What is the difference between ignorance and wrong view? The english terms are virtually synonyms. The pali terms sometimes translated as ignorance; avijja and moha, are probably better translated as delusion for this reason. Michha ditthi = misunderstanding, whereas avijja and moha is more defilem...

In the north east and north of Thailand during the cold season it gets quite cold at night, the trouble is it still gets hot during the day often more than 30 degrees, but at least its a dry heat that time of year. I heard Kandy in Sri Lanka is relatively cool, I've never been there, but as its trop...

sm2019 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:55 pm I see a lot of people worrying about the third eye.

Here? I did a search for "third eye" on this forum and see no evidence of that, perhaps you should ask those that you see worrying.

Generally you can move the body if you need to but you need to understand why you are moving. You shouldn't just move out of impulse, rather reflect on what is prompting you to move, reflect on whether its really necessary or whether there is an alternative, then slowly move mindfully, then reflect ...

mjaviem wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:48 pm Stilling the waters of perception. It's not about airflow control.

That's an important point, when you consider its about perception not airflow the idea of controlling the breath makes less sense.

Suddh wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:57 am Note also that deciding to calm bodily fabrication - which is the in and out breath - explicitly requires controlling the breath.

I would suggest calming bodily fabrication means letting go of controlling and allowing the breath to become naturally calm, controlling agitates rather than calms.

Are you saying the Aryan contribution is mainly just superficial naming? No, more cultural. Why would the Buddha use this convention if there was no connection? Nobility is a general concept, it isn't owned by one religion. I would disagree, since he also uses a cosmology that is partly aligned wit...

SarathW wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:45 am
Ignorance and defilement are two different things.

https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kilesa

Ignorance is a defilement, if the minds nature was ignorance then there would be no possibility for it to be defiled by ignorance as a separate factor and there would be no possibility of freedom from it.

The Buddha was teaching the Eightfold path and taught the Ariya way, but was following the sramana tradition which likely has origins with the Dravidian Indus Valley and the yogic tradition. So can we see the Buddha Dhamma as a merging of these two great traditions? What's the other one? If you mea...

Some people say, in meditation we need to make an effort to make our breathing subtle, deep and slow, while others say we shouldn't try to control our breathing, we should just observe it. What is your opinion on this? The breath is naturally subtle when you aren't undergoing physical activity or t...

Unless you're planning to compete in the Buddhist Trivial Pursuit championships accumulating knowledge is a waste of time except where there is a practical application. Look for practical applications for the knowledge that you already have, if you can't see any then maybe accumulate a different kin...

As you are in Greece and are fluent in english you've got easy access to any monastery in the EU, I'm not sure about the UK. I'd recommend that you arrange to stay in a monastery in Europe for a couple of weeks to see how you like it. Here is a page of contacts in the Ajahn Chah tradition https://fo...

Sati is very interested interested in noticing unwholesome habits and learning to let go of them or replacing them with wholesome.

Why? where did you get this information?

While these factors can help with what you've said nothing is certain and is dependent on past kamma and bad habits also.