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by Kabouterke
Sat Feb 16, 2019 7:16 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Pseudo-melodic Thai Theravada chant
Replies: 2
Views: 701

Pseudo-melodic Thai Theravada chant

Hi everyone, I recently came across this video of a group of Thai monks chanting in a pseudo-melodic way, and I was immediately intrigued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLRMLCl6Is&fbclid=IwAR2nLr-FpARo-FwC7Luxs-kvQPI2y1E15u99bk7xi58-uN3qOkgqDCsZZH4 Could you help me answer any of the followin...
by Kabouterke
Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:32 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Experience with Sayadaw U Tejaniya at Shwe Oo Min?
Replies: 2
Views: 1449

Experience with Sayadaw U Tejaniya at Shwe Oo Min?

Hi everyone, Has anyone here spent any significant amount of time with Sayadaw U Tejaniya at Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Tawya in Yangon? I'm planning on going there for a number of months in the future, and would just like to speak to someone who has stayed and practiced there for a while. If you'd be...
by Kabouterke
Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:21 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Hi Kamran, this looks interesting. Thanks for sharing. I'll try to see if I can get my hands on a copy.
by Kabouterke
Sat Aug 27, 2016 4:09 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Ajahn Punnadhammo is the only teacher I know of that directly teaches from this sutta. http://www.arrowriver.ca/dhamma/formless.html I was on a retreat with Ven. Punnadhammo earlier this year and we mostly did anapanasati, but one afternoon he did a guided meditation of the above. Hi Nicolas. I'm c...
by Kabouterke
Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:45 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Ajahn Punnadhammo is the only teacher I know of that directly teaches from this sutta. http://www.arrowriver.ca/dhamma/formless.html I believe if you have a look here: http://www.arrowriver.ca/desana.html you can probably find talks about it (search for "voidness", "formless") P...
by Kabouterke
Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:37 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Aloka wrote:I was adding another part to my post when you were writing yours... and sorry its Dharma "Overground" not "Underground".

:anjali:
My answer would've been the same. :)
by Kabouterke
Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:29 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

After passing through the dreamy bit of the 8th jhana, the mind becomes exquisitely, serenely calm. Calm is too nonchalant of a word. I would say it’s motionless. There's no movement in mind. It’s so still that you can see distractions arising in the mind as if they were a mile away and just releas...
by Kabouterke
Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:06 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Doing this produced one of the longest, deepest and most lucid meditations I have ever had, by far. In my daily meditation, I usually can attain the 7th jhana and move well into the 8th. These two statements appear to contradict each other. Are we to understand that emptiness meditation produced a ...
by Kabouterke
Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Then I started wondering: Why is this not being taught more in the Theravadan traditions? Because this is a very advanced practice based on jhana. Without jhana (4th jhana particularly) this just won't work and the suttas are very clear about that. Without a jhana doing this practice (entering the ...
by Kabouterke
Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:44 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Hi Kabouterke, I am glad you started this topic. Would you please speak to the apparent similarity between the emptiness meditation described in MN 121 and the immaterial jhanas described here and here ? Each appears to include the following: boundless space; boundless consciousness; nothingness; a...
by Kabouterke
Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:57 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: Remove the beer-clinking emoticon
Replies: 45
Views: 22710

Re: Remove the beer-clinking emoticon

It seems to me that the beer icon doesn't get that much use on this forum, anyway. In addition, it's culture-specific conditioning to label beer as "inappropriate". Indeed. And beer traditionally has an association with monasticism. :tongue: https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M2de1938b8d4...
by Kabouterke
Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:27 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: Remove the beer-clinking emoticon
Replies: 45
Views: 22710

Re: Remove the beer-clinking emoticon

Hello, As the title suggests, I'd like to make a call for removing the beer-related emoticon, on the grounds that it's blatantly inappropriate. Metta Cormac I think it's a bit of an extreme attitude to go about banning something for everyone just because you personally find it objectionable. It's a...
by Kabouterke
Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:48 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

The above was offered by a different individual along with what appears to be claims of astounding meditative attainment. I reflected for a while on why I received such negative feedback on this post. It really took me by surprise, especially since I think I had a rather interesting question. I thi...
by Kabouterke
Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:24 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: Remove the beer-clinking emoticon
Replies: 45
Views: 22710

Re: Remove the beer-clinking emoticon

Hello, As the title suggests, I'd like to make a call for removing the beer-related emoticon, on the grounds that it's blatantly inappropriate. Metta Cormac I think it's a bit of an extreme attitude to go about banning something for everyone just because you personally find it objectionable. It's a...
by Kabouterke
Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:14 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?
Replies: 60
Views: 17366

Re: Whatever happened to meditation on emptiness?

Side note: What's up with all of the Tasmanian devils? Its a secret society.....no, not really, they're so cute that they have a fan club here at DW. http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries.com/dazz/TASMANIAN_D_(cute2).jpg :focus: Ah okay, I see. I just thought there were an enormous amount of Buddhis...