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- Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:42 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Goenka retreat- aversion towards Chanting
- Replies: 144
- Views: 40268
Re: Goenka retreat- aversion towards Chanting
Thanks Ben for the effort, I will copy/paste and study this so that next time I'm on the retreat I know which chanting is 'on the menu'.
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:44 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: staying at Amaravati for 24 days, looking for advice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2876
Re: staying at Amaravati for 24 days, looking for advice
Thanks guys. Ytog, I think I'll bring some nuts with me but if I don't find them in Hemel Hempstead, cereals will be fine too.
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:55 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: staying at Amaravati for 24 days, looking for advice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2876
staying at Amaravati for 24 days, looking for advice
Dear forum members, I will be staying at Amaravaty monastery for 24 days starting on 1st of August. I was never in monastery before. Only similar experience I have is doing 10day retreats in S.N. Goenka tradition. Since I'm coming from southern Europe to UK only to visit Amaravati, guest monk over t...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:39 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The train morality problem
- Replies: 128
- Views: 31486
Re: The train morality problem
Hi, I'm still influenced by the book I've read 'broken Buddha' which is very critical towards Theravada tradition. I'm thinking what Theravada monk would do in trolley situation. He probably wouldn't touch the switch because it is against Vinaya rule. If he is a meditator he would maybe sit and medi...
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:27 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Linda Clair - claims of being enlightened?
- Replies: 141
- Views: 29287
Re: Linda Clair - claims of being enlightened?
Looks like there is a big number of 'enlightened' teachers today. Daniel Ingram (interactivebuddha.com) also makes the same claim. As Ben discovered, for Linda the enlightenment means that she finally doesn't know anything and by Daniel's definition Arahat is the one with "mastery of the formed...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:48 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Goenka retreat- aversion towards Chanting
- Replies: 144
- Views: 40268
Re: Goenka retreat- aversion towards Chanting
Thank you guys.
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Goenka retreat- aversion towards Chanting
- Replies: 144
- Views: 40268
Goenka retreat- aversion towards Chanting
Dear members, I would like to get some response from those of you who did at least a few retreats in Goenka tradition. The thing is, chanting, instructions and evening discourses don't change, they are the same on every 10 day retreat. You hear the same thing when you do your first retreat and when ...
- Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: How long should one sit?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2575
Re: How long should one sit?
You can't get an answer to the question "How long should one sit?" if you don't know why you're sitting. If the reason is- you want to relax after a stressful day, or you want to improve concentration faculty, than a few minutes might do. If the reason is- you want to eventually reach the ...
- Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: How to develop metta/ loving kindness towards breath?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3542
Re: How to develop metta/ loving kindness towards breath?
Hi guys, I'm not well established in theory but I would say that loving-kindness doesn't necessarily only mean feeling of love, warmth etc. towards somebody or something. Loving-kindness (metta) means also equanimity. And that is how I would apply it to breath and breathing meditation. What do I mea...
- Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:45 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Croatia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1346
Hello from Croatia
Hi guys, I started meditating 2 years ago on a 10day retreat in S.N.Goenka tradition. Since then I try to maintain daily practice and to obtain 5 precepts. I did one more retreat in a meantime and this August I'll be staying in Amaravati monastery (UK) for a month. I'm happy I found this forum, ther...