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- Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Sutta references to prayer in Buddhism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1336
Re: Sutta references to prayer in Buddhism
Prayer - communicating with a non-corporeal being.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Sutta references to prayer in Buddhism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1336
Sutta references to prayer in Buddhism
I've been running into a few people on the net who have claimed that prayer is a legitimate part of Buddhism.
Can anyone point me to sutta references where the Buddha endorses, or does NOT encourage prayer?
Can anyone point me to sutta references where the Buddha endorses, or does NOT encourage prayer?
- Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Yoniso Manasikara
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5384
Re: Yoniso Manasikara
This is a BPS Wheel booklet about it. Pretty good, explains the concepts well and gives concrete exercises
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/Wheels/wh463.pdf
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/Wheels/wh463.pdf
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:51 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Why Westerners can't extend loving kindness to themselves?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7807
Re: Why Westerners can't extend loving kindness to themselves?
"Westerners can't extend loving kindness to themselves" I heard above statement from many teachers more than once. I still can't understand the reason behind this. At the least, it is Westerners who bring up to teachers that they find it hard to project metta to themselves. My intuition i...
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Why monks are so overweight if they fasting from noon to sunrise?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6156
Re: Why monks are so overweight if they fasting from noon to sunrise?
Why monks are so overweight if they fasting from noon to sunrise? This is something I always wondered. I'll admit that I am guessing, but based on what I have seen and read: 1. It is extremely unhealthy and promotes fat storage to clump all of your daily calories together. 2. Many monks probably ov...
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Why monks are so overweight if they fasting from noon to sunrise?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6156
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Culadasa on Positive Reinforcement
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1842
Re: Culadasa on Positive Reinforcement
Ajahn Brahm has said similar things in his meditation sessions. He tells people to cultivate being relaxed and happy in the present moment to give the mind a reason to stay there.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:41 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Observing the 5th Precept
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7006
Re: Observing the 5th Precept
How did you make the transition I just stopped. After joining Dhamma Wheel about five years ago. I felt it is inappropriate to teach Dhamma and consume alcohol. I still have a lot of peer group pressure to consume alcohol but I never gave to them. :twothumbsup: :twothumbsup: :twothumbsup: So much r...
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:40 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Observing the 5th Precept
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7006
Re: Observing the 5th Precept
Go out with your friends. Get a look-alike-drink. Gingerale in a mug instead of beer. Club soda with lime in a glass with ice. Cranberry juice, etc. If anyone asks, say its for your health, doctor's orders. If they have a problems with that, they were never your friends to begin with, only drinking ...
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Gude to Translators for Beginners
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4507
Re: Gude to Translators for Beginners
I would go with Ajahn Sujato's translations.
They are contemporary (new) and they were done for non-academic English speakers, aka they were made to be easily understood.
They are also available free of charge.
They are contemporary (new) and they were done for non-academic English speakers, aka they were made to be easily understood.
They are also available free of charge.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Free download of Itivuttaka by J.D. Ireland—EPUB, Kindle, PDF
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2727
Re: Free download of Itivuttaka by J.D. Ireland—EPUB, Kindle, PDF
I've used that translation in my sutta class. The prose is far less clunky, but the translation feels archaic. Why not use the just finished translation of Ajahn Sujato's designed to be easily understood by non-academic English speakers?
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Suggestion box
- Topic: Dhammawheel is not growing - because it has zero SEO
- Replies: 61
- Views: 19684
Re: Dhammawheel is not growing - because it has zero SEO
Not everybody will.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:02 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Do you like or dislike devotional practices?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4522
Re: Do you like or dislike devotional practices?
If a person is too rational it is difficult to become devotional . Being devotional is emotional . However , devotional is essential to soften the hardened mind. It does help a person to be spiritual instead of being philosophical all the time . I think highly of metta, but I've always seen it as a...
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:21 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Do you like or dislike devotional practices?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4522
Re: Do you like or dislike devotional practices?
I don't do devotional practices.
Meditation, precepts, and reading up on the Buddha's teachings have a story behind them how they might work to move you forward in life and without requiring dogma. That isn't the case with devotional practices.
Meditation, precepts, and reading up on the Buddha's teachings have a story behind them how they might work to move you forward in life and without requiring dogma. That isn't the case with devotional practices.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:07 am
- Forum: Suggestion box
- Topic: Dhammawheel is not growing - because it has zero SEO
- Replies: 61
- Views: 19684
Re: Dhammawheel is not growing - because it has zero SEO
I tried these search strings on Google "buddhist forum" "buddhist web board" "buddhist webboard" dhammawheel.com did not come up on the first page for any of them. SEO doesn't have to cost money. I found this from Google for things a person can do their web site to impr...