79 Guided Meditation - EMBRACING OUR PARENTS

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast</strong>.</p> <p>This is a <strong>GUIDED MEDITATION ON EMBRACING OUR PARENTS - that contemplates our attitudes and actions towards them; the importance of their role and responsibilities, especially in our formative years; how we respond as they grow older; and how we can repay the debt.</strong></p> <p>The <strong>Sabrahmaka Sutta (AN 3.31)</strong> on how parents should be respected like Brahmā and the <strong>Kataññu Suttas (AN 2.31 - 2.32)</strong> on gratitude to our parents underpin this guided meditation.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Buddha says:</p> <ul> <li>“‘<em>Brahmā,’ bhikkhus, is a designation for mother and father. ‘First teachers’ is a designation for mother and father. ‘Giftworthy’ is a designation for mother and father. For what reason? Mother and father are helpful to their children: they raise them, nurture them, and show them the world.</em>” - Sabrahmaka Sutta (AN 3.31)</li> <li>"<em>I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother &amp; father. Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder &amp; your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, &amp; rubbing their limbs, and they were to defecate &amp; urinate right there [on your shoulders], you would not in that way pay or repay your parents.</em>" - Kataññu Suttas (AN 2.31 - 2.32)&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>To read these suttas - https://suttacentral.net/an3.31/en/bodhi and https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an02/an02.031.than.html</p> <p>Theruwan saranai. Blessings of the Triple Gem.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message