Dhamma Wheel

This monk's view, while not shared by all, if any, is that you're more apt to get more 'instruction' reading, and putting to practice, the wealth of information available on the internet than in any temple in either Thailand, or Sri Lanka…wishing you well... I'd have to agree, there is a weird idea...

since this thread has gone on to have nothing to do with the original post, I'm wondering if it would just be better for the OP to start a better worded post on the subject and let this one die.

Good work in finding that, Jcsuperstar! Wouldn't we all like to know where 'buddho' as a meditation object started? (Laughs) I have a *completely unfounded* hypothesis that it was a back influence from Chinese Mahayana Buddhism on Thai Buddhism. The practice of reciting 'buddho', especially using b...

I am wondering if it would be correct to address a monk as Bhikkhu, or is Bhante preferred. Thank you bhante is preferred if youre talking to him directly, also if you see my post above different countries refer to their monks differently, i.e. i attend Thai temples so i just refer to the monks as ...

you know i was gonna post that it reminds me of Huayan but didn't want to end up with my foot in my mouth if i turned out to be wrong about his influence... also was it Tsung-mi's influence on chan that brought in the huayan doctrines or was there more overlap?

well if you believe in literal rebirth... Bit of a shame this has become a safety qualifier for making any kind of statement about past lives in a discussion forum about Buddhism. Alas alas, back to the cushion. just doing what i can to not start any arguments with those who don't believe. :anjali:

you could go to http://www.audiodharma.org/ download a retreat

i did this with a bhavana society retreat once. works okay

just to be anal, i'm gonna point out that TNH is not Zen, but rather Thien which has a totally different history and it's own concepts

I'm not so sure that's true bodom. there is no need for us to worship or pray to a god in order to follow the path to awakening or to experience nibbana, however the Buddha mentioned gods many times, and if our myths are true it was a god who convinced the Buddha to teach the path in the 1st place.

There is much learning in conflict. And no one gets hurt here. really? history doesn't point to any thing ever being learned from conflict.... just more conflict. and the argument postshere just lead to longer and longer argument posts. also are you sure people never get hurt? or is it you just don...

still liking this

dhamma follower wrote:

PeterB wrote:" TNH's followers practice Satipathana in the way their master explains it: walk and smile, breath and smile ....

D.F.

much like Bhante Vimalaramsi

well if you believe in literal rebirth than some may have been practicing over several lives

5heaps wrote: being born around shmucks who eat meat,

what about non shmucks who eat meat? or what if youre born around shmucks who dont eat meat? so so many shmucks in the world

here are some newer bands i'm nto now. take it or leave it.

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these days there's also chanting monks and comic book reading monks and and... but there is no real formal distinction. but you can tell which is which by spending any time around them or reading their books. also in some monks the labels overlap and you'll fine a scholar monk who is very well pract...

thread quickly turn to fights when we involve each other and not just ideas. lets hope this one can be saved as it is an interesting topic.

i wish them every success! it would be cool to see something like this. especially for my wife.

i think this might be on here somewhere already, but i could be wrong, it's an old interview, i always liked it though

legolas wrote: Interbeing is candyfloss Buddhism. Just my opinion.

but that's TNH, he doesnt seem to be trying to do much else than present a happy buddhism so whats the problem? there are far worse things from him than his interbeing stuff