Hi, this is samsarictravelling.* I do not know which email was connected with my 'samsarictravelling' account, and thought it was this email -- that I found out was connected to a 'forest' account. So I will post with this 'forest' account, instead. I just found out today -- today is October 6, 202...

How I eat (or part of how I eat, because I do not reveal everything about myself; we'll see how much I say in this post): I eat both meat and vegetables and fruit. I eat all healthy foods, whether they are animal or plant (vegetables and fruits) in origin. I find eating vegetables, whether cooked or...

Dear all, I wanted to thank you all again for your replies. DooDoot and samsarictravelling, thank you for directing me to MN 60. I had skimmed it in search what I was looking for, but missed the important bits. 😁 (kiriyavada, etc.) Somewhat related, someone has something akin to "This being is...

Holy smokes! I read some awesome things just now. Three stories from the same book 'Living with the Himalayan Masters', by Swami Rama. But first, here is an introduction to the book: In this inspirational collection of stories Swami Rama relates his experiences with the great teachers who guided hi...

The video in OP looks very fake. From my understanding, it's the mind made body that levitates and moves unimpeded, not the actual body. My personal theory is that most lay people didn't meet the Buddha's actual body, but his mind made body. Hence when the serial killer chased him he couldn't catch...

What this guy keep his hand is the steel post supporting him. I never read though the whole article that is found as a PDF ( https://doc-0c-2k-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/ha0ro937gcuc7l7deffksulhg5h7mbp1/5ethvi1s3h78gadnkq1rf82a6ih3k6ks/1561694400000/06008710002896048391/*/0B6dS6102zcB...

https://i.imgur.com/Mgp6SnH.jpg From the cantina on the 11th floor of the S1 building at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim. The photo appeared on the front page of the Adresseavisen newspaper, Trondheim, on 15 August 1986. An engineer at the Norwegian university, ...

From the Canon, as well as from non-Buddhist (Hindu) sources, numerous evidences of iddhi can be seen. Numerous ascetics who followed various teachings demonstrated iddhi earlier. Has anyone seen iddhi in our time? Maybe humanity was crushed in mental strength, degraded in this area? I give three s...

"Thus the 1st absorption is free from 5 things (i.e. the hindrances, nīvarana), and 5 things are present (i.e. the factors of absorption; jhānanga). Whenever the monk enters the 1st absorption, there have vanished sensuous desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and scruples, doubts; a...

As the title says, what kind of state of meditation is that? any sutta reference? only bliss feeling is observed and body awareness is completly lost. first vauge bliss and body feeling (little thinking like intension), then bliss and body feeling (no thinking), then bliss alone with no body feelin...

With the rise of engaged Buddhism I’ve been thinking about my own politics and the Dhamma. Personally I’m a Tory, which naturally entails support for the continuation of the British Monarchy. My politics has grown further to the right in terms of handing more powers back to the sovereign which have...

Before we go any further, it would be useful for you to define what you meant with these terms "ultimate reality", "ground of being" and "things as they really are". This will allow us to avoid equivocation in the discussion. Im not sure what they mean, they are just e...

If you have followed this topic at all, please read this. I believe I may have not only overestimated my level of 'seeing', but worse still, misrepresented the Buddha - something serious, that I wish to formally apologize for. I can at least attest to this much: it reduces stress, not just by havin...

Okay, I'm thinking I hate the prajnaparamita sutras, Mahayana Buddhism, again...