My Dharma brother has a collection of materials from the Theravadan tradition, and he lent me a CD of some of Thanissaro Bhikkhu's talks to listen to on my commute.
I listened to the first of them yesterday, and at one point I felt like pulling over, stopping the car, and just sitting. Such straightforward teaching, such an utterly bullshit-free approach to the Dharma! The illness and the medicine so skillfully presented! One of the ass-kickers for me in the talks was the reminder of Buddha's injunction to "practice the Dharma in accordance with the Dharma," and not in accordance with whim or personal exception. I can always stand to hear that.
To my Dharma brother, to Thanissaro Bhikkhu and the line of noble ones stretching back these 2500 years I owe a debt of gratitude. May their efforts bear abundant fruit.
I listened to the first of them yesterday, and at one point I felt like pulling over, stopping the car, and just sitting. Such straightforward teaching, such an utterly bullshit-free approach to the Dharma! The illness and the medicine so skillfully presented! One of the ass-kickers for me in the talks was the reminder of Buddha's injunction to "practice the Dharma in accordance with the Dharma," and not in accordance with whim or personal exception. I can always stand to hear that.
To my Dharma brother, to Thanissaro Bhikkhu and the line of noble ones stretching back these 2500 years I owe a debt of gratitude. May their efforts bear abundant fruit.
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