Gratitude on Mother's Day - Guided Meditation with Ajahn Dhammasiha

On occasion of Mother's Day, Ajahn Dhammasīha guides a meditation on the theme of Gratitide. The Buddha considered Kataññūtā-Kataveditā ('Gratitude-Thankfulness') to be entirely the domain of a good person, and ingratitude as a typical characteristic of a bad person.(Anguttara Nikāya/Numerical Discourses, Book of Twos, #33)In particular, he pointed out that there are two persons where it is extremely difficult to ever repay them for all the good they have done to us, even if we carried them around on our back for a hundted years, or even if we could make them king or queen of the whole earth. These two persons are our mother and our father.(Anguttara Nikāya/Numerical Discourses, Book of Twos, #34)However, the Buddha also pointed out that it is very rare to actually encounter a grateful person.(Anguttara Nikāya/Numerical Discourses, Book of Fives, #195)Consequently, we all have to make an effort to develop the quality of gratitude in our heart deliberately and with diligence, and to strive to use every opportunity when we can acknowledge and reciprocate the good we have received from countless beings.www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks.