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by Weakfocus
Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:18 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Resolutions for 2014
Replies: 19
Views: 4219

When someone offers you a cigarette you could say,"Oh good, an offering for the gods" and then shred the cigarette and scatter it to the winds saying, "Oh spirits of the wind, better your lungs than mine." And then bow to the four directions. If you do this a couple of times it ...
by Weakfocus
Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:52 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: New subject - Is it like that?
Replies: 2
Views: 740

Re: New subject - Is it like that?

Is it like that? The way to nirvana, that you get much more times with only(just) little hapiness and just Little dissapointment more closer to nirvana one is? I have never heard or read anything to support this line of thinking. What I have heard and read is that one gets more and more equanimous ...
by Weakfocus
Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:21 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday David N. Snyder!
Replies: 17
Views: 2219

Re: Happy Birthday David N. Snyder!

Happy birthday DNS, may your life be full of happiness.
by Weakfocus
Wed Dec 25, 2013 7:38 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New member
Replies: 12
Views: 2290

Re: New member

ES06 wrote:Anyway, I am returning back to practice.
Welcome back. You might find the topic The Dhamma Wheel Meditation Challenge helpful for daily practice.
by Weakfocus
Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:08 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Resolutions for 2014
Replies: 19
Views: 4219

My resolutions for 2014

I have two aims for coming year:
  • To maintain pristine sīla (Five precepts).
  • To meditate at least twice daily with full effort, and improve my samādhi.
by Weakfocus
Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:07 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Missionaries in India: Conversion or Coercion?
Replies: 26
Views: 4215

Re: Missionaries in India: Conversion or Coercion?

Excerpt from Goenkaji's address at Millennium World Peace Summit : Much has been said here about conversion, both for and against. Far from being opposed to conversion, I am in favor of it—but not conversion from one organized religion to another. No, the conversion must be from misery to happiness....
by Weakfocus
Fri Dec 20, 2013 6:01 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Buddhism and Islam
Replies: 18
Views: 4994

Re: Buddhism and Islam

His argumentation goes roughly :' there is misery , which is due to desire. To get rid of misery you must remove desire , i.e. by following the 8th fold Nobel Path. That means: to do so you must have desire in order to remove desire , which is contradictory , therefore the 4 Noble Truths cannot sta...
by Weakfocus
Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:28 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: AN 3.64 Sarabha
Replies: 7
Views: 3334

Re: AN 3.64 Sarabha

From this I feel I have learnt: 1. Sarabha had most likely learnt the Dhamma Um, no. Sarabha did not understand Dhamma and you did not understand the sutta. Buddha questioned him in the manner in he did for the benefit of the assembled people, including Sarabha himself. If Sarabha had indeed unders...
by Weakfocus
Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:13 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: The Dhamma Wheel Meditation Challenge
Replies: 433
Views: 154187

Month 5

Fourth month of daily sitting is over. A month of great growth, as illustrated by the facts that: I did not miss a single sitting. Sure most morning sittings were done in late afternoon and most evening sittings late at night, but I did not skip a single sitting. I do not have to fight myself to do ...
by Weakfocus
Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: disturbing noise and anger
Replies: 23
Views: 5780

Re: disturbing noise and anger

please give me some advice, so I can be at peace even with all that noise. I live in a very noisy part of a very noisy city in a very noisy country. The house is not of good construction and basically all the outside noise comes in. There is a huge interesction and a lot of traffic noise 24 hours a...
by Weakfocus
Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:10 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
Replies: 3
Views: 1633

Re: Why Procrastinators Procrastinate

Terrific, thanks for sharing Mkoll. There is so much truth in this excerpt [taken from How to Beat Procrastination ] No one "builds a house." They lay one brick again and again and again and the end result is a house. Procrastinators are great visionaries—they love to fantasize about the b...
by Weakfocus
Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:09 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: What should be the right attitude towards meditation?
Replies: 13
Views: 4557

Re: What should be the right attitude towards meditation?

I do not look forward towards my morning and evening 1 hour sitting. I have to really struggle with my mind in order to sit for meditation. Once I sit, however, I meditate well and the effects after meditation are also good for the next 24 hours. I started meditating around August 15th (just 20 min...
by Weakfocus
Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:01 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Thanks for everything Ben!
Replies: 24
Views: 16610

Re: Thanks for everything Ben!

After approximately 3 years as a global moderator, and then 2 years as an administrator here at Dhamma Wheel, Ben will be stepping down from these roles to pursue an excellent job opportunity that has come his way. Congratulations to Benji on new job, and I hope he can still find time to post here ...
by Weakfocus
Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:41 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Jhanas and Hindrances
Replies: 62
Views: 11621

Re: Jhanas and Hindrances

So I wonder, where is this repetitive structure of misunderstanding coming from? Ignorance of the people who misunderstand and then spread their misunderstanding to others as wisdom? How many people who contest these jhana versus 'dry-insight' issues on internet are actually practicing anapanasati ...
by Weakfocus
Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:09 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: I'd rather be reborn
Replies: 188
Views: 30810

Re: I'd rather be reborn

I'm starting to think I'd rather be born again. I mean, what's the point of not existing? The absence of dukkha? I'd rather live and suffer than not have ANY experience. People say, Nibbana is not non-existence. I don't know how they can say that. If you are not born, you don't exist -- period. How...