by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 6, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The Noble Five-Factored Right Samadhi Right samadhi refers to the four jhānas. The word jhāna literally means “meditation”, but when the Buddha uses that word, he is referring to a specific collection of four increasingly refined states of meditative...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 4, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Source: Wikipedia. In the 1600s, there was a Dutch draper by the name of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Antonie cared a lot about the quality of his textile. He wanted to see the quality of the thread better than anyone else could, so he...
by Soryu Forall | Feb 1, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Mindfulness is said to be useful everywhere. That means that we can always do it. We can practice it in every circumstance. Too often, people think that they need to hold a specific focus, such as the breath, in order to practice mindfulness. But we can experience...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 30, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: Establishing right mindfulness) Yes, it turns out there is such a thing as wrong mindfulness. Every part of the Noble Eightfold Path has its “wrong” counterpart. For example, there is wrong view (versus right view), and wrong intention (versus...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 28, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The five hindrances are mental obstacles that hinder the mind from meditative concentration. Beyond that, they also hinder the mind from wisdom in general, which means that they don’t just operate during meditation, they also operate in daily life. The five are:...
