Useful Passages for reorientation

The Watercooler
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Greetings friends,

Thank you for the gift of your time in reading this, and may your consideration of this request be fruitful.

Which passages would you recommend to help reorient and refocus someone who is stuck in their practice and lacking the clarity to know what to ask or how to describe the issue.

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa.

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My favorite “Dhamma Compass” is AN 8.53

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If you’re in need of inspiration I would recommend the Thera/Therigāthā. That might be useful first step towards a fruitful reset.

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I’m going to second this - lots of personal stories from arahants who describe the difficulties in their practice and how they overcome them. :lotus:

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One technique is to build a personal anthology as you go along so that when you are at the point you describe you know that you have a custom built collection for uplifting yourself.

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I would recommend invigorate refocus ,reorient onself with sutta from Anamataggasaᚁyutta SN

Especially Sutta on parable of Milk you drank, Bones you left, Tears you shed, and blood you shed…
SN 15.4,
SN 15.10,
SN 15.3,
SN 15.13

read it again and again, as subject for samvegacitta-contemplation

Very powerful :pray:

Lets reorient,refocus back to learning and practising Dhamma in this life time, :pray:

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The rules of “Discuss & Discover” forum prohibit personal practice description, but I wonder if you could point to a passage or a sermon that exemplifies the kind of practice you are undertaking, and in which you feel stuck?

In any case, I wish you the best.