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by walkart
Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:05 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ordination at Wat Pah Nanachat
Replies: 100
Views: 37888

Re: Ordination at Wat Pah Nanachat

Thank you very much for sharing !
by walkart
Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:23 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ordination at Wat Pah Nanachat
Replies: 100
Views: 37888

Re: Ordination at Wat Pah Nanachat

It depends where your attachments are. Food, physical comfort, being loved, the need to feel important, getting things your way... many of these things you need to give up either fully or partially. Basically you have to die. You are like a stick that has been in water for many years, you will need...
by walkart
Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:40 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ordination at Wat Pah Nanachat
Replies: 100
Views: 37888

Re: Ordination at Wat Pah Nanachat

Hello,
What is the most difficult while you train at WPN?
by walkart
Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:03 am
Forum: Abhidhamma
Topic: Stream of Consciousness
Replies: 4
Views: 2124

Re: Stream of Consciousness

Consciousness is related on 6 sense bases. If information that go through yours 6 senses is exactly the same than information that go through your's neighbour 6 senses, so technically, only in this situation we can say that there is the same consciousness. As i understand this situation is quite imp...
by walkart
Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:12 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 972029

Re: the great vegetarian debate

I was banned on some buddhist forum because i was in contradiction with some bhikkhus who said that killing for self defence and during the war its ok, that muslims must be eradicated, that HHDL was à b*** and that when some bhikkhu buy meat with money its ok too... bhikk who? :smile: Good question )
by walkart
Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:27 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 972029

Re: the great vegetarian debate

On this forum I am very thankful we have a balance of meat eaters and vegetarians contributing, on another forum I browse, the vehement meat eaters run the show, call for the topic to be banned, and the moderators step in and ban the vegetarians from saying anything, so much for freedom of expressi...
by walkart
Sun Jun 29, 2014 4:24 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: How you improved since you started ?
Replies: 22
Views: 4286

Re: How you improved since you started ?

No_Mind wrote:
VinceField wrote:Here is the video I promised you of me levitating during meditation :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM94r-5QNUM
Vince it is a joke correct? What I saw is a magic trick is it not?
It is. As i can see Vincent is skilled in video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31I5c1_AbHg
by walkart
Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:20 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why Buddha did not say that the world is round?
Replies: 234
Views: 50632

Re: Why Buddha did not say that the world is round?

I suppose that he suggested that earth is round by saing that it is impossible to attain the end of the world by walking.
by walkart
Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:25 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Relationship between Original Mind and Nibbana?
Replies: 13
Views: 1794

Re: Relationship between Original Mind and Nibbana?

What really metter is our libération from 10 fetters. If something have complete uprooting of fetters as fruit, so it have a relation with Extinguishment.

Fetters are the only way to verify.
by walkart
Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:27 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What is No-Self?
Replies: 145
Views: 22337

Re: What is No-Self?

This back-ground-pure-awareness is limited by one's six bases of consiousness, by 5 khandhas. If it is limited, so it is conditioned, if it is conditioned so it is impermanent, if it is impermanent so it is non-self. Fruit on stream enterer eliminates all self views, and liberates from weight of sel...
by walkart
Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 972029

Re: the great vegetarian debate

Peoples who buy meat motivate others to hold a wrong livelihood. Imho.
by walkart
Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:50 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: From France with metta
Replies: 6
Views: 1640

Re: From France with metta

Bienvenue!
Il y a un sursaut de la communauté française dis donc. C'est bien.

English and pali are the the main languages here, so - Welcome!
by walkart
Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:43 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: A BIG HELLO with HAPPINESS, for all of their
Replies: 8
Views: 1653

Re: A BIG HELLO with HAPPINESS, for all of their

Bonjour Camille, c'est rare de voir les français ici. Je suis de Rennes. If you want to ordain or ask some questions, there is Ajahn Sundara, she is french Elder nun from Amaravati who may be could help you, and decipe your doubts. But i dont know how you can contact her. I wish you to reach the inn...
by walkart
Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:22 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Seed liberation during the night, what shoud a bhikkhu do?
Replies: 15
Views: 3612

Re: Seed liberation during the night, what shoud a bhikkhu d

TheNoBSBuddhist wrote: I felt it was in poor taste and made my opinion clear.

Thanks.

:hello: Bye!
You are welcomed. :)
Thank to you too.

:hello: