Gil Fronsdal

3 weeks ago | tricycle.org | Gil Fronsdal

The FoolNight is long for one lying awake. Seven miles is long for one exhausted. Samsara is long for fools          Ignorant of true Dharma. If, while on your way,          You meet no one your equal or better,Steadily continue on your way alone.           There is no fellowship with fools. A fool suffers, thinking,          “I have children! I have wealth!”One’s self is not even one’s own.           How then are children? How then is wealth?

Jan 25, 2023 | tricycle.org | Gil Fronsdal

My body was tranquil and undisturbed, my mind concentrated and unified. —The Buddha MN 4.22 (i 21)Tranquility is both a gift of meditation practice and a support for deepening the practice. As a gift, it can be healing and confidence-producing. As a support, it provides a sense of well-being that nourishes concentration and mental harmony. Meditative tranquility is a compelling state that can involve feelings of peace, calm, serenity, contentment, and deep rest.

Jan 22, 2023 | tricycle.org | Gil Fronsdal

Letting go is an important practice in everyday life, as well as on the path of liberation. Daily life provides innumerable small and large occasions for letting go of plans, desires, preferences, and opinions. It can be as simple as when the weather changes, and we abandon plans we had for the day. Or it can be as complex as deciding what to sacrifice, when pulled between the needs of family, friends, career, community, or spiritual practice.