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- Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:10 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Fear and aversion towards meditation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2259
Re: Fear and aversion towards meditation
If I may make a suggestion, invest in a meditation bench, as opposed to a cushion (or even a chair). I use one because my hips are so narrow that lotus is simply unrealistic. A bench prevents a lot of leg pain, aligns the back properly (maintaining lumbar lordosis the way lotus postures do), and if...
- Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Fear and aversion towards meditation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2259
Re: Fear and aversion towards meditation
A good trick is to stop before you sit down and note how you feel. Then, at the end of each practice notice how much better you feel. Periodically during your practice, when you feel good, notice and remember that you feel good. Remember this several times a day and remind yourself that mediation i...
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Fear and aversion towards meditation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2259
Fear and aversion towards meditation
Hello all, It's been three years since I initially became interested in buddhadhamma and thus this also marks the three-year anniversary for my first stabs at meditation. The problem - since day one, to be honest - is that I have quite a lot of fear towards meditation. This mostly manifests as unwil...
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Avoidance and Compassion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2600
Re: Avoidance and Compassion
Another perspective on this is just to be very mindful about the influence of the people surrounding you. You might not be around the most skillful people, but you can watch how they effect you. You don't have to be like them. -M Sound advice :namaste: Having these people around you and treating th...
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:29 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: A video of my friends ordination.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5568
Re: A video of my friends ordination.
Thank you for this video, very happy to have seen this
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:17 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Uposatha Observance Club
- Replies: 395
- Views: 233258
Re: Uposatha Observance Club
Hello,
I requested to join the group, hopefully you will accept!
I don't have a local sangha to observe Uposatha with, so looking forward to this very much!
I requested to join the group, hopefully you will accept!
I don't have a local sangha to observe Uposatha with, so looking forward to this very much!
Re: Joke!!!
Maybe this style, Kare? Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Who was the youngest Arahat?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5536
Re: Who was the youngest Arahat?
Hello , Not sure how old Rahula was when he became enlightened, but I think he may have been older than 7 years: http://www.palikanon.com/namen/r/raahula.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; But Seven years seems to be the youngest age for a few of them: Thag 6.10 When I was...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:40 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Is a UK student loan considered debt
- Replies: 85
- Views: 19930
Re: Is a UK student loan considered debt
I'm in the same boat as marcpiano, only i'm in the usa. My student loans began when I was 15 and started college. I finished graduate school in 2006, and found the dharma in 2007. My interest in ordaining has been growing over the past year. My loans are massive, but in a program where if my income...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Reasons to become a monk / Anti-disrobing Sutta Collection
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1916
Re: Reasons to become a monk / Anti-disrobing Sutta Collection
Thank you for this collection, good work!
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:50 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Ordination without parents permission, is that possible?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8894
Re: Ordination without parents permission, is that possible?
Could they, in those days, distinguis between eczema and a fungal infection? :thinking: I don't think so, no. In this age, however, the distinction has to be made. Personally I would assume that they are referring to ringworm/other fungal infections instead of eczema, because, as said, eczema requi...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:44 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Ordination without parents permission, is that possible?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8894
Re: Ordination without parents permission, is that possible?
Hi, may I ask something too? What is meant with this? Have you got eczema? Eczema seems in many cases a harmless and not contageous condition that doesn't require much medical attention...it can come and go. Would it be impossible to ordain if you have a harmless condition that comes and goes? That...