Sophia Ojha has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is Mudita: The Buddha's Teaching on Unselfish Joy - Four Essays.
Mudita: The Buddha's Teaching on Unselfish Joy - Four Essays
Summary
Mudita, Wheel Publicaton No. 170, contains several short essays, one by the editor, Ven. Nyanaponika, and three by lay practitioners on one of the lesser known and too-little practiced sublime states of mind. Mudita, usually translated "sympathetic joy", was designated one of the brahma-viharas by the Buddha, one of the sublime, noble states of mind. How is it to be practiced, and what are the implications of mudita on the spiritual path? These essays address those questions.
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The Struggle of Letting Go
Summary
Kapuri, the she-elephant, noticed that a new dog, or rather, a new dam, had come into the temple premises. There were, of course, two canines residing there already, Kalu and Sudu. When the new dam walked in, somewhat timidly at first, Kapuri noticed that Sudu became greatly agitated. She growled and snarled and barked to no end at the newcomer, despite the latter's gentle demeanour, and even tried to attack her. The newcomer, whose name was Sukhi, settled herself down with great composure and decorum under the Bo tree. "Please go away," she told Sudu when Sudu came up to her, barking all the while. "I have only come here to meditate." "So they all say at the start," Sudu said, snarling. "I know all those tricks and tactics. But once they have a toehold here, they begin to behave as if they own the place. Be off with you! There's no room for the likes of you here." "Who says so?" Kalu asked, coming up to them. "Who says there's no room?"
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The Elimination of Anger: With Two Stories From Buddhist Texts
Summary
"The Elimination of Anger with two stories retold from the Buddhist texts" is BPS Bodhi Leaf number 68 by Ven. K. Piyatissa Thera.
©1975 Buddhist Publication Society (P)2017 Pariyatti
The Ending of Things
Summary
Excerpt from The Ending of Things by Ajahn Brahmava: Once a person understands the rise and fall of all phenomena, then experiencing the worst that human life can give does not make one tremble. You know that it’s something passing just as the wind passes your face. You don’t know where that wind comes from, and you can’t tell where that wind is going. All you know is that a wind is blowing. You don’t know when that wind is going to end, nor if it will get stronger or weaker. Like the weather, the forecast for moods is “changeable". All the feelings (vedan?) that arise in the mind, and all the feelings that impinge upon the body, arise and pass away. Even though you try as best as you can to control these feelings in your life, though you try to get only the pleasant feelings and to ward off the painful ones, you never know where they are coming from or when they will go.
©2001 Buddhist Publication Society (P)2020 Pariyatti