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by Sher
Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:21 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: emails/subscriptions yet
Replies: 4
Views: 3144

emails/subscriptions yet

Hello: I've been away for the past 4 months teaching, and I am wondering if the email subscriptions for dhamma wheel are working yet? Are there any plans for this feature to work? By feature, I mean when someone responds to your post, you get an email notification at your home email that someone has...
by Sher
Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:29 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Replies: 62
Views: 17373

Re: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

Hi Sher Using foulness is part of the satipatthana as well- note the 'five hindrances' include knowing ways of getting rid of them. I think the Buddha would have approved of your seeing mold etc to get rid of the craving as what matters is not the external method you are using but the end result. H...
by Sher
Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Replies: 62
Views: 17373

Re: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

Connected in an around about way the essay by Nyanaponika Thera on the four nutriments is an incredible (for me) way of looking at things...especially the 'four frames of reference'...for those unfamiliar with it, check it out... http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel105.html&...
by Sher
Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:56 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Replies: 62
Views: 17373

Re: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

Foulness How important is contemplation on foulness--the bodily parts and charnel ground contemplations? Are we doing this in the US or in the West? How are we doing this? I live in Alaska in the wilderness, and the closest thing I have to a charnel ground is the salmon spawning streams. I have one ...
by Sher
Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:50 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Replies: 62
Views: 17373

Re: MN 10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

Hello All: I have a practical question regarding this sutta and practice, and it is difficult for me to formulate, but here goes... Example: A person has just eaten one or two delicious cookies, and he reaches for another, and as he begins to bite into the second cookie he becomes aware that he is c...
by Sher
Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Theravadin Cosmology
Replies: 16
Views: 5403

Re: Theravadin Cosmology

Hi Sher, The following link might be useful for understanding Theravadin cosmology: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Hope it helps, Metta, Dhammabodhi Yes a helpful link--thanks for taking the time. I will read it on ...
by Sher
Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi
Replies: 22
Views: 7780

Re: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi

To elaborate on that... I find it takes all my time and energy just to try to understand one tradition. Trying to understand many traditions and then trying to merge them together is just more work than I am interested in. Hi Peter! I am smiling -- and so agree with what you just said. Thanks, Sher
by Sher
Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:26 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi
Replies: 22
Views: 7780

Re: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi

Hello sher, His comments on Buddhism and psychology and pure vipassana meditation and on the weaknesses of western Buddhism and his comments on the possibilities and hopes found in western Buddhism made me thoughtful. What sort of thoughts? And why ought it to be of concern that one sees the common...
by Sher
Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi
Replies: 22
Views: 7780

Re: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi

From the website... "The origins of Bodhi Monastery lie in the comprehensive, non–sectarian vision of Master Yin–Shun, the foremost Chinese scholar–monk of modern times, whose work has inspired a Buddhist intellectual renaissance in Taiwan. In line with the vision of Master Yin–Shun, Bodhi Mon...
by Sher
Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:16 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi
Replies: 22
Views: 7780

Re: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi

Bhikkhu Bodhi was also at Chuang Yen Monastery. This may answer some of your questions : http://www.dharma.org/ij/archives/2002b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... _bodhi.htm Andrew: Thanks for posting this link; I found it helpful and interesting. In this interview Bodhi ...
by Sher
Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Theravadin Cosmology
Replies: 16
Views: 5403

Re: Theravadin Cosmology

BTW, I highly recommend Great Disciples of the Buddha, if you can get a hold of a copy. Metta Ben Thanks Ben, I looked, and it is available through Wisdom in the UK. It is interesting to note that the suttas allow us to learn about these people who became arahants just by listening to the Buddha sp...
by Sher
Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:16 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Theravadin Cosmology
Replies: 16
Views: 5403

Re: Theravadin Cosmology

is it true that "our" Buddha visited Tusita heaven? I believe I recall sutta reference for this...? But this was done before the "going beyond." But he visited Tusita heaven and Metteyya was also there...? Yes, according to the Abhidhamma, the Buddha visited his mother in Tusita...
by Sher
Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:04 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Theravadin Cosmology
Replies: 16
Views: 5403

Re: Theravadin Cosmology

Arahants are gone beyond. But with 31 planes of existence, I imagine some might be somewhat similar to the Pure Land the Mahyana describes (without buddhas, though). Metteyya is in the Tusita heaven and I imagine being reborn there to hear him talk and teach would be of great benefit. Is it true th...
by Sher
Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:58 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi
Replies: 22
Views: 7780

What's up with Bhikkhu Bodhi

Recently I was looking at the Bodhi Monastery where Bhikkhu Bodhi is now living and teaching from. http://www.bodhimonastery.net/bm/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I was struck by the combination on Theravadin and Mahayana in Bodhi's current teachings and by the structure o...
by Sher
Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:39 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Theravadin Cosmology
Replies: 16
Views: 5403

Theravadin Cosmology

Hello Everyone: Is there any foundation in Theravadin Cosmology for Pure Lands (something like Pure Lands--I use the term just to give an example)? I understand there are thirty-one realms of existence that one can be reborn into according to the Pali sources. And it is possible to be reborn in a he...