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by James the Giant
Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:21 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Have you heard any good dhamma talks on Depression?
Replies: 8
Views: 3168

Re: Have you heard any good dhamma talks on Depression?

Actually no, that didn't work. There were indeed about 3000 results, but they were all for the same 4 talks.
Hmmm... :shrug:
by James the Giant
Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:34 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Thank you, and farewell...
Replies: 5
Views: 5330

Re: Thank you, and farewell...

You're cool Manas, thank you for your help and input here, and I will definitely see you around Australia some time.
If you even bump into a tall western monk named Tibbo, that'll be me.
by James the Giant
Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:31 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Have you heard any good dhamma talks on Depression?
Replies: 8
Views: 3168

Re: Have you heard any good dhamma talks on Depression?

Dhammanando wrote:
James the Giant wrote:I looked on dharmaseed, and I get only four hits for the keyword "depression".
How did you get only four? With a Google site search you should get over 3,000. Just go to Google and paste in:

site:www.dharmaseed.org depression
huh, how odd. Thanks for that. :anjali:
by James the Giant
Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:20 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Have you heard any good dhamma talks on Depression?
Replies: 8
Views: 3168

Have you heard any good dhamma talks on Depression?

Have you heard any good dhamma talks regarding depression? I looked on dharmaseed, and I get only four hits for the keyword "depression". I remember Ajahn Brahm has a couple, and I have already listened to them, so I'm looking for talks from other teachers. Many thanks in advance for any l...
by James the Giant
Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:56 am
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Following Ajahn Brahm: Focus on the experience of the breath
Replies: 20
Views: 8935

Re: Following Ajahn Brahm: Focus on the experience of the br

This is directly from Brahm's meditation instructions: When you focus on the breath, you focus on the experience of the breath happening now . You experience `that which tells you what the breath is doing', whether it is going in or out or in between. Some teachers say to watch the breath at the ti...
by James the Giant
Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:59 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Student Of The Path
Replies: 140
Views: 97412

Re: Student Of The Path

Good luck, and don't push too hard!
I have found pushing too hard to be my biggest challenge.
I'll follow your updates with interest.
Big metta from the other side of the world.
James
by James the Giant
Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:37 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Ajahn Chah's Warning to the Meditator
Replies: 84
Views: 18394

Re: Meditation danger?

From MN66:
And of this pleasure I say that it is to be cultivated, to be developed, to be pursued, that it is not to be feared.
by James the Giant
Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:49 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Watching a body burn on an open pyre
Replies: 9
Views: 6477

Re: Watching a body burn on an open pyre

ancientbuddhism wrote: The abbot, Ajahn Nyanadhammo then, placed heavy steel bars across the body to prevent it from sitting up due to contractions from the heat.
Aha, thankyou, I wondered why they put those big steel bars on there.
by James the Giant
Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:24 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Watching a body burn on an open pyre
Replies: 9
Views: 6477

Re: Watching a body burn on an open pyre

Every time I go on Pilgrimage, I go on a short boat ride at the Burning Ghats at Varanasi, where there are many bodies burned each day. There is accommodation nearby for those who are very elderly, or who know they are dying, to wait. All wish to be "cremated" at this place which is very ...
by James the Giant
Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:56 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Watching a body burn on an open pyre
Replies: 9
Views: 6477

Watching a body burn on an open pyre

Recently in Thailand I was lucky enough to see a body being burned on an open cremation pyre. It is the first time I have seen such a thing. I have been to many funerals and seen lots of peaceful dead good-looking bodies, but never like this. In western countries we are so insulated from death, and ...
by James the Giant
Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:33 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Sadhu from New Zealand (intro)
Replies: 10
Views: 2591

Re: Sadhu from New Zealand (intro)

Hello Dharmapala, I'm a kiwi too, lived in Welly for a few years, but I'm in Australia now. ...Wat Dhammaprateep, which is situated in Wainiuomata. I think they are going to be moving soon and sad to say,... Where will their new place be? It would be nice if they could have somewhere with a bit of b...
by James the Giant
Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:49 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: he International Dhammadayada Training & Ordination Program
Replies: 6
Views: 2772

Re: he International Dhammadayada Training & Ordination Prog

I met a young western bhikkhu who had done this programme. He said in the 4 months he was there in this programme as a naive beginner monk, he never once read a sutta. It was all secondary Dhammakaya material they studied. He said bhikkhus interested in the actual teaching of the buddha were activel...
by James the Giant
Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:38 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Brahms "Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women..."
Replies: 52
Views: 11735

Re: Ajahn Brahms "Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women..

For all those interested in the legality and legitimacy of the Bhikkhunis, have a read of this. It's only 30 pages or so, and it turns out there are at least two legal ways to ordain a new bhikkhuni, one involving nuns, and one involving bhikkhus. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/files/2013...
by James the Giant
Fri May 16, 2014 1:48 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What will be your last thought in this life?
Replies: 22
Views: 4810

Re: What will be your last thought in this life?

The time I almost died, my last thought as I hurtled through the air, my motorcycle sliding beside me, before I thankfully missed the steel pole was; "oops that was a mistake. What a pity."
I wasn't a buddhist then, and I wonder if it would be different now.
by James the Giant
Wed May 14, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Pants for stay at a monastery.
Replies: 9
Views: 3972

Re: Pants for stay at a monastery.

Most comfy, practical and useful pants I ever had at the monastery: military surplus M-65 pants, in black tropical weight fabric. Comfy, quite baggy with lots of room for sitting, hard wearing, black to hide the dirt, and millions of pockets. I'd still be using them if I could get them in tropical-w...