Those who live in awakened awareness see the suffering of others but do not create additional sorrow around it. We acknowledge the contact with this human experience of life’s inevitable suffering and the questions that immediately arise: what can we do about it? How should we regard this? The answer of course is mindfulness. With mindfulness, we feel what is impinging on our mind as unpleasant or unfair because that is simply the way it is – but we have the opportunity to choose how to respond. Usually, we just react; we hear bad news about the persecution of innocent people, and we feel indi…
Ajahn Nyaniko reflects on community, kindness, and the importance of learning from constructive criticism. This Dhamma talk was offered on October 19, 2024 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.