Archive - Thunderbolt

Heaviness is nothing but ignorance

Ignorant strugglers, when aiming for nobility, suffer the struggle.

Feb 24 • Alejandro Serrano

October 2025

Illumination is rebellion against heaven.

Oct 19, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

August 2025

How to cultivate Samatha and Vipassana

Cultivating Shamatha is very similar to recovering from a muscle injury or fracture.

Aug 6, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

July 2025

Why I don't practice Dharma to reduce suffering

I was once accused of teaching Stoicism rather than the Buddhadharma.

Jul 18, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

May 2025

Appearances are all a mystery. Allow this mystery to permeate you.

The appearances perceived by the six senses are filled with space.

May 28, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

If you don't drink, you won't die

What will happen is that life will reveal itself as it is.

May 2, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

April 2025

Duty is liberating

When the mind weighs heavy and life feels lifeless, turn to duty.

Apr 19, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

February 2025

To be free, know slavery

To know freedom, one must know what is not freedom.

Feb 28, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

The Problem is not pleasure.

The problem is slavery to it.

Feb 16, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

January 2025

About your next lifetime

Leaving your liberation from harmful habits, defects, and addictions for the next life is a terrible decision.

Jan 23, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

Generosity as a path to selflessness

The Buddha said that Right View is believing in giving, in making offerings, in sacrifice. Why does he say that? Because it is a direct method that…

Jan 10, 2025 • Alejandro Serrano

October 2024

When things grow

When things grow, they do so calmly.

Oct 12, 2024 • Alejandro Serrano