It’s AN 6.63: “They are not sensual pleasures, the pretty things in the world: a person’s sensual pleasure is lustful intention; the pretty things remain just as they are in the world, but the wise remove the desire for them.” -Ven. Bodhi “Greedy intention is a person’s sensual pleasure. The world’s...

D1W1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:52 am People with supernatural power can study you if they want.

How do you have any proof that there are even any such people with these abilities? I’m not talking about whether or not it is possible, but what makes you so sure that anyone at all has gained them here and now?

Don't confuse them with noble people or holy people. To attain supernatural power you only need to develop your concentration. It would be correct to say that powers don’t require insight (nor the right view), but samadhi is impossible without virtue and sense restraint, which is why those powers w...

Whats 'a pipe dream'? Are you claiming the human perceptual apparatus sees things exactly 'as they are?'. A hawk has vision hundreds of times better than ours. If something grants one access to normally hidden perceptions of reality, it could easily be useful. I have shared certain personal experie...

Sarahaa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:16 pm
The important question here is concerning kamma and kamma result.

And if he shows up and answers he will be in violation of 2d of the Terms of Service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDjDN0c6l-8&ab_channel=BeingUntangled Hi phoi2Yee, At around 4:50 you state that David Johnson "will soon find himself reborn in hell" There’s not an easier way to question him directly than to repeatedly look for him here? Try the YouTube comments

Don't confuse them with noble people or holy people. To attain supernatural power you only need to develop your concentration. It would be correct to say that powers don’t require insight (nor the right view), but samadhi is impossible without virtue and sense restraint, which is why those powers w...

The earth is flat, bruh. The eclipse totally means something, because, like, the secret of life is definitely external to one’s own view, maaaaan.

This is certainly not a case of misuse, but one where it seems the monk knew there would be the consequence of having to leave and not return: … Now at that time Venerable Mahaka was the most junior mendicant in that Saṅgha. Then Venerable Mahaka said to the senior venerable, “Wouldn’t it be nice, H...

I've used psychedelics. For background , which ones, roughly how many times and in what contexts? Mushrooms and lsd in calm and/or outdoor environments. I really hope this isn’t the point where you tell me all the specific conditions necessary for usage to be useful. If that were the case, it is ev...

Not always. There some permanant processing changes in the way the mind and brain operate with their use, corrolated with the now better understood neuroplastic connectivity changes. So its doesn't just stop with the memory of the experience. Secondly, insights are often associated with shifts in p...

I can’t believe you are still advocating for the practical use of psychedelics in Dhamma practice. Its not just me, there are plenty who do and there is very solid research to support this position now. For practitioners who are relying on development and direct personal experience, what “plenty” d...

I can’t believe you are still advocating for the practical use of psychedelics in Dhamma practice. If you’re relying on a purely sensual experience to motivate you to practice, then your focus is fixed in the absolute wrong direction of renunciation. In essence, the assumption here is that an overwh...

Instead of trying to find out who is right, go with what seems least wrong, and least overwhelming. Are you willing to follow the precepts? Are you willing to look out for how you speak? For how you think? That really all you need to do in order to start practicing. Most disagreements you find on th...