Dhammapada 76

Regard the person who sees your faults
As a revealer of treasures.
Associate with that skilled person 
as one who is wise, who speaks reprovingly.
Keeping company with such a person,
things get better, not worse.

Buddhist Answers to Question asked 019 : How to abstain from alcohol

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Published on May 4, 2015

Buddhist Answers to Questions Asked presented
by Venerable Sander Khemadhammo
Master's degree in Psychology from Radboud University-Netherlands, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Thailand.

Mogok Vipassana... in English!

Bhikkhu Obhasa shares his experience practicing Mogok Vipassana for the first time. The above photo shows the American monk's secluded dwelling for the Rains in 2016 in Kalaw, Shan State. For more information Mogok in English, see here.

"Last year I had the chance to attend an eight-day Mogok Vipassana course on the outskirts of Yangon. It has always been sort of an enigma as it's by far the largest and most widespread Vipassana technique in Myanmar with its famous Paticca Samuppada wheel seen everywhere, yet it has remained almost entirely off the radar to foreign meditators.

Vipassana Acharya Dr Paul Fleischman, An Ancient Path

"A person who meditates day after day, trying to focus their mind on the sensations of their body, thinking no doubt, forgetfully daydreaming no doubt, but constantly making an effort to return attention to the body and the body only, will, paradoxically but inevitably, be put in touch with mental contents that are revelatory and revolutionary. It is not just trauma that is stored in the body. Wisdom is stored in the body. Calm is stored in the body. Peace is stored in the body. All ideologies are stored in the body. All fears, all ignorance, everything that we call good or bad in ourselves is stored in the body. We are bodies just as much as we minds. All of us can be located, brought to life, met, understood, in our bodies, if and when our mind perseveringly, sensitively, and continuously travels through the body’s sensations. Where the mind contacts the body, the mind-body junction, there is always three-dimensional existence: sensation, mentations, and insight.

Dhammapada 150

Coming Home: A Buddhist transitions genders

BY ELLIE KRUG| SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 Lion's Roar

In September, 2010, at fifty-three, I surgically transitioned from male to female. It happened only after years of therapy, great soul-searching, and grudging self-acceptance. As with many transgender persons my age, transitioning genders came with a huge cost—the loss of my wife and best friend, a teenage daughter’s crushing grief and disappointment, and the eventual loss of my law practice.

Buddhist Answers to Question asked 018 : How do we cope with depression when a relationship ends

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Published on May 4, 2015

Buddhist Answers to Questions Asked presented
by Venerable Sander Khemadhammo
Master's degree in Psychology from Radboud University-Netherlands, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Thailand.