04 Face challenges with courage and non-attachment

09 Contemplating the Five Aggregates as Empty in Nature (IV) --- Volition

Volition, in one sense, means the constant change and shifting of our thoughts in time. It marks the Buddhist idea of impermanence and teaches us not to become attached.

What is the significance of offering pure meals?

When we offer pure meals for practitioners engaged in pure practice to eat at prescribed pure times, we acquire merit and create affinities in the Dharma. Many people do this to fulfill or redeem a...