hey hanzze, no it is not easily understandible, in fact it is impossible to understand, you must experience this state for yourself and in your own way. you are a combination of mind and matter(body) if you practice correctly you can learn to experience the body at the sub-atomic level (bhanga) the ...

welcome.
metta,
jason

Dear Jason, that could easily lead to nihilism or aversion against live, there is no problem with life, there is just becoming (birth) and it's cause which makes life to something that is suffering. dear hanzze, life=suffering=samsara=dukka=nama-rupa=mind-body=energy-matter. these all represent a c...

Cittasanto wrote:

Wesley1982 wrote:What are some common mistakes that beginners make?

In regard to the four Noble Truths
the first is sometimes understood to say "life is suffering."
when it doesnt, it says "there is suffering."

i've come to understand there is no difference in these two statements
metta
jason

cittasanto wrote, only what is posted can be responded to,or should i.........? i may have misinterpreted you. i thought you were saying we were going off topic. i understand your views, and can see the benefit in following this noon eating rule. i did ask some other questions. what if a monk is los...

Hi everyone :anjali: pretty straight questions: 1. What is the cause of mindfulness? 2. What is the cause of a lack of mindfulness? 3. How to establish mindfulness? I had a look at the Girimananda Sutta , but it's formulated similar in the anapanasati sutta, too. (10) And what, Ānanda, is mindfulne...

dear cittasanto, lets say your a scientist, and you want to find a cure for cancer. but in your experiments you find a cure for heart disease. do you simply throw away this cure, as it was not what you were looking for? for me its the same with a topic of discussion, if it leads to other things and ...

hey cittasanto, i did not say the remaining precepts are not relevant, i simply wish to explore them more deeply, if you feel they are just simply rules for monastics to follow then this is your understanding and this is good for you. following my own practice i have found these precepts to be very ...

welcome kathleen, when i have difficulty sleeping, i lie on my back perfectly still and practice body scanning. i bring my attention to different parts of my body trying to feel my natural energy. this seems to be a very good substitute for sleep, it allows my body to rest after working hard all day...

hi manas, i was not disagreeing with the cutting back of our food intake, developing a true sense of our individual bodies needs is an important step in cultivating a meditative practice, and i personally find it very benificial. i was trying to get to the heart of the importance of the strict monas...

dear cittasanto, if the rules were set up strictly to keep the monks from being a nuicence and as a form of restraint. how did monks travel in the old forest days when going from one monestary to another,what if they became lost should they simply die. i've read of monks searching for forest greens,...

hey cittasanto, i suppose the timeframe can force compassion to arise in devotees, if we dont get the food to them on time the poor folks will go hungry for the night. and if nobody gives, the monks move on or starve to death. so the timeframe could also be to solicit compassion. hey hanzee, i'm hav...

hi everyone, thanks for the replies, i have often thought this precept had another lesson. the buddha lived a life of luxury he had all the food he could ever want and ate whenever he wanted, this not putting an end to his suffering he went out and began the life of an ascetic living off of bird dro...

hey polar buddha,
i can totally get on board with the practicality of that reason, so if a monk is recieving his food from a devotee and the devotee has to take their kid to the doctor and drops the food off to the monks at 2 pm can the monks eat this food then?
metta
jason

i was reading through the why one meal a day thread, and it raised this question. what is the relevance in eating your meals or meal before noon? it is my understanding that in the buddhas time when he created the order of monks there was no set time to go out for alms, but one day a monk went out l...