagga”