Writings

For The One Who Suffers Step 1 – Training in Virtue Step 2 – Exercising Sense Restraint Step 3 – Moderation Of Your Eating it continues…. Do you want to break free from the endless cycle of seeking pleasure through food? If so, then it’s time to start practising self-control and sense restraint when it […]

For The One Who Suffers Step 1 – Training in Virtue Step 2 – Exercising Sense Restraint Step 3 – Moderation Of Your Eating it continues…. Further development of purification requires restraining the senses or guarding the senses against activities that would provoke and fuel mental defilements. By following the precepts, you will be able

For The One Who Suffers Step 1 – Training in Virtue Step 2 – Exercising Sense Restraint Step 3 – Moderation Of Your Eating it continues…. Authenticity: You don’t want to suffer and you try to find a way not to. For the most part you turn unknowingly to the very cause of your suffering

(A Summarised Transcription of a Hillside Hermitage Dhamma Talk) Q: What is the purpose of the precepts? Nm: The purpose is for developing strength of mind and the first step for achieving that is to be able to say no to yourself. To say no to your desires, whims, habits, and addictions. The main rules