Inspirations | The Dharmafarers

WEEKLY REFLECTIONS • INSPIRATIONS • HEALING WORDS • SELF-HELP:

(R885) The 4 limbs for streamwinning (241009)
(R884) How to learn from karma (2 of 2) (241002)
(R883) How to learn from karma (1 of 2) (240925)
(R882) Virtue ethics: Avoid evil, do good, purify the mind (240918)
(R881) The 12 keys of Buddhist mission 3 of 3 (240911)
(R880) The 12 keys of Buddhist mission 2 of 3 (240904)
(R879) The 12 keys of Buddhist mission 1 of 3 (240828)
(R878) Is Mara sexless? (240821)
(R877) Mara as “skillful means” (240814)
(R876) Mara the shape-shifter (240807)
(R875) Crusher of Mara’s host (240731)
(R874) Having nothing, taking nothing (240724)
(R873) Mara the master ritualist (240717)
(R872) My encounter with Mara (240710)
(R871) Living the divine abodes (240703)
(R870) Formations as habits (240626)
(R869) Radiation of lovingkindness (240619)
(R868) How to direct the mind to samadhi (240612)
(R867) Who should not meditate? (240605)
(R866) Meditation and its purpose (240529)
(R865) Vesak reflections: How not to forget Buddhism (240522)
(R864) Mara as comic relief (240515)
(R863) Mother’s Day is forever (240512)
(R862) Dealing with Mara today: the Mangala Sutta (240501)
(R861) Evolution as natural seduction (240424)
(R860) Mara as Buddhist mythology (240417)
(R859) Mara in the Dhaniya Sutta (240410)
(R858) An immeasurable mind (240403)
(R857) A narrow mind (240327)
(R856) Mindfulness in early Buddhism (240320)
(R855) The noble eightfold path leads to awakening (240313)
(R854) The potential of divine abode practice (240306)
(R853) The four focuses of mindfulness (satipatthana) (240228)
(R851) The path for attaining the highest (brahma,patti) (240214)
(R850) Naga: the year of the dragon (240210)
(R849) The 8 supports (paccaya) of meditation (240131)
(R848) Great learning and moral discipline (240124)
(R847) Who or what is Mara? (240117)
(R846) The 2 wings of a flying bird (240110)
(R845) Reflections on Boonman and Samatha Trust (240103)
(R844) Year of the 4 truths: reflections for 2024 (231231)
(R843) The One True Refuge (231220)
(R842) Mindfulness: right and wrong (231213)
(R841) How to fly (for a fee) and the psychopathy of Mahesh (231206)
(R840) The abdication syndrome (231129)
(R839) Spirituality of meditation (231122)
(R836) Lovingkindness in practice (231101)
(R834) The perfect imperfection (231018)
(R833) Sutta teaching on the vulnerable narcissist (231011)
(R832) Seeing whole, becoming whole 2 of 2 (231004)
(R831) Seeing whole, becoming whole 1 of 2 (230927)
(R830) When the mind fails the meditator (230920)
(R829) Streamwinners “enjoying sensual pleasures” (230913)
(R828) The 6 kinds of existential struggles 3 of 3: the preta struggle and the hellish struggle (230906)
(R827) The 6 kinds of existential struggles 2 of 3: the asura struggle and the animal struggle (230830)
(R826) The 6 kinds of existential struggles 1 of 3: the human struggle and the divine struggle (230823)
(R821) Phra Chamriang Candano (1948-2022) (230719)
(R820) The uses of mindfulness and awareness (230712)
(R819) Mindfulness and memory (230705)
(R818) Early Buddhist ontology and cosmology (230628)
(R817) How science influences religion (230621)
(R816) Clear awareness of emptiness (230614)
(R815) Mindfulness-awareness and sleeping (230607)
(R814) Vesak for trees (230531)
(R813) Mental harmony in daily life (230524)
(R812) Early Buddhist epistemology (230517)
(R811) Aberrant view: defective knowing (230510)
(R810) Buddhist confession (230503)
(R808) Free will: the nature of sankhara (230419)
(R803) To read, to see (230315)
(R802) Tipitaka journey (230308)
(R801) Happy prison (230301)
(R800) How to cultivate lovingkindness 2 of 2 (230222)
(R799) How to cultivate lovingkindness 1 of 2 (230215)
(R798) I know nothing (230208)
(R794) Unbiting the snake (230111)
(R793) Reading minds (230104)
(R792) My Spielberg Story (221223)
(R791) The word or the truth (221221)
(R789) Acts of truth (221207)
(R788) One for two; two for one (221130)
(R786) Hunger games (221116)
(R785) 5 Buddha habits (221109)
(R783) True and beautiful (221026)
(R781) The good roots of society (221012)
(R780) Change yourself (221005)
(R779) Narcissus healed (220928)
(R778) When lay practice is better (220921)
(R775) Have we stopped learning? (220831)
(R773) Living is loving (220817)
(R772) Call me by my name (220810)
(R769) How fire became light (220719)
(R766) Losing all that we have (220629)
(R763) Soul or no soul (220608)
(R761) To live is to learn (220525)
(R760) Vesak Questions (220515)
(R759) The One Dhamma (220511)
(R758) The Blind Men’s Elephant, Season 2 (220504)
(R757) Music Meditation (220427)
(R756) Vissasa: one word for love, trust, goodness, agreement (220420)
(R753) Time: the early Buddhist concept (220330)
(R749) Happy Days (220302)
(R745) Happily in the jungle: welcome 2022 with courage and wisdom (220202)
(R744) Time-loop (220126)
(R740) Piya Tan’s 2022 New Year Message: Growth and possibilities (211231)
(R739) Mindful Christmas (211222)
(R738) Dhyanas for dummies 2 of 2 (211215)
(R737) Dhyanas for dummies 1 of 2 (211208)
(R736) Psychology of forgetting (211201)
(R732) Lay renunciation (211103)
(R727) My … my … my minds (210929)
(R726) Easy way, no way (210922)
(R725) Separation anxiety (210915)
(R724) Imperfect: to be what we are yet to be (210908)
(R718) Our body, our teacher (210728)
(R717) Vipassana of dishwashing (210721)
(R713) You, monkey (210624)
(R709) Slow learner isn’t no learner: Vesak 2021 message by Piya Tan (210526)
(R708) Text and subtext (210519)
(R704) How to really learn (210414)
(R702) Small talks, great wisdom (210331)
(R695) Lunar New Year message (210210)
(R693) Outsiders (210127)
(R690) The Dhamma speaks to us (210106)
(R689) Piya Tan’s New Year Message: Be your true self (201231)
(R681) Common sense good (201104)
(R679) Our identities (201021)
(R675) Beyond religion (3 of 3) (200923)
(R674) Beyond religion (2 of 3) (200916)
(R673) Beyond religion (1 of 3) (200909)
(R672) Our true teacher (200902)
(R668) Neither loss nor grief (200805)
(R667) To the dear grieving (200729)
(R661) Short takes: Buddhism truly briefly (200217)
(R659) All love in a word: to be ubuntu to be more than being human (200603)
(R658) Born free? (200527)
(R655) Here there is no trouble (200506)
(R654) Let go now (200429)
(R651) Renounce the world: stay home (200408)
(R650) Virus as teacher (200401)
(R649) Minding food (200325)
(R648) Word means (200318)
(R644) Sound truth (200219)
(R643) Work hardly (200212)
(R639) For the wise (200115)
(R638) Statement, status, state (200108)
(R637) Vision 2020 (200101)
(R635) Why do you want to know? (191218)
(R634) Lights along the path (191211)
(R629) Can we know Buddhism? (191106)
(R628) You and me (191030)
(R627) How to be a non-Buddhist (191023)
(R626) Samsaric Karma, Nirvanic Karma (191016)
(R625) Neat TV chefs (191009)
(R624) You’ve changed! (191002)
(R619) 70th birthday gratitude (190828)
(R618) Musturbation (190821)
(R617) Measure for measure (190814)
(R616) To forgive, to forget? (190807)
(R615) Ozymandias awake (190731)
(R611) The Buddha is here (190703)
(R610) Cook like an artist (190624)
(R606) Don’t hold your breath! (190529)
(R604) Precious scars [a Vesak reflection] (190515)
(R603) Ego, Echo, Doubt (190508)
(R602) Getting lighter (190501)
(R599) Hubris (190410)
(R598) Fake truths (190403)
(R597) Long sentence (190327)
(R596) Naturally good (190320)
(R595) Unconscious us (190313)
(R594) Wisdom tree (190306)
(R591) Evidence-based? (190213)
(R590) Rich humility (190206)
(R589) The way we are, we are the way (190130)
(R582) Looking for love (181212)
(R479) The 33 (181121)
(R578) Many, one, none (181114)
(R575) The love precepts (181024)
(R572) A child’s awakening (181003)
(R571) How to see the 5 aggregates (180926)
(R570) Feel good or be better? (180919)

(R569) Why impermanence? (180912)
(R568) The teacher’s shadow (180905)
(R566) Piya Supina (a loving dream) (180822)
(R565) Better wrong, then right (180815)
(R564) Ordinary saints (180808)
(R562) GOD — Gift of Dhamma (180725)
(R561) Rise and fall (180718 )
(R557) Anyone can read minds (180620)
(R556) The thieves (180613)
(R555) An empty plate (180606)

(R552) Blessed Mother’s Day (180516)
(R551) Do bad mindfully (180509)
(R550) The Buddha’s life as myth (180502)
(R549) A pillar of faith (180425)
(R548) Past good (180418)
(R539) Cookie tale (180214)
(R538) Narcissus (180207)
(R537) Living joy (180131)
(R536) What can we really know? (180124)
(R535) Creativity (180117)

(R534) Spirituality (180110)
(R533) 2018: Turn on the lights (180103)
(R532) Love, Dean (171227)
(R531) Turning around (171220)
(R524) Humour me (171101)
(R519) Don’t be my past (170927)
(R518) No pain is really worth suffering (170920)
(R517) Dish-washing (170913).

(R514) When we lose a beloved (170823)
(R513) Growing old and up (170816)
(R512) Good is better (170809)
(R504) Meaning and purpose of life (170614)
(R503) Answer for good (170607)
(R501) Mindfulness and time (170524)
(R500) About time (170517)
(R499) Historical day (170510)
(R495) Toying with views (170412)
(R490) Touched by Dharma (170301) .

(R487) The joy of meditation (2 of 2) (170208)
(R486) The joy of meditation (1 of 2) (170201)
(R485) How do we know we have awakened? (170125)
(R484) Why we can’t define nirvana (170118)
(R482) The 7 true blessings (170104)
(R481) Free love (161228)
(R479) Soulmates (161214)
(R475) Spiritual bypass (2 of 2) (161116)
(R474) Spiritual bypass (1 of 2) (161109)
(R473) To be free, bond (161102)

(R472) Perfect timing (161026)
(R465) The joy of Dharma (160907)
(R457) Letting go (160712)
(R455) Having and being (160628)
(R453) What can Buddhism do for me? (160614)
(R452) True prayer (160607)
(R449) The quest for meaning (160517)
(R448) The Sub-Sub-librarian (160510)
(R446) Time-space in meditation (160426 )
(R445) God is a question (160419)

(R443) Mind-body rules (160405)
(R442) Awaken in this life (A spiritual exercise) (160329)
(R439) Failing and imagining (160308)
(R438) The little that we know (160301)
(R435) The poet’s wisdom (160209)
(R434) The inward journey (160202)
(R433) True to all faith (160126)
(R431) Free genius (160112)
(R429) The good in all (151229)
(R428) Boundless love (151222)

(R398) This moment forever (150527)
(R408) Upside-down poem (150805)
(R409) When the sitting gets tough (150812)
(R415) The dream (150922)
(R416) Toilet training (150929)
(R417) Bad can be good (151006)
(R419) The Artist (151020)
(R422) Through the dark night (151110)
(R423) Sweet sorrow (151117)
(R427) What the hell (151215)

(R394) Four questions (150429)
(R393) The child we still are (150422)
(R385) What’s that? (150225)
(R384) Self-compassion (150218)
(R381) Dharma trains (150128)
(R379) The 24 Elements (150114)
(R378) The Supreme Worship (150107)
(R377) The Buddha’s voice (141231)
(R376) Let the moment seize us (141224)
(R374) Lay living Dharma (141210)

(R371) Read-ready (141119)
(R369) How to enjoy life (141105)
(R368) Starry night (141029)
(R366) Very basic Buddhism (141015)
(R362) I will wait for you (140917)
(R361) On turning 65 (140910 )
(R360) Don’t try to stop changing (140903)
(R358) Live, love, learn (140820)
(R357) To those we’ve lost (140813 )

(R355) The Great Gatsby (140730)
(R353) How to (k)now (140716)
(R352) Middlemarch (140709)
(R351) Chasing the white whale (140702)
(R350) Live to love (140625)
(R346) Who’s talking now? (140428)
(R345) Playing dead (140521)
(R344) The one that I feed (140514 Vesak Reflection)
(R340) What religion? (140416)
(R339) No need to give up our faith (140409)

(R338) Fear not (140402)
(R337) A failure, am I? (140326)
(R335) Replicators (140312)
(R326) Why am I me? (140108)
(R325) How to write a reflection (140101)
(R324) Breathe Dharma (131225)
(R323) Present being (131218)
(R322) Schadenfreude (131211)
(R321) Can I help? (131204)
(R320) Still centre (131127)

(R305) Causes and conditions (130814)
(R306) More than human (130821)
(R308) The hanging man (130904)
(R309) Waltzing Matilda for Buddha (130918)
(R312) Only the heart can truly see (131002)
(R313) Value of loss (131009)
(R314) Do I know you? (131016)
(R316) Sex change (131030)
(R317) The 3 D’s & beyond (131106)
(R318) Tough love (131113)

(R304) Love never loses (130807)
(R303) Learning bad (130731)
(R302) Cost of living (130724)
(R301) Time is love (130717)
(R300) Meditate, naturally (130710)
(R297) The last leaf (130619)
(R295) True genius (130605)
(R293) Belief limits, wisdom frees (130522)
(R290) Work and life (130501)
(R289) Freeing pain (130424)

(R267) New clothes and nakedness (121121)
(R268) Looking for love (121128)
(R274) Accept yourself, reject your self (130109)
(R275) Dance like nobody’s watching (130116)
(R276) Knowledge limits (130123)
(R278) Sad is not really bad (130206)
(R280) The artist’s suffering (130220)
(R282) To love is to learn (130306)
(R285) Silent sunny spaces (130327)
(R287) Married to Dharma (130410)

(R265) What’s the question, that’s the answer! (121107)
(R264) Animal emotions (121031)
(R262) Not by food alone (121017)
(R258) Still ahead (120919)
(R256) When self-love is good (120905)
(R254) From love must come wisdom (120822)
(R251) Superstition (120801)
(R250) Suffering servant (120725)
(R249) Let your hair down (120718)
(R247) Change please! (120627)
(R245) Self-destruct or self-construct? (120620)

(R242) None are so (120530)
(R241) We got class (120523)
(R240) Mother tree (120516)
(R237) Now is the moment (120425)
(R235) Stop, thinking! Welcome, feeling! (120411)
(R233) Please blow my balloon (120328)
(R231) Even a donkey can be wise (120314)
(R230) Everything is beautiful – really? (120307)
(R228) Minding change, changing mind (120222)
(R227) Driving Meditation (120215)

(R226) Truly renouncing (120208)
(R225) Falling in love, staying in love (120201)
(R224) True Aspirations (120125)
(R223) Buddhism Sets You Free (120118)
(R222) Power Mode, Love Mode (120111)
(R221) Being Everything to Everyone (120104)
(R218) Buddhist love training (111214)
(R214) Stumbling blocks to stepping stones (111116)
(R213) Your mind use it or lose it or Preventing dementia (111109)
(R212) When nobody seems to care (111102)

(R211) I think I know (111026)
(R210) Revolution! (111019)
(R209) Don’t tell me (111012)
(R208) True individual (111005)
(R207) Write words (110928)
(R206) Awakening moments (110907), German: Aufruettelnde momente
(R205b) Keep what you cannot lose / Give what you cannot lose (110831)
(R205a) Just be good (or why Pascal is wrong) (110824)
(R204) Man the unfinished (110817)
(R203) The greatest creator (110810)

(R202) Believable Fiction (110803)
(R201) Hearing Voices (110727)
(R199) Religion Without Words (110720)
(R197) Joy as food [Previous title: Not by food alone, but by joy, too] (110713)
(R195) We are the world (110629)
(R194) To see beyond Buddhism (110622)
(R193) Thoughtless meditation (110615)
(R190) New lamps for old? (110525)
(R189) Small change (110518)
(R188) The Most Beautiful Sunset (110511)

(R186) Wish I knew you better (110420)
(R184) Making the same mistake? (110406)
(R181) Three things to be grateful for (110323)
(R180) Emotional independence? (110316)
(R179) The Buddha and Prometheus (110309)
(R178) Let the dead bury their dead (110302)
(R176) Listen to yourself (110216)
(R175) Secret relationships (110209)
(R174) Holiday, holy day (110202)
(R173) God’s temple is within us (110126)

(R172) Real Buddhists are countless (110119)
(R171) Road less travelled (110112)
(R168) To believe, to know, to feel (101222)
(R167) Prayer without words (101215)
(R166) To have or to be (101208)
(R164) Every thing, everything (101124)
(R163) Being present (101117)
(R162) Truly professional (101110)
(R161) Close your eyes, see better (101103)
(R160) Lovingkindness (101023)

(R157) Tikkun olam (Repair the World) (101006)
(R156) Looking but not seeing (100926)
(R154) The ‘I’ of the storm (100915)
(R153) More than words can say (100908)
(R148) The greatest love (100811)
(R147) Moved by the Dharma (100804)
(R143) Ways of knowing (100707)
(R141) It’s a joke (100623)
(R140) Stories we live by (100616)
(R139) Just you wait (100609)

(R138) Free thinking (100602)
(R137) A choice Vesak (100526)
(R133) Truly beautiful mind (100421)
(R132) The Buddha smile (100414)
(R131) Why something rather than nothing? (100407)
(R130) Dharma is music to the Ear (100331)
(R123) How to be creative (100210)
(R122) Don’t own the Pain (100203)
(R121) Shadow and light (100127)
(R120) A truly purposeful life (100120)

(R119) Living Buddhism (100113)
(R117) To a listening year 2010 (091230)
(R116) Helping one another in faith (091223)
(R115) Worlds of our own (091216)
(R114) The mouths are moving (091209)
(R112) Does the Buddha have feelings? (091125)
(R109) Living well, dying well (091111)
(R105) The seven wonders (091021)
(R104) Story of a butterfly (091014)
(R103) Do we really know what we are saying? (091007)

((R102) Religion can be bipolar (090930)
(R101) Compassion or gratitude? (090923)
(R100) How to Address a Teacher (090916)
(R99) As If (090909)
(R98) From born to not born again (R98 090902)
(R97) Who are the hungry ghosts? (090826)
(R96) No pain, no gain / Why suffering ? (090819)
(R95 /RB2) Becoming human: it’s easier than you think (090812)
(R94) Buddhism Goes Beyond God and Religion (090805)
(R93 / RB1) Modern monastics? (090729)

(R92) All views are wrong views (090722)
(R91) [same as R90]
(R90) Suttas and marriage / Suttas, Pali & chanting (090715)
(R89) To live is to feel (090708)
(R88) Degree of happiness (090701)
(R87) How self-healing works (090624)
(R86) Talking bad about Buddhism (0090617)
(R85) Modernize the Buddha’s teaching? (090610)
(R84) Not by works alone (090603)
(R83) All the world’s a stage (090527)

(R82) The sunbird & free will (090520)
(R81) What Vesak means to me (090509)
(R79) Learn to say NO (090429)
(R78) Meme (that’s “me, me” always!) (090422)
(R77) What is given is not lost (090415)
(R76) So you want to kill yourself? (090408)
(R75) Timelessness and meditation (090401)
(R74) Something to sit on (090325)
(R73) The Horse’s Teeth (090318)
(R72) It’s Okay to Have a Big Ego (090311)

(R71) Two kinds of pain (090304)
(R70) Making sense of things (090225)
(R69) Is Buddhism a religion, a philosophy, or what? (090218)
(R68b) Bowing (090211)
(R67b) Dogmas (090204)
(R68a) Animals Go To Heaven (090121)
(R67a) The 8 winds of life (090114)
(R66) Unconditional Love (090107)
(R63) God is love and more (081224)
(R62) Nothing is Worth Clinging to (081217)

(R52) Why Buddhism is boring (for some) (081015)
(R53) Lesson from a flower (081022)
(R54) Go forth / The Great Commission (to Firefly Mission, 081023)
(R55) Buddhist prophecies for our times (081029)
(R56) Opening our eyes to the Dharma (081105)
(R57) My true-hearted friend (081112)
(R68) Lovingkindness is simply healing (081119)
(R59) Questions that answer (081126)
(R60) Getting the best from your mind (081203)
(R61) Be a Dharma Heir (081210)
(R51) Will the world end in 2012? (081008)
(R50) The chickduck (081001)
(R49) The Five Precepts Are Universal (080924)
(R48) How Mindfulness Strengthens Us (080917)

(R47) Ways of enjoying your wealth (080910)
(R45) The laity and monastic (080903)
(R44) Unchained peace (080820)
(R43) How the Bible made me a better Buddhist (080813)
(R42) Meditation goes beyond the brain (080806)
(R41) Bus-ride to Nirvana (080730)
(R33) Translating suttas is very enjoyable (080430)
(R35) Two kinds of people (080521)
(R34) Vesak aspirations (080514)

(R26) The temple of God is within us (080305)
(R27) Buddhism with feeling (080312)
(R30) Buddha Dharma is for all religions (080401)
(R31) Buddhism is about patterns (080316)
(R46) Effective listening (080409)
(R32) Who really is guanyin? (080423)
(R21) The true relics are the early suttas (080124)
(R29) Say yes, say no, be silent (080326)
(R25) The best stories are unfinished (080227)
(R24) When love is truly blind (080220)

(R17) Buddha and “Allah” (080102)
(R18) Failure and pain (080109)
(R19) The Buddha reaches to all (080116)
(R28) The Dharma is still with us (080319)
(R27) Buddhism with feeling (080123)
Phra Khru Ba Neua Chai, a true “social worker” (080113)
(R23) The Clear light of Dharma (080213)
(R40) Love is (080716)
(R15) Wishing Buddhists “Merry Christmas”? (071219)
Religious arrogance and spiritual openness (071107)

(R39) Minima kopi-lah! (080209)
Hindrance to spiritual progress (070919)
(R37) Buddhism is as easy as walking (a parable) (080618)
(R65) Life’s 3 highest priorities (081231)
(R64) 25 December Buddhist Renewal Day (081226 )
(R11) Has the Dharma come to Singapore? (071126 )
(R10) [same as R9]
(R9) Money and monastics (071114 )
(R8) False “false monastics” and true “false monastics” (071031 )
(R7) The ghosts among us (071017 )

(R6) Keep Buddhism simple–and effective (071010 )
(R5) Failure and giving up (070926)
(R4) Self-discovery through sutta study (080704)
(R3) What is the most difficult thing to give up? (070228)
(R2) Let go of the I (070204)
(R1) Forewarned, forearmed (for some) (070106)