I also want to add that not everyone experienced the same thing. There are some scandals in Tibetan Buddhism (I don't mean to discredit Tibetan Buddhism), maybe some communities are more prone to particular offence than others, or maybe some people are less fortunate. People with supernatural power ...

...If we don't own ourselves, then what's the point? We don't know our future, we also can't determine our future (lives). Whatever we do whether it's self compassion or as you said self hatred, at the very end we have to surrender ourselves, so to speak, to something unknown. Yes it's true self co...

Obviously, you haven't experienced that before and are too naive in my opinion (no offence) . You haven’t seen one. I had my personal experience with my former teacher, a monk who was very virtuous and had a samadhi can read a mind of others especially those crude mind. However internal mind can’t ...

Don't confuse them with noble people or holy people. To attain supernatural power you only need to develop your concentration. It would be correct to say that powers don’t require insight (nor the right view), but samadhi is impossible without virtue and sense restraint, which is why those powers w...

People who have supernatural power can for example read other people's mind and then emotionally/mentally blackmail them. Not possible, Those who has psychic power has the fruit of their training. Usually they cultivate precepts as well then lead to samadhi. One who know precepts will not use psych...

Yes, there are a few Sutta's about misusing supernormal powers. There is a story about why Buddha prohibited monks from exercising supernormal powers. Not exercising or emotional blackmailing but displaying supernormal powers. Obviously, if you want to find grey areas in the monastic codes there ar...

Hello, Did Buddha ever talked about the misuse of supernatural power and its consequences? People who have supernatural power can for example read other people's mind and then emotionally/mentally blackmail them. They can use some people in a society or (social) medias to influence him/her. The purp...

Interesting question. If everything is determined and we have no say in what happens, then the question is moot, because the self-love would also be determined. It would either happen or not happen according to old kamma . The question of "use" would be redundant, as a feeling of usefulne...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:24 pm

D1W1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:12 am I am just an ordinary person, I live an ordinary life. Does anyone experience this before, what does it really mean?

Buddhists are expected to keep calm and carry on

That's what I do. I don't mean to sound superstitious but a lot of people here using spells and dark magic believe it or not

Hi guys, I am living in Bali. Some of Balinese people the other day told me, if I am jealous/envious and spite of you, I give you pressure . I am just an ordinary person, I live an ordinary life. Does anyone experience this before, what does it really mean? Pleasure or pressure? It's a r, pleasure ...

Hi guys,

I am living in Bali. Some of Balinese people the other day told me, if I am jealous/envious and spite of you, I give you pressure. I am just an ordinary person, I live an ordinary life. Does anyone experience this before, what does it really mean?

Hello all, Can someone enlighten me what is the use of self-love? What is happening to us, not in our control. What is the use of self-compassion when so called higher power or karmic power decides suffering for us or makes us experience certain things in life? Is self-love not futile? What is the ...

Hi all, Pali language has vowels, consonants that are different from English they normally have ¯, ~ sign above the letter (not sure how do you call that sign). The signs already decide how to read the letter for example how long or short the vowel is. So if you chant a paritta uses tones as we norm...

Hello all, We or some people were taught they need to brush their teeth, take a shower and clean themselves before they do chanting, making offering to Triple Gem. We prepare ourselves. We don't chant when our mouth is full of food, dirty, etc. The question is, soon when we wake up in the morning, c...

Hello all, Can someone enlighten me what is the use of self-love? What is happening to us, not in our control. What is the use of self-compassion when so called higher power or karmic power decides suffering for us or makes us experience certain things in life? Is self-love not futile? What is the u...