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- Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Meditation - Eyes shut or open and What meditation object
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1078
Re: Meditation - Eyes shut or open and What meditation objec
I usually begin with open eyes and then close them after 5-15 minutes dependent on when it feels "right" to do so. I am doing anapanasati (a modified Ajahn Lee version) with the air touching the nostrils as main focus point and find it helpful to glance towards the nosetip in the initial f...
- Sat Jul 06, 2013 2:04 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Lee Dhammadharo lineage
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1419
Lee Dhammadharo lineage
Hi, In my quest for finding a teacher, I've settled for Ajarn Lee Dhammadharo's "descendants" because his books and meditation techniques seem to be the ones that resonance the best with the workings of my mind. It is probably a bit too late - although not entirely impossible - to find any...
- Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:26 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: your home altar/shrine
- Replies: 198
- Views: 188880
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:26 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Wrong livelihood - which professions?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3870
Re: Wrong livelihood - which professions?
Thank you both, for replying. I have red through that other thread mentioned. As far as canonical text goes, I found only the same sutra already posted here together, together with a related, very freely translated commentary. Apart from some references to dhammapada and a sutra - both at most only ...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:36 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Prostration
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3881
Re: Prostration
... I don't want to drive people away from the Center and turn them off, however I know that I would have never learned the value of the practice if I hadn't seen people doing it and learned. So, what is Clear Comprehension here? To save the prostration for the home and monastery visits only, or co...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:54 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is right Livelihood?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13978
Re: What is right Livelihood?
.... Working in a shop or supermarket that sells meat is not included. Why? Because the staff are not selling the meat, they are only filling shelves, or working on the checkout. The supermarket owners or shop-keepers are the ones who are buying the meat for resale. Likewise, if one is asked to wor...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:02 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Wrong livelihood - which professions?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3870
Wrong livelihood - which professions?
Hi All I've recently got my curiousity triggered with respect to exactly which professions involve earning one's living by a wrong form of livelihood, so wonder if those more learned in the Pali canon than I, can help with these questions: Is there anywhere in the Theravada canon, where the professi...