Dhamma Wheel

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.

This thread appears to be assuming that someone who trained in the Thai Forest tradition and has since disrobed and is now teaching as a layperson is not of interest, if that's the intention then continue on. There are quite a few of these that trained in the the Ajahn Chah tradition, I can think of...

....when noting say a noise (birds tweeting outside for instance) at what point do we returning to the abdomen and leave the sound. Its tricky as some sounds don’t wane…they’re sort of ‘there’ – so how do we not notice them anymore and return? <terrible grammar>! An important distinction is that yo...

bodom wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:03 pm

I'm really, really looking forward to this book. Have been hearing about for years now that it was in the works. Glad to see its finally coming to fruition!

It certainly has, I remember Ajahn Jayasaro reading excerpts from it when I first visited WPN in 1996.

How hard is the change from USA/Europe/Australia to Thailand .. the shock of a new culture, new food, extreme hot and humid temperature? It depends on the person, there are a lot of westerners living in Thailand, some for work, some for retirement, a very small number for the monasteries. It's not ...

Monks can only eat what they want if what they want is offered. If they crave chocolate ice cream or lasange then they observe craving and hopefully learn it's nature and gain freedom from it, much like when they crave sex. In thai monasteries where there are a lot of foreigners sometimes lay people...

lyndon taylor wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:49 am

The right wing posters never see a problem with the moderation.....

Isn't that to be expected though, the liberalism is for progressive change, conservatism for preserving the status quo.

What I would suggest is an experiment too see if you are generating the vibrations or whether you are becoming aware of what is naturally occurring. Just practice in exactly the same way but with the idea that you want to stop generating these vibrations. After some time you will probably find that ...

Yes, perhaps we can now discuss the benefits of taking personal responsibility for one's volitional actions and the effect such actions/words might have on self and others. The thing about personal responsibility is that it is about me as a person choosing to take responsibility, it's not about you...

L.N. wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:42 pm

Perhaps your answer is to simply ignore comments which play the person instead of the ball.

Excellent, I'm glad you agree!

Perhaps this will allow other aspects of dhamma to be discussed besides this one then.