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by uptuyou
Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Free Dhamma Books
Replies: 7
Views: 2505

Re: Free Dhamma Books

Thank You

gus
by uptuyou
Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:57 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The universe is without a refuge, without a Supreme God.
Replies: 304
Views: 51423

Re: The universe is without a refuge, without a Supreme God.

"The assumption that a God is the cause (of the world, etc.) is based on the false belief in the eternal self (atman, i.e. permanent spiritual substance, essence or personality); but that belief has to be abandoned, if one has clearly understood that everything is impermanent and subject to su...
by uptuyou
Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The universe is without a refuge, without a Supreme God.
Replies: 304
Views: 51423

Re: The universe is without a refuge, without a Supreme God.

I know longer feel the need to ask the question"What am I". However, it can be quite revealing. It may not be for everyone.
I agree there is no question to ask; but not everyone is there yet. I hope I didn't offend anyone.
gus
by uptuyou
Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:34 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The universe is without a refuge, without a Supreme God.
Replies: 304
Views: 51423

Re: The universe is without a refuge, without a Supreme God.

Ultimately we can discuss these things until we are blue in the face. However, we will only know the truth of the questions at hand through silence. It is only through asking the question, "What am I?" That one begins to understand ones true nature and relationship with God, Atman, Allah o...
by uptuyou
Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:18 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: open
Replies: 4
Views: 1093

open

Hello fellow practitioners. I started meditating out of desperation in 1998. I suffered from cluster headaches so bad Demerol wouldn't cover them up. I live in the rural mid-west and basically just bought a book on meditation and began experimenting. The headaches went away shortly afterward never t...