Buddha’s Teachings

When the Buddha was still a young prince he encountered four events when he and his servant ventured out of the palace. These four events shaped his way of thinking and changed the course of history.

Why do we want to cleanse our own mind? What is wrong with it? There must be reasons why we do anything. Let’s find out.

Shame of wrong is a quality of wholesome mind. So what are the wrong mind and how do we stay away from it?

How much you suffer, how often you have problems in your life mostly depends on how much you cling to the idea of your self “I”.

Sufferings cannot arise without proper conditions/ingredients, the faculties or the sources. What are those required ingredients?

(Also now on YouTube through channel Sothy Tim) Become a shade means to offer refuge to the fellow travelers from the hot sun. How do you become a shade? First, you have to be cool within yourself. Find out how in this episode.

How is your year as we are approaching the end of another year? Has your practice brought you more lightness and peace? Have you made progress in your study about yourself, the inner you? Share you thoughts and ideas or questions as we wrap up 2023.

In order for one to commit himself/herself to liberation from the cycle of Dukkha/sufferings, one must understand or know what Dukkha/suffering is. The study of Dhamma is a must and is the only way.

The mind is not not easy to tame but as long as we can see the benefits of a tamed mind we must keep on practicing because we know it is the only way out of the cycle of suffering.

Our original mind is like a bucket of pure clear water. What we put in it is what we are mistakenly identified ourself with.

What are we looking for in order to have a happy life in a relationship? What are the conditions?

We love people we hate people. A loved one becomes the ex-one. The ex becomes someone’s else love. So what is this “person” we love or hate?

The ultimate streaming is our mind. Blinded by the speed of the mind, we develop the self “I” as a doer. The ignorant doer goes to do selfish things for itself.

By looking within, we need to realize that we are also the trigger to the world.

Your mind has its own way of functioning, it is its nature. Find out what it is.

Our mind is the source of our sins. Unwholesome mind leads to sinful speech and action.

It’s just the matter of time when we run into problems in life, it’s inevitable. How one handles the situation determine the quality of one’s life. If you are stressed, sad, upset, anxious, nervous, scared, angry, irritated, you have not figured out the solution to your problems. Right solution gives you happiness, peace of mind. Would you like to find out?

From Angkuttarak Nikaya number 42, the Buddha talked about the Four Characteristics of a person, worthy and unworthy.

Life is a journey as people say. With the right formula life can be a lot less stressful and more joyful.

What is the difference between paying respect and taking refuge in the Triple Gems? There are misconceptions in what taking refuge means.

All fires starts with a little spark. All big problems start with little problems. Put out the spark is a lot easier than put out the big fire. Learn to catch the spark.

A man who conquer a thousand battles is not still as powerful as the man(or woman) who can conquer himself/herself. This phrase is explained here in this episode.

The Buddha discovered the Truth. From the Truth He taught the Dhamma. What is the Truth He discovered?

All feelings and emotions happen inside us. Who or what creates these feelings? We normally think that our feelings arise due to the different factors outside our body, due to what we see or hear. Does that mean those things and people are the creator of our feelings?

Is old habit difficult to break? It depends on your mind set. Is your emotions difficult to change? It depends on your will. But if you know for sure that the change will make a better you or get you into a better life situation, would you do it?

When your mind is full of stuff you feel heavy, especially stuff of negative feelings and emotions. Learn to clear this mind, learn to clean that mind and you will feel much better.

This episode goes a little deeper into the fifty two mind faculties, the ingredients, the formula, some samples of how mind arises.

Evil/bad deeds arise from unwholesome minds, unwholesome thoughts, unwholesome actions. How do you handle these unwholesome feelings?

You have issues in you life, in your work, in your families, in your relationship, your mind is heavy, full of negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions. You feel heavy like having dark clouds on your head, heavy weights on your shoulders. This is telling you that you don’t understand your own mind and you are letting your mind control you.

We all have to deal with difficult people, difficult situation all the time. How do we manage this problem?

You are only one thought away from happiness if you put down your ego.

Many people pray at the temples, at the altars, to the Buddha’s statue. Is that what the Buddha taught?

Grief is a part of life we all encounter from time to time. It is important to understand how this pain arises.

The King(your mind) wants to have peace in his kingdom but the king is always disturbed. Where are the guards?

Being aware of oneself’s mental activities (having Sati) is the crucial first part of learning about ourselves. Let’s talk about how to become aware of our own thoughts and emotions.

You have studied the Dhamma, you have studied the Sutra, yet you still have issues in life. Where has the learning gone?

Mind objects are products of our mind. These objects are the emotions, the feelings we experience and mistakenly identify ourselves with.

So it’s the question for you and your mind, which one is it?

The Buddha encourages Dana or offering/giving. What is the best Dana one can give to oneself and people around them?

The conceptual “I” arises flawlessly with the rise of the five senses. Understanding this concept is the opening to the ultimate you.

Practicing anything must benefit you. The same goes with practicing the Dhamma. This episode shows you how to bring the Dhamma to your everyday activities so you can have a beautiful life.

Kamma/karma is action. Your action makes your life, good, bad, sad, angry, stressed, depressed, … What you make is yours. Choose the right one.

Our mind rises and falls away nonstop like waterfalls, it never stops. New mind arises and passes away consecutively, not a single old mind sticks around but because it happens so fast it seems like there is just one mind. You never touch a stream twice, be it water stream or mind stream.

Just as a storm cannot prevail against a rocky Mountain, so Mara can never overpower the man who lives meditating on impurities.

A journey begins with the first step and the longest journey is the journey within which requires no step. You are already there.

This episode explains about the functions of our six senses, how they work, interact, and generate the mind. Please feel free to leave comments.

We go through many episodes in our life. How we handle the different episodes we encounter dictates how we live our life.

Your mind only exists in the present moment, so are you.

What is Samsara? How did we get caught in it?

Nothing specific today, a little bit here a little bit there. Comments if you like.

Cultivate your land cultivate your mind. It is an effort we all need to make.

We all have stories and those stories run inside our head. Watch the stories.

Who is suffering? Find out who or what is suffering.

Where does our suffering come from? What or who creates it?

Why you can’t let go of that dislike, hateful feeling about someone?

Because people only know that suffering is part of life they think that it is normal.

Once you understand what suffering is you can learn to detach from it.

This episode takes you deeper into the teaching to see what the ultimate truth is that the Buddha taught.

Clinging or holding on to things is the root cause of insecurity, anxiety, stress that can proliferate into many unwholesome thoughts.

The secret of life is right in front of you.

Acceptance is hard to do for most people when tragedies happen, when they are a victim of something in the past.

Wisdom (Pranha in Pali) is one component in the Eight Fold Noble Path. How do you cultivate this wisdom/pranha?

Human mind, animal mind. What is mindfulness?

How does stress start in our life? From teenagers to young adults, stress builds up. Know where stress come from.

What are the six worlds that make your mind?

The definition of the word Nirvana/Nibanna.

What you are searching for is already inside of you.

All Dhamma has the mind as the subject. (Buddha)

Self realization is about realizing our own mind, how it works. The mind is what keeps us in Samsara, understanding it is liberation. Free…

What is awareness? And what is the difference between awareness and mindfulness?

Opinion and criticisms, mental activities that lead to problems.

Buddha asked the monk’s: monks, if Brahmins or lay people ask why you study with the Tathagatta, what benefits do you get from the Teachings? What would you tell them?

Our new generation, from teenagers to young adults, is facing tremendous pressure from society and it creates a lot of stress and anxiety. How does one handle it?

Needless to say, raising a family is a very challenging responsibility and every little guidance helps. This episode is my little two cents guidance.

Money can help fix the necessity of life but money cannot buy true peace and happiness of life. The only way to cure the mental suffering is to understand what our mind is.

How do you cultivate compassion for yourself and others? How do you forgive someone?

How can Buddhism benefit your life? This is the key, the bridge that takes you to the other side of your emotional (ego) mind.

Fear and worry destroy our happiness. What is fear? Why are we worried?

What troubles you? Understand what that is and you can be happier.