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Day 6 of the Kalimpong Retreat explores MN 18, the Honey Ball Sutta, revealing how a single thought can spiral into a mental tornado — and how recognizing this process is the key to freedom.

On Day 5 of the Kalimpong Retreat, we explored one of the Buddha’s most profound teachings — dependent origination (paticca samuppada) — through MN 38, the Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving. This talk unpacks how consciousness is not a fixed self, how suffering arises through a chain of conditions, and how the 6R…

On Day 4 of the Kalimpong Retreat, the teachers walk through the Ganaka Moggallana Sutta (MN 107), revealing how the Buddha described a clear, step-by-step path of meditation training — from virtue and sense restraint to the jhanas and beyond.

What does genuine progress in meditation look like? The Buddha’s teaching in MN 111 offers a detailed roadmap through the jhanas and beyond, using Sariputta’s experience as a guide. This Day 3 talk from the Kalimpong Retreat breaks it all down.

The Buddha’s own account of how he worked with sensual desire, ill will, and cruelty before his awakening offers a remarkably practical roadmap for every meditator. In this Day 2 talk from the Kalimpong Retreat, we explore MN 19 and the six Rs process for releasing the hindrances.

On the first day of the Kalimpong Retreat, practitioners received foundational instructions in TWIM (Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation) — a smiling meditation that cultivates both calm and insight through loving kindness. Here are the key teachings on the 6R technique, working with a spiritual friend, and understanding how attention shapes the mind.