dnbf enigma25 Mai 2025

Four stages of aircon | EN | Ajahn Nitho | Oxford 2025

The spiritual training is like aircon for your mind. Our body can be uncomfortable in a hot and humid climate. But air conditioning can really help. So too can our hot and uncomfortable mind get real help from our spiritual development of ethics, meditation and wisdom. But when doing your meditation, please allow your mind to calm down by itself - you just create more mental discomfort by craving, wanting and fighting your mind.

This teaching was given during a short day retreat in Oxford May 2025:
https://dnbf.org/en/2025/05/anukampa-in-oxford/

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