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by Sein
Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:43 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: i dont understand why i feel so awful
Replies: 25
Views: 2693

Re: i dont understand why i feel so awful

I think you could ask around if anything wrong.

If nothing, then you could try metta.
by Sein
Fri May 08, 2020 3:47 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Questions for MN 137
Replies: 10
Views: 4159

Re: Questions for MN 137

1. Are the 40 subjects will have the same kind of experience of jhanas or they are different? I remember Bhante Thanissaro once said that the standard jhana description in the sutta is just like the restaurant's menu, not recipe, so there are different experiences of jhana? (Maybe I remember wrong) ...
by Sein
Thu May 07, 2020 2:01 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Questions for MN 137
Replies: 10
Views: 4159

Re: Questions for MN 137

Thanks, Just a few more questions, 1. Is that mean there are different kind of jhana? 1 - Jhana percept only of form (body). 2 - Jhana percept only of form outside (nimita or something) without the body. 3 - Jhana with no percept of forms, just percept of beauty? 2. Out of 4 satipatthana (bases of m...
by Sein
Wed May 06, 2020 9:17 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Questions for MN 137
Replies: 10
Views: 4159

Re: Questions for MN 137

Thanks DooDoot,
subhakiṇhānaṃ devānaṃ
Is that translate into "the gods replete with glory"? It's a little bit strange that the other 5 is meditation attainment, and this is the plane of existences that one rebirth after die.
by Sein
Wed May 06, 2020 4:14 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Questions for MN 137
Replies: 10
Views: 4159

Questions for MN 137

MN 137 But steered by the Tathāgata—worthy & rightly self-awakened—the person to be tamed fans out in eight directions. “Possessed of form, he/she sees forms. This is the first direction. “Not percipient of form internally, he/she sees forms externally. This is the second direction. “He/she is ...
by Sein
Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Could someone explain what is "Contact at the intellect"
Replies: 4
Views: 1071

Could someone explain what is "Contact at the intellect"

Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon The intellect is aflame. Ideas are aflame. Consciousness at the intellect is aflame. Contact at the intellect is aflame. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact at the intellect — experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain — t...
by Sein
Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:28 am
Forum: Study Group
Topic: AN 3.10 Mala Sutta. Stains.
Replies: 11
Views: 5797

Re: AN 3.10 Mala Sutta. Stains.

Hi all, I have a few questions. 1. What is immoral then? Is it just violate of the Patimokkha/or the 5 Precepts or include the whole bunch of sila restraint of senses, reflect on food, medicine, etc,... ? 2. I understand envy is bad. But why miserly? Surely a person/monk who live a minimalist life c...
by Sein
Tue May 24, 2016 1:08 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Recollect peaceful state of mind as meditation object?
Replies: 13
Views: 4676

Re: Recollect peaceful state of mind as meditation object?

I think upasamanussati should be do just like in Iti 90. It's like metta meditation. You repeat the sentence/word a certain time. Then keep the state of mind as meditation object. This should be a supportive mediation for your main object. From what I understand of your post. You are recollecting on...
by Sein
Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:24 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: How to nurture piti and sukha when meditate?
Replies: 19
Views: 6393

How to nurture piti and sukha when meditate?

I think this is a problem many encounter. And I encounter several times in the past. But now I wonder how the heck I overcome it? First is to change posture, to walking meditation. This work on retreat, not now, cause I live in a small apartment. Second is to read sutta/dhamma talk to give rise to c...
by Sein
Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:01 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: Why Dhammawheel is not growing?
Replies: 159
Views: 46581

Re: Why Dhammawheel is not growing?

https://www.reddit.com/r/theravada/comments/3kfw9a/anyone_here_ever_quit_dhammawheel/ May be the "intellectual" atmosphere make people consider twice before posting then? Don't know if it good or bad. Anw, I suggest there should be a monthly/weekly voting for best thread. Then share the t...
by Sein
Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:16 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Doubting supernatural side of Buddhism
Replies: 50
Views: 12282

Re: Doubting supernatural side of Buddhism

I think you need a step by step approach. But then, believing the paranormal is not a necessary part to practice.
The non-doing of any evil,
the performance of what's skillful,
the cleansing of one's own mind:
this is the teaching of the Awakened.
by Sein
Tue Jan 12, 2016 5:08 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: AN 8.6 Lokadhamma 2. World (2).
Replies: 8
Views: 5548

Re: AN 8.6 Lokadhamma 2. World (2).

How does these 8 lokadhamma fit into 4 frames of references? He does not welcome the arisen gain, or rebel against the arisen loss. He does not welcome the arisen status, or rebel against the arisen disgrace. He does not welcome the arisen praise, or rebel against the arisen censure. He does not wel...
by Sein
Sun May 18, 2014 12:11 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Question: perception vs memory
Replies: 3
Views: 1660

Question: perception vs memory

As I understand, perception is the ability to recognize things, meaning attach definition (emotion, events, thought, etc...) to that thing.
But memory is also attach definition to stuff.
What is the different between perception (in Buddhism) and memory ?
by Sein
Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:39 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Cynicism, "realistic pessimism"
Replies: 15
Views: 4314

Re: Cynicism, "realistic pessimism"

I used to find myself "a realist". The nature of the world is not "happily ever after" and there are not always "happy ending". But that the way the world is, and that drives people practice. You could used this reference http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thani...
by Sein
Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:55 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mechanical philosophy and Theravada
Replies: 6
Views: 2280

Re: Mechanical philosophy and Theravada

@Kim I don't think it's determinism. Because, to know the exact result, you must know all your karma and it's effect (include your present), and since it's simply impossible to know all of that, it's not determinism. And you can always affects the result by your present action. It's a view that see ...