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- Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:11 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Why last thought before death matters?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1761
Re: Why last thought before death matters?
Ok thank you both for the replies. I understand better now. I will come back if I have more questions.
- Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:07 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Can you mediatate with any single thought or only breath?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 897
Re: Can you mediatate with any single thought or only breath?
Thanks for the reply bodom. So then what thoughts other than breath I can use to meditate? It depends on what you are trying to achieve (calmness? insight? more happiness? getting a particular problem to feel more manageable?) but you can mentally count (eg. from one to nine and then back again; th...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:32 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Can you mediatate with any single thought or only breath?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 897
Re: Can you mediatate with any single thought or only breath?
Thanks for the reply bodom. So then what thoughts other than breath I can use to meditate?
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Why last thought before death matters?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1761
Re: Why last thought before death matters?
Thank you both DNS and ontheway for your time and replies. However the replies are contrasting, with one showing last thought has no effect and the other opposite. I'm confused. From "on the way" article, I get the impression that if you have bad thoughts during the last moments, but you h...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:42 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Can you mediatate with any single thought or only breath?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 897
Can you mediatate with any single thought or only breath?
Hello everyone, First of all happy new year everyone. I have tried some meditation, but I find concentrating on breath boring sometimes. Is it possible for me to concentrate on something interesting like a painting or something and meditate, or can you only gain spiritual advancement if you concentr...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:40 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Why last thought before death matters?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1761
Why last thought before death matters?
Hello everyone, First of all happy new year everyone. I have heard that no matter how much good karma you do? If your last thought before death is a bad one, you will be reborn in a bad state. Is there any truth to this? If there is why, would Buddhism a religion that makes so much sense, have this ...
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:37 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Story of great "Maudgalyayana" and question about Arahants?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 819
Re: Story of great "Maudgalyayana" and question about Arahants?
Hello, Also completely unrelated question, I know there are 550 stories about Buddha's past lives, is there a simple english version of this book that I can order online? AFAIK, there's only one complete translation of Jataka stories: https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Jataka/inde...
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 11:57 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Story of great "Maudgalyayana" and question about Arahants?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 819
Re: Story of great "Maudgalyayana" and question about Arahants?
Hey thanks so much for the reply "on the way". I was so confused, why been such a great Arahant, he was afraid of his death, now it makes total sense. Anyone by the way likes to add more, or provide a link to buy the book I requested, thanks a lot in advance.
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:14 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Story of great "Maudgalyayana" and question about Arahants?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 819
Story of great "Maudgalyayana" and question about Arahants?
Hello everyone, Hey I was reading the story of this great Arahant, and was shocked to hear how he died after been tortured by robbers due to his past kamma of killing his parents. The story says for 6 days he was able to evade the robbers by teleporting using his psychic powers, however on the 7 th ...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Is it good karma to be born as a westerner?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10555
Is it good karma to be born as a westerner?
Hello everyone, First of all. This is not nationalistic or racist post, but I'm actually curious. Ok so generally speaking Most of the western countries are better developed and have better standard of living, but most are not Buddhists. Most of the buddhist countries are poor. My question is, is it...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:08 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Will people who attained nibbana be reborn after big bang?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5371
Re: Will people who attained nibbana be reborn after big bang?
Thanks for all the replies. I was worried that even after reaching nibbana you will be reborn after big bang. Glad it is not like that
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Will people who attained nibbana be reborn after big bang?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5371
Will people who attained nibbana be reborn after big bang?
Hello everyone, Just a random question that popped into my head. Will people who attained nibbana will be reborn after universe ends and restarts? I'm surer they will never be reborn while the current universe exist (which is a very very long time), but what happens when universe ends and restarts w...
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Ok buddhism is true but my reaction is depression
- Replies: 49
- Views: 38908
Re: Ok buddhism is true but my reaction is depression
There's a sutta exactly for this but i can not find it. A disciple asks why he isn't calm even he realized the desires are dangerous. The answer is that until he tastes the happiness of giving up, his mind will not calm. OTOH, the depression is rooted in desire, your desire makes you feel depressed...
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:02 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Ok buddhism is true but my reaction is depression
- Replies: 49
- Views: 38908
Re: Ok buddhism is true but my reaction is depression
Thanks for all the replies.
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:01 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Are gods bored and can they meditate?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 56746
Re: Are gods bored and can they meditate?
Thanks for all the replies. They are all very nice. @Robinson: Nice sutta. Thanks @Doot: Thanks for the detailed response @rhino: It is not my birthday but, thanks for the wishes. Another thing I want to clarify is, many have pointed that god realms are also suffering, because there also happiness i...