Intoxicants: In general this means allowing alcohol and drugs being absorbed into the body through drinking, inhaling, insertion, spraying, smoking, and injection
Those people who are habitually pessimistic, angry, greedy, etc, always attract negative things to themselves
Merit means ‘goodness’ or ‘happiness’ It is something which, if it arises in the mind, will cause the mind to become pure and free of cloudiness
The word ‘kalyanamitra’ means good friend. A good friend must have all the Seven Characteristics described previously
The Right Concentration (How many kinds of meditation are there? Part 2)
I have heard many reasons for drinking: family problems, work problems, addiction, seductive advertising, society, health, curiosity, peer pressure, availability, and depression.
Meditation will help us understand and come to terms with the loss of a loved one. With wisdom, we learn that loss is natural.
We are born as human beings and it is natural that we have to confront both positive and negative changes throughout our lives.
The Great Masters of meditation have told us that the knowledge of meditation practice along the Middle Way was lost 500 years after the Lord Buddha passed away into Nibbana (Nirvana).
Learning Meditation : Sit upright with your right leg on your left leg. Place your right hand on your left hand. Let your right index touch your left thumb
