avatarKerry Jane Rider

Summary

The web content emphasizes the importance of listening to the Dhamma with an open heart and maintaining mindful awareness of one's own consciousness and feelings.

Abstract

The article titled "Listening With The Heart" advises readers to immerse themselves in the teachings of the Dhamma by opening their hearts and centering themselves. It encourages a continuous awareness of one's own mental and emotional states, emphasizing the need to remain composed and mindfully aware regardless of external circumstances. The text suggests letting go of attachments and harmonizing with reality as it is, allowing the Dhamma to naturally permeate the heart. The piece concludes with a dedication, expressing wishes for the reader's happiness, growth in truth, and liberation from suffering.

Opinions

  • The author, Kerry Jane Rider, values the practice of mindful awareness and its role in understanding the Dhamma.
  • There is an emphasis on the experiential aspect of listening, which goes beyond intellectual comprehension to a heartfelt connection with the teachings.
  • The article suggests that non-attachment and acceptance of reality are key components of spiritual practice.
  • The inclusion of a quotation from Luang Por Chah indicates the author's respect for this particular teacher's insights on listening to the Dhamma.
  • The author expresses a hope that the teaching will benefit the reader, pointing to a compassionate intent behind sharing the message.

Listening With The Heart.

‘When you listen to the Dhamma, you must open up your heart and compose yourself in its centre….’*

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Maintain

a continuous awareness

of the flow

of your own consciousness and feelings.

No matter

what is happening,

just compose yourself

and always be mindfully aware

of that flow.

Don’t cling or hold on to anything,

harmonise with actuality,

with things just as they are.

Just let the Dhamma

flow into your heart…

© Kerry Jane Rider 16th August 2021

Verse, re-created with love and gratitude, and *quotation taken from the teaching ‘Learning to Listen’ given in September 1978 by Luang Por Chah

May this teaching lead you to happiness; may it help you grow in truth. May you be freed from the suffering of birth and death.

Dharma
Buddhism
Mindfulness
Self-awareness
Consciousness
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