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The list of meditation retreats is going to be ready in March. You can already fill on-line application for Easter with Dhamma

MEDITATION RETREATS

on-line application

Easter with Dhamma

22.–25. April 2011, instructors: Lukáš Mezuliánek, Roman Hytych

Texts to be read

More texts at www.ayukusala.org

Nyanaponika Thera: The Mind-doctrine, the Heart of the Buddha's Message

Particularly does the culmination of human wisdom, the Teaching of the Buddha, deal not with something foreign, far, or antiquated but with that which is common to all humanity, which is ever young, and, nearer to us than hands and feet - the human mind.
In the Buddhist doctrine, mind is the starting point, the focal point, and also, as the liberated and purified mind of the Saint, the culminating point. Whole text...

Āyukusala Thera: The Meditative Culture of Heart
Interpersonal Relationships as a Kammaţţhāna

Steadfast success in everyday life, particularly in its social field, may seem improbable, miraculous and incomprehensible to an uninstructed worldling. Nevertheless such a steadiness of success in social life is attainable. Successful life coping belongs to the culture of heart both on the mundane and supramundane levels. It is, indeed, an expression of competence and skills that can be learned and trained; it is a result of skilfully handled situations that are, after all, despite of all eventual difficulties, brought to wholesome ends.
Whole text... PDF

Āyukusala Thera: Panca–Vasiyo, Five Masteries
(of Meditation as well as of Any Job)

These Five Masteries are something that you should train as skills and also learn the knowledge about them. The first is the mastery in adverting, avajjana–vasi , second the mastery in attaining, samapajjana–vasi , third the mastery in abidance, adhiţţhana–vasi , fourth the mastery in exiting, vuţţhana–vasi , and fifth the mastery in reviewing, paccavekkhana–vasi. Whole text...