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- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Trailer for a documentary about Buddha Bodhivana Monastery
- Replies: 2
- Views: 189
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: sutta jhana and vipassana jhana
- Replies: 26
- Views: 855
Re: sutta jhana and vipassana jhana
Natthi jhānaṁ apaññassa, Mā te kāmaguṇe ramessu cittaṁ; Mā lohaguḷaṁ gilī pamatto, Mā kandi “dukkhamidan”ti dayhamāno. Dhp 374 No absorption for one without wisdom, no wisdom for one without absorption. But one with absorption and wisdom— they have truly drawn near to extinguishment. https://suttac...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:02 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If we can't control the five clinging-aggregate, how do we attain Nibbana?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 658
Re: If we can't control the five clinging-aggregate, how do we attain Nibbana?
If we can't control the five clinging-aggregate, how do we attain Nibbana? “Therefore, bhikkhus, any kind of form whatsoever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all form should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus:...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:02 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Trailer for a documentary about Buddha Bodhivana Monastery
- Replies: 2
- Views: 189
Trailer for a documentary about Buddha Bodhivana Monastery
On the edge of the Yarra Ranges National Park in East Warburton, Australia, lives a community of Buddhist monks at Buddha Bodhivana Monastery. Dwelling deep in the forest, taking vows of poverty and celibacy, and devoting their lives to the practice of mindfulness and meditation. Here is a trailer f...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Disturbing reports of those who were almost dead and came back
- Replies: 3
- Views: 176
Re: Disturbing reports of those who were almost dead and came back
Isn’t life itself the disturbing near-death experience everybody is having all the time? After all, we are only one heartbeat, one breath away. I think hell is worse... Constantine (2005) - Burning In Hell Scene (3/9) | Movieclips (Time 1:50 - 1:57) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0srr1KzP1U :nama...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Best Evidence for Afterlife - BICS ESSAY COMPETITION - $ 500,000 Prize
- Replies: 136
- Views: 13897
Re: Best Evidence for Afterlife - BICS ESSAY COMPETITION - $ 500,000 Prize
I've studied more than 5,000 near death experiences. My research has convinced me without a doubt that there's life after death.
https://www.businessinsider.com/near-de ... ife-2023-8
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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Disturbing reports of those who were almost dead and came back
- Replies: 3
- Views: 176
Disturbing reports of those who were almost dead and came back
Disturbing reports of those who were almost dead and came back: USP researcher explains the psychological consequences of NDE Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Social and Work Psychology at the Institute of Psychology at USP, Beatriz Carunchio carried out research with 350 Brazilians and co...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1091
Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
10. The Ten Kasiṇas “Again, Udāyin, I have proclaimed to my disciples the way to develop the ten kasiṇa bases. One contemplates the earthkasiṇa above, below, and across, undivided and immeasurable. Another contemplates the water-kasiṇa…Another contemplates the fire-kasiṇa…Another contemplates the a...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The subject of "Buddha-Nature" in Theravada Buddhism. What unites Buddhists?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1504
Re: The subject of "Buddha-Nature" in Theravada Buddhism. What unites Buddhists?
Unthinkable Acinteyyasutta AN 4.77 If you try to think about these things you will go mad or get frustrated. https://suttacentral.net/an4.77 “There are these four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Whi...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Uposatha Observance Club
- Replies: 395
- Views: 231789
Re: Uposatha Observance Club
March
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Third Quarter - 3, Sun
New Moon - 10, Sun
First Quarter - 17, Sun
Full Moon - 25, Mon
https://www.calendar-12.com/moon_phases/
https://forestsangha.org/community/news ... endar-2024
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Interactive Dialogue on Theravada Meditation and Carmelite Mystic Prayer in Avila
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1326
Re: Interactive Dialogue on Theravada Meditation and Carmelite Mystic Prayer in Avila
Tibetan Buddhism and Carmelite Spirituality: An Inter-religious Meeting in Ávila, July 2024
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/t ... july-2024/
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/t ... july-2024/
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How can lay people lessen our obsession with sensual pleasure?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 584
Re: How can lay people lessen our obsession with sensual pleasure?
Verse 349 . Craving Tightens Bonds For one who’s crushed by thinking much excessive lust from beauty’s sight, for that one craving grows the more, that one makes strong the bonds. https://www.acessoaoinsight.net/dhp/img/dhp-349.jpg Explanation: In those whose minds are agitated and assailed by doub...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If Nibbana experience here and now?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 343
Re: If Nibbana experience here and now?
[Yo so svākkhāto] bhagavatā dhammo, The Dhamma well-expounded by the Blessed One, Sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko, to be seen here & now, timeless, inviting all to come & see, Opanayiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhi: pertinent, to be seen by the observant for themselves: https://www.dhammatalk...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Ven. Tep Vong, Cambodian Buddhism’s Supreme Patriarch, Dies at 93
- Replies: 3
- Views: 446
Ven. Tep Vong, Cambodian Buddhism’s Supreme Patriarch, Dies at 93
Ven. Tep Vong, Cambodian Buddhism’s Supreme Patriarch, Dies at 93 Venerable Tep Vong, the senior-most monk of Cambodia’s Buddhist community, has died at the age of 93, according to an announcement by the country’s Ministry of Cults and Religion. Ven. Tep Vong, who had been hospitalized since 6 Janu...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Buddhist Pilgrimage: Tudong, walking from city to city in southern Brazil
- Replies: 2
- Views: 288
Re: Buddhist Pilgrimage: Tudong, walking from city to city in southern Brazil
Well done ✅, how did it go with pindapata in the local towns? Did Aj. Mudito go as well? The video shows that it was peaceful. Even though most Brazilians don't know Theravada Buddhism, they always help. Ajahn Mudito did not participate this time. I think he had a knee problem. In this video Ajahn ...