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by one_awakening
Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:53 am
Forum: Family Life and Relationships
Topic: I think my new job promotes wrong livelihood
Replies: 29
Views: 1752

Re: I think my new job promotes wrong livelihood

Many people see a nice clean piece of meat in the supermarket, totally oblivious to the horror behind it.
by one_awakening
Sat Apr 02, 2022 10:42 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Overthinking the Dhamma
Replies: 122
Views: 4442

Re: Overthinking the Dhamma

Give people a reason to “not to get caught up in it” I did, I said it can cause overthinking ...you’re probably not simplifying anything I wasn't trying to simplify anything, that's not what the original poster was asking Otherwise your contribution may be nothing but confusion for those who are un...
by one_awakening
Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:09 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Overthinking the Dhamma
Replies: 122
Views: 4442

Re: Overthinking the Dhamma

Overthinking is an easy trap to fall into and can become an impediment to enlightenment. That's why I am constantly simplifying things so I can actually put The Dhamma into practice. Also be aware that this site can contribute to overthinking so its often best not to get caught up in it.
by one_awakening
Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:20 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What exactly is Vedana ?
Replies: 37
Views: 1444

Re: What exactly is Vedana ?

Ontheway wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:34 pm If that is so, why would the Buddha taught the entire Vedanasamyutta???
The Buddha explains other aspects of Vedana in this sutta. The original poster just wants to know what it is.
by one_awakening
Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:02 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What exactly is Vedana ?
Replies: 37
Views: 1444

Re: What exactly is Vedana ?

...but how can you be sure a more concise instruction isn’t oversimplified? How can you be sure a simpler instruction isn't being overcomplicated? In many cases The Dhamma has to be simplified in order to actually practice it, otherwise it's just theoretical knowledge. How sure are you that the sut...
by one_awakening
Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:18 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What exactly is Vedana ?
Replies: 37
Views: 1444

Re: What exactly is Vedana ?

Then how can you practice with this sutta understanding? How can one practice here and now so the dukkha doesn't arise anymore? Otherwise it is just book knowledge. There is no use for daily practice. :goodpost: Exactly! These long-winded answers, quoting slabs of suttas just complicate things so m...
by one_awakening
Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:23 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What exactly is Vedana ?
Replies: 37
Views: 1444

Re: What exactly is Vedana ?

Vedana is feeling which is either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. Why complicate it?

People give all sorts of strange definitions for Vedana and quote long slabs of suttas but the above is all you need to know to practice successfully.
by one_awakening
Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Distortion of the teachings by modern teachers?
Replies: 118
Views: 5483

Re: Distortion of the teachings by modern teachers?

Cause_and_Effect wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:18 am ...this practice is the preliminary first stage
Yes but in the west it's often taught as the whole practice
by one_awakening
Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:21 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: first jhana really can be this easy (35 sec. video demonstration)
Replies: 83
Views: 5870

Re: first jhana really can be this easy (35 sec. video demonstration)

auto wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:52 pm Vipassana is not even a method, it is about seeing what is only possible due samadhi.
Correct
by one_awakening
Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:43 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The use of the provisional self or 'degrees of self'
Replies: 93
Views: 3784

Re: The use of the provisional self or 'degrees of self'

Ones hair is percevlived to be less 'self' than ones hands But the witnessing or mind-consciouness may be the hardest to cultivate the not-self perception of as it is generally closer to our sense of identity. Maybe we need to cultivate the perception that mind consciousness has no more self than a...
by one_awakening
Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:43 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Why is jesus christ more popular than the buddha?
Replies: 77
Views: 3537

Re: Why is jesus christ more popular than the buddha?

Because Christianity promises immortality
by one_awakening
Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:28 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Brahmins
Replies: 10
Views: 636

Re: Brahmins

Brahmins were the religious caste, the intellectuals and transmitters of metaphysical and cultural truth. They would have been the ones most interested in what the Buddha had to say, and would have approached him to hear his alternative teaching. The Buddha would have talked about "ascetics an...
by one_awakening
Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:02 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Brahmins
Replies: 10
Views: 636

Re: Brahmins

They were brahmins specifically, and not some other caste (when referred to as such in the sutta). and it was normal to address people of the brahmin caste as brahmins back then. like how it was normal to address nobles in europe by thier titles back in the day. I think brahmins even got offended i...
by one_awakening
Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:10 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Brahmins
Replies: 10
Views: 636

Re: Brahmins

TRobinson465 wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:50 am Because they were brahmins specifically. And that was often how they talked back then.
What do you mean?
by one_awakening
Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Brahmins
Replies: 10
Views: 636

Brahmins

Why does The Buddha refer to Brahmins a lot? Why doesn't he just say "people"?