Dhamma Wheel

If a non-Dhammic person (should it be adhammic?) gave fantastic Dhamma talks would you visit him to learn from him or listen to him on YouTube? Imagine he is good, so good that he is a dazzling teacher .. makes it all seem so easy and takes away all your doubts and hesitation .. but you know (and e...

Glad to hear it, I'm sure they'll be able to accommodate you. There's also Aloka Vihara monastery. I haven't been myself, but I've seen their abbess give a talk and she's inspiring. If you're near Berkeley, some of the Abhayagiri monks come down on the first Tuesday of every month and some of the Al...

Hey Doug, welcome. Sounds like you're in the Bay Area. I highly recommend going up to Abhayagiri Monastery up north, especially if you can stay for a few days or longer. The abbot there is very kind, wise and experienced in answering all kinds of questions from folks, Buddhist, non-Buddhist or anyth...

If somebody has never heard of California and has no idea where it is they also probably don't have internet access. Also, I identify more as a Californian than an American. I'd almost consider voting to secede from the union but I'd be concerned about the fate of the world if the US was not at all...

I've been listening to some of Ajahn Sona's talks during longish car trips and I quite like his style. He references the suttas and Dhamma teachings pretty often, with helpful commentary and practical tips from his own experience and practice.

Have you tried noticing whether you're tensing your muscles while you're meditating, especially in the face, neck and shoulders? This tension can cause a headache.

Hi, Can a lay person learn buddhism, practice and become peaceful and happy? Without becoming a monk? Thanks. According to the suttas, yes. They attest that many laypeople attained the first 3 stages of enlightenment during the Buddha's lifetime, the first of which is described in the Dhammapada th...

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The Silent Sages of Old: Suttas from the Suttanipāta This small selection of Suttas is by no means comparably small in its importance and significance. For the realization of Dhamma is beyond any descriptive words or concepts: truth is not subject to measurement, comparison or classification. The B...

Hi all, Whilst my personal practice is still in its infancy I had a few queries on which I hoped fellow forum members may grant me some clarification.I meditate when possible during my daily schedule and have been reading the Dhammapada, which I have greatly enjoyed. Firstly, it seems to me that to...

This sutta may help. "Monks, these eight worldly conditions spin after the world, and the world spins after these eight worldly conditions. Which eight? Gain, loss, status, disgrace, censure, praise, pleasure, & pain. These are the eight worldly conditions that spin after the world, and the world sp...

Thanks for checking in Louise. May you be well and happy.

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How to get over being wronged?

Keep cultivating the brahmavirahas. Reflecting on envy, conceit, restlessness, etc. is helpful---the Abdhidhamma and commentaries are a good resource to flesh our your reflections.

1) He refuses to recognize facts. 2) He is living in his own, separate reality, in which only he is great--all others are wrong. 3)He is debasing, through his very presence, but also his "tweets", the Presidency. 4) He is a God Dam Crazy Man, a complete narcissist, and also a pathological liar. All...

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I think the proverbial testosterone could be playing a major part in this.

Surely this is playing the balls rather than the man?

Touche!

I hesitated to use the word subjective because it is so loaded and tends to reify a self-subject experiencing/observing an object. Maybe elementary would be better? I'm open to suggestions. The bottom line though is that the Buddha used "the world" in different ways. It seems the "fathom-long body" ...

The Buddha referred to the world primarily in 2 ways. 1) He referred to it in the conventional way, exemplified by this bolded stock passage often found in the suttas: So long as I did not directly know as they really are the five aggregates subject to clinging in four phases, I did not claim to hav...