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- Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:12 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Dharma center to stay at in San Francisco?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 582
Dharma center to stay at in San Francisco?
I am currently at a conference in SF which lasts til Wednesday. I will stay an extra 6 days in San Francisco, basically on vacation. So I am looking for a dharma center here in SF where I could stay and do a little mini-retreat and also be exposed to some teaching and be around other spiritual pract...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:29 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Vipassana Skype sessions of out-loud Mahasi style noting
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3412
Re: Vipassana Skype sessions of out-loud Mahasi style noting
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- Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:28 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Vipassana Skype sessions of out-loud Mahasi style noting
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3412
Vipassana Skype sessions of out-loud Mahasi style noting
Skype sessions of out-loud Mahasi style noting with others. I do vipassana - Mahasi style noting. This is a meditation that can be done with others out loud. It is very effective. I am looking for noting partners. This can be done on the phone if you are in the US, as I am. Or it can also be done on...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:01 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8841
Re: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
Regarding the issue of living a life without access to the pleasure of sex (ordaining), I think I could be ok with celibacy. But, the whole not having a family thing seems like it might be a regret. Here I should mention that this assessment is made with an unenlightened mind. Once, meditating more,...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:57 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Do most westerners that ordain stay in Robes?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2301
Do most westerners that ordain stay in Robes?
Do most westerners, once ordained, stay in them?
With Metta
With Metta
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:52 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8841
Re: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
About going to a monastery for a few months. Yes, that's a good idea. I will send a letter to Wat Metta tomorrow about a visit.
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:51 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8841
Re: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
Thank you all. I appreciate the community support. The retreats I have done are mostly in Mahayana Lay centers. I am doing a 10 day Goenka Retreat later this week. Certainly these days I feel a strong draw to renunciation. Matter-of-factly, I know that sensual/worldly pleasures are fleeting, and set...
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:50 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8841
Re: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
PS: I should say I am not yet a Stream Enterer.
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:49 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8841
To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult first?
To Marry or Ordain -Which resources should I consult before making a decision? I have a very serious Girlfriend. I love her. I also have a business that produces nearly passive income in quantities to afford a comfortable lifestyle (The business thing is, of course, in Samsara, and of course subject...