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by Chloe9
Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:09 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: What was the Buddha reffering to as "house-builder"?
Replies: 15
Views: 14157

Re: What was the Buddha reffering to as "house-builder"?

"Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again. House-builder, you're seen! You will not build a house again. All your rafters broken, the ridge pole destroyed, gone to the Unformed, the mind has come to th...
by Chloe9
Sat May 08, 2010 4:21 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Emptiness
Replies: 64
Views: 10177

Re: Emptiness

I wonder what the Pali is for 'glob'... It's "Gul," or "Gula." :) Source: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pali&query=clump&matchtype=exact&display=utf8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Guḷa : (page 253) guṇik...
by Chloe9
Thu May 06, 2010 8:00 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Emptiness
Replies: 64
Views: 10177

Re: Emptiness

Hi all, Cacn someone explain how Theravadin meditation practices - following the breath, vipassana etc... - can bring about an experience of Emptiness. I see how the Tibetans do it, via nalytical thought, but I can't see how the same outcome would happen through methods like Vipassana? Thanks in ad...
by Chloe9
Sat May 01, 2010 10:18 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Kamma_2 Questions
Replies: 23
Views: 5227

Re: Kamma_2 Questions

1- Kamma law is a hard one to get. There are some situations in real life that makes me a lot of confusion, so let me see if i can explain it, so you can understand my doubts and help me. I was confused about "Karma" at one point. Then one of my grampas who is a Bhikkhu got tired of me as...
by Chloe9
Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:52 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Reincarnation Question.
Replies: 47
Views: 9559

Re: Reincarnation Question.

If I may add my own insights and personal understandings to this thread: Hindus believe in reincarnation, transmigration of soul, rebirth, or whatever it's called these days.... ...fixation of one's own consciousness is what keeps you bound in Samsara. It is your/our own fault that we are "stu...
by Chloe9
Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:37 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Reincarnation Question.
Replies: 47
Views: 9559

Re: Reincarnation Question.

If I may add my own insights and personal understandings to this thread: Hindus believe in reincarnation, transmigration of soul, rebirth, or whatever it's called these days. The basic premise is that something living inside you [soul/atma] leaves your body and enters a new body, and is reborn life ...
by Chloe9
Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:34 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: cultural differences and teaching
Replies: 44
Views: 12685

Re: cultural differences and teaching

Great post, Chloe :smile: Can I just comment on one section? You said, "So this is my main contention with Buddhism spreading in the West. I think it's a wonderful and beautiful thing, but it's spreading "backwards" into the Occident, with the wrong End first. And I mean no disrespec...
by Chloe9
Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: cultural differences and teaching
Replies: 44
Views: 12685

Re: cultural differences and teaching

This is a very interesting subject, one which I have been talking about and debating over recently. I didn't realize I stumbled upon a "Western" Buddhist forum [meaning that most Theravadins here are of Western descent]. I've never known or had a dialogue with a Westerner who is a Theravad...
by Chloe9
Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:06 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi I'm Chloe.
Replies: 16
Views: 3539

Re: Hi I'm Chloe.

Thanks for the warm welcome everybody :)

I'll be lurking and reading the forums for a while before I start posting.
by Chloe9
Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:43 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi I'm Chloe.
Replies: 16
Views: 3539

Re: Hi I'm Chloe.

Welcome Chloe9! :anjali: Thank you Bodom :) I love your signature quote [it's something I agree with very much]: "The real Buddhism is not books, not manuals, not word for word repetition from the Tipitaka, nor is it rites and rituals. These are not the real Buddhism. The real Buddhism is the ...
by Chloe9
Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:35 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi I'm Chloe.
Replies: 16
Views: 3539

Hi I'm Chloe.

Hi my names Chloe. My mom is Thai/Lao/Chinese; but born and raised in Battambang, Cambodia. My dad is Mexican-American. He became a Buddhist when he was dating my mom. I was born and raised in Theravada Buddhism - the kind which is practiced in Thailand and Cambodia. But my great grandmother is Lao/...