Dhamma Wheel

I am familiar with two Dhammayut monateries in Nong wua so, both branches from Lungta Maha Boowa. Wat Dun Tao with Luang Por Boonmee http://www.buddha.sg/htm/people/boonmee.htm Wat Poo Song Ko with Luang Por Vanchai http://www.happywat.com/index.php/all-temple/item/wat-phu-sangkho.html The latter is...

Anyone ever visit this center before in Yangon or affiliate sites? I have heard good things about this venerable teacher, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and considering the hardcore, diligent Dhamma that is practiced in Burma, I'm assuming there will be little room for corruption and false teachings. http://a...

Hello. Just wondering if anyone knows the current situation with getting a meditation visa in Myanmar. What is the best country to obtain it, how often does it need to be renewed, and what is the cost etc? The last two times I got mine in the Bangkok consulate with no problems, it's worth paying a ...

JamesTheGiant wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:58 pm

Do dhammayutta monasteries do it different? I don't know. :anjali:

I ordained in a Dhammayut forest monastery for 3 months, it was a little less strict than western Ajahn Chah monasteries in some ways but more rustic.

Yes I remember that book being very dishonest. He gave the impression that he was there for years, and when I found out he was only there for a month or two I thought he was deceptive and shallow. Bad book. It was a long time ago that I read it but that's not really my recollection. I didn't really...

Maybe to counter-caricature your point with the view of a guy who was quite serious about meditation and practice and chose to ordain for a while (at that time, later apparently he lost all interest in following the Dhamma, according to newer book titles). The book can be a bit tedious, so I think ...

I think it's inappropriate to expect a celibate person to be involved in weddings and births etc. In Thailand it's common for the couple to give dana to monks around the time of the wedding but I've never heard of monks officiating at a wedding, if someone does officiate in that way sometimes it's a...

bksubhuti wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:07 am

Here is an explanation of why monks' bowls are black.
https://americanmonk.org/why-are-monk-bowls-black/

In Burma they are black, in Thailand they are aluminium (or stainless steel) in colour, I'm not sure about other countries.

sexual activity, intoxicating drinks and drugs, dancing, singing, music, going to see entertainments, wearing garlands, using perfumes, and beautifying the body with cosmetics, lying on a high or luxurious sleeping place, accepting gold and silver (money). If this is not life-denying, then what is ...

MN 122 explains why "Ajahn" is an appropriate title Actually it doesn't, it explains why teacher is an appropriate title. It doesn't in any way suggest to use a thai word when otherwise speaking a totally different language, which I think is the crux of the OP. I don't think anyone would dispute it...

Sadhu! Yes, there doesn't seem to be anything resembling an equivalent in English at least, so tradition should be followed here out of respect. Nothing resembling an equivalent in English? Ajahn is simply the Thai word for teacher, schoolteachers are called Ajahn in Thai also so it has nothing spe...

To say as per the OP that an accident involving a falling TV had nothing to do with kamma would require a stronger formulation than the above, which deals with the claim that all a person experiences is the result of kamma. To rule out the kammic cause of the falling TV we would need the Buddha to ...

Looking at the Sivaka Sutta I would say the Buddha would back him up... “Master Gotama, there are some ascetics and brahmins who hold such a doctrine and view as this: ‘Whatever a person experiences, whether it be pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant, all that is caused by what was do...

Thank you; this sounds like excellent advice. I'm going to put it into practice. Would you recommend using noting to accomplish what you've described above? i.e. "sound," "anger," "jaw clenching," "pain in neck," etc When I use the word "notice" above you can substitute "note", note and notice are ...

Follow the breath, but when you falter, note what happens then return to the breath. That's usually how it starts out but I think you're missing the fact that it's supposed to progress to the point where it's the other way around... ie Notice what happens but when you falter return to the breath.