Hi Sati, thanks for the reply I already asked Bhante Dhammajiva about this issue and he said that it "depends of the circumstances". I understood it like: "we'll observe if you are a suitable person to stay as a resident before we can help" As you have been there...Do you mind to...

Hi, I'm planning to go to Nissarana Vanaya in the end of the year and I'm curious about the visa extension (in a case of stay like a long-term resident). Do they provide assistance to visa extension like Na Uyana or do you have to do everything by yourself? I'll be alone and I'm not the kind of pers...

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Hi folks, I'm going to Na Uyana on January. It will be my first experience in a monastery in another country and I intend to stay there at least one year to study and, perhaps, apply for ordination. I don't know how the things are on that place and I have some doubts about what I should and what I s...

Thanks by the answers. :smile: Why not move along to the third step of anapanasati: experience all the bodies - not just the breath, and not just at this or that anatomical spot - and see if that alleviates the pain of that focus? Should I do that without establish a good concentration? I read that ...

I have a similar problem. I started to do anapana. I'm observing (without a specific point) the breath in and out in my nostrils, but my attention is following up the air through throat too. The problem is: observe the cold air passing through my throat is really painful. Should I ignore the pain, f...

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Thanks to you and culaavuso for your help.

Thanks for the answer, Culaavuso. :namaste: I'll check the site and the references that you indicated. I guess the citation model that Perez-Remon uses is the PTS. He's always saying something about Mr. and Mrs. Rhys Davids. If you could provide some distinctive quotation from the text, that might b...

Hello, Before start I ask apologize for my bad english. Actually I'm brazilian and I'm not so good in write in english. This is my first post here but I've been reading this forum about 1 year. I was reading Joaquin Perez-Remon book - Self and non-self in early buddhism - and I had problem with a re...