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- Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:24 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Strange Experiences in Meditation
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8195
Re: Strange Experiences in Meditation
For some reason this changed and the last few weeks I’ve been meditating a lot and what’s even more important: I’ve been meditating every day, not skipping a day. I guess i am trying to build up some concentration, eventually reaching at least access concentration. Sounds good. I think everyone's m...
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:58 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: "Online Buddhists aren't real Buddhists" - Yes or No?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 23454
Re: "Online Buddhists aren't real Buddhists" - Yes or No?
Very much soCoëmgenu wrote:By the metric you set forth I would further add the phrase "Buddhists aren't even real Buddhists" as a humourous sentiment lol.
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: "Online Buddhists aren't real Buddhists" - Yes or No?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 23454
Re: "Online Buddhists aren't real Buddhists" - Yes or No?
. A “Real” Buddhist may be hard to find but you will probably know when you encounter one. http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries.com/dazz/stephen_segal.jpg :guns: http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries.com/dazz/richard_gere.jpg :thinking: :tongue: Yeah, two there for a start. :tongue:
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 11:39 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: "Online Buddhists aren't real Buddhists" - Yes or No?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 23454
Re: "Online Buddhists aren't real Buddhists" - Yes or No?
A “Real” Buddhist may be hard to find but you will probably know when you encounter one. Look out for the following: an inherently existing Buddhist, one which can be found upon investigation, slightly pointy-headed and a tad sanctimonious, not relying on causes and conditions, very knowledgable but...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Advice Appreciated : ]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3841
Re: Advice Appreciated : ]
awareness without clinging of mental formations, and abiding in the space between these formations. <- Did the Buddha teach this? If so, could a kind soul comment the instance he did? Check this out: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn41/sn41.007.than.html" onclick="window.open(...
- Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:47 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Advice Appreciated : ]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3841
Re: Advice Appreciated : ]
I have legitimate buddhist meditation practices as well :meditate: This one sounds legitimate too. You are aware of mental formations as they arise. In order to experience the stillness, you will have discovered 'no grasping'. The stillness is not there if our awareness takes ownership of these for...
- Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:04 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Post Mortem Survival in the Corpse as a Corpse
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6204
Re: Post Mortem Survival in the Corpse as a Corpse
Since this subject is in Open Dhamma, I may mention that the Tibetans have extensive teachings on this process. I have no materials to hand but I seem to recall that the consciousness resides for a short time in the corpse, which should not be disturbed until all winds dissolve into the very subtle ...
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:12 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Metta vs. Breath
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9948
Re: Metta vs. Breath
Hi, I found this here , it mentions that while the breath meditation is discussed 8 times in the Suttas, Metta is discussed more than one hundred times, is this an indication of a preference towards one of the methods? smile all the time dhammarelax I have found the breath to be a more direct objec...
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:03 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Emptiness of phenomena??
- Replies: 78
- Views: 13021
Re: Emptiness of phenomena??
It may be worth mentioning that "inherent existence" is synonymous with "existing from its own side" and "independently existing". It aims to merely point out the innate duality which underpins our subjective experience. Even animals and insects experience this innate d...
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:22 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Emptiness of phenomena??
- Replies: 78
- Views: 13021
Re: Emptiness of phenomena??
Dear Members, Theravada teach us about the emptiness of person. In Vipassana, we can see directly and precisely that this self called I is completely a fantasy. The "I" never ever exist. According to the claim of a particular Buddhist school, although Theravada realize the emptiness of pe...
- Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:25 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello and hoping to hear from others with regards to my difficulties
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1574
Re: Hello and hoping to hear from others with regards to my difficulties
It seems that I’m generally speaking always craving something that will give me a burst of pleasure...eg. caffeine, junk food and of course online porn and masturbating. Hi juancha, That's called the human condition and everyone is addicted to the objects of the senses in one way or another and in ...
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:27 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Emptiness of phenomena??
- Replies: 78
- Views: 13021
Re: Emptiness of phenomena??
To talk of the "emptiness of phenomena" "outside a person or outside senses" is to mentally conceive of dhammas, which is to render them far less empty than they ought to be. "Outside a person or outside senses" is outside experience, and therefore outside the relevanc...
- Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did the Buddha reject atman? Let's arrive at a conclusion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13158
Re: Did the Buddha reject atman? Let's arrive at a conclusion
It's not about nihilism, I view the Buddha as a nihilist as well, and an absurdist , ie; sabbe dhammā anattā, sabbe saṅkhāra anicca etc. So, nothing means anything, and all is dukkha, except that unbinding is the peak of all. And I accept it , but how do we go about doing that? What are you actuall...
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:29 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did the Buddha reject atman? Let's arrive at a conclusion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13158
Re: Did the Buddha reject atman? Let's arrive at a conclusion
For about a year, I've been lost in this anattā issue. It's easy to post theories and ideas online, but in real life, it's painful, at least in my experience. I'm guessing it's painful because the alternative smells a lot like nihilism. In the end I think it's pragmatic to have no opinion either wa...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:41 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Jhana definition by Ajahn Brahm
- Replies: 135
- Views: 31574
Re: Jhana definition by Ajahn Brahm
His A&E dead-on-arrival anecdote hardly leaves room for much experience within his definition of jhana. I don't see how one can make such a judgment, given that the ajahn's anecdote reports only the meditator's alleged unresponsiveness to external stimuli, while relating nothing at all about hi...