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- Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:21 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Buddhism, Hinduism and the caste system
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15151
Re: Buddhism, Hinduism and the caste system
As a Hindu that too an OBC (Other Backward Caste), I have to call you out on this one... Why dont you still understand that you do not have to identify yourself with a caste (OBC)? Only then will the caste system end. The problem with Hindus is that they purport to speak against caste based discrim...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:05 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Theravada and Zen sitting practice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2658
Re: Theravada and Zen sitting practice
If you will be totaly concentrated on immobility of your body, immobility of your spine, you will be able to penetrate Jhanas most rapidly if you will concentrate on some phenomena (mental of physical). Why? Because in sentences concentrate on body or concentrate on mental formations the key word i...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:58 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Theravada and Zen sitting practice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2658
Theravada and Zen sitting practice
Like most non-Buddhists who get introduced to Buddhism through Zen, my knowledge of Theravada is rudimentary. I am familiar with terms like Shamatha and Vipassana (at least I feel I am) and would like to know if meditation practices of Zen tradition have any correlation with Shamatha and Vippassana....
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Bodhisattva ideal during Buddha's time?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1536
Bodhisattva ideal during Buddha's time?
I would like to know if there were some monks during Buddha's own time who aspired towards the Bodhisattva goal? Or were all of his disciples practicing to be Arhats? Also, an unrelated question. Mahakashyapa was one of the most foremost disciples, and he is described as being a strict ascetic who a...
- Wed May 02, 2012 6:24 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is Vajrayana/Mahayana the work of Mara?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 8768
Re: Is Vajrayana/Mahayana the work of Mara?
Greetings! I was referring to Dharmas which are so much in contradiction to the early Buddhism that it is unambiguous that it couldn't have come out from the mouth of the Buddha. And indeed its practitioners themselves never claim it did. I am talking about practices involving sex with consorts (in ...
- Wed May 02, 2012 6:13 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is Vajrayana/Mahayana the work of Mara?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 8768
Is Vajrayana/Mahayana the work of Mara?
I dont know where exactly in the Canon, but I read somewhere that Buddha had warned that in future, frauds will wear monk's robes and pretend to teach his dhamma only to deceive the people away from it. This, he said, would be the work of Mara. Mahayanists/Vajrayanists claim that their teachings did...
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Difference between awareness and mindfulness?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6487
Re: Difference between awareness and mindfulness?
These two terms have always been quite confusing to me, so much so I that i believe these aren't really distinct things. Mindfulness and 'pure awareness' seem to be complimentary to each other. If you have "pure awareness" then the mind doesn't settle on any thing (it doesn't grasp anythi...
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Difference between awareness and mindfulness?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6487
Difference between awareness and mindfulness?
These two terms have always been quite confusing to me, so much so I that i believe these aren't really distinct things. Mindfulness and 'pure awareness' seem to be complimentary to each other. If you have "pure awareness" then the mind doesn't settle on any thing (it doesn't grasp anythin...
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:22 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Intelligence and Buddhism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3761
Re: Intelligence and Buddhism
Thank you for the answers.
Like all things, intelligence is dependent on causes and conditions - which means it is not constant. I presume, practicing Dhamma/Dharma will lead to greater intelligence for the practitioner, along with the wisdom. Am I correct in thinking so?
Like all things, intelligence is dependent on causes and conditions - which means it is not constant. I presume, practicing Dhamma/Dharma will lead to greater intelligence for the practitioner, along with the wisdom. Am I correct in thinking so?
- Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Porn Free for 90 Days
- Replies: 326
- Views: 73140
Re: Porn Free for 90 Days
I am 24 and the maximum I've stayed away from porn (and masturbation/sex) is about 23 days.
- Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Intelligence and Buddhism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3761
Intelligence and Buddhism
What is the theory of intelligence in Buddhism? It goes without saying that your intelligence is a result of various causes of the past. Can one be more intelligent through practice or become dumber through wrong practice? There was a disciple of Buddha called "Suddhipanthaka" who was so d...