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by Anders
Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:52 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sariputta not yet believing the dhamma
Replies: 9
Views: 496

Re: Sariputta not yet believing the dhamma

Thank you for the replies everyone.
by Anders
Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:57 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sariputta not yet believing the dhamma
Replies: 9
Views: 496

Sariputta not yet believing the dhamma

In one of Ajahn Chah's talks he refers to a story about Sariputta: The Buddha said that those who simply believe others are not truly wise. A wise person practices until he is one with the Dhamma, until he can have confidence in himself, independent of others. On one occasion, while Venerable Saripu...
by Anders
Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:37 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Looking for a citation on Dana
Replies: 2
Views: 1187

Re: Looking for a citation on Dana

Thank you, bhante. :anjali:
by Anders
Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:01 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Looking for a citation on Dana
Replies: 2
Views: 1187

Looking for a citation on Dana

A long while back, I ran into an obscure citation from the Buddha, which I have not encountered since and the source of which has since eluded me. It roughly goes something like "for those with much wealth, much may be given. For those of modest wealth, giving may be modest. For those of very l...
by Anders
Wed May 06, 2015 10:28 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Having difficulty with metta practice
Replies: 17
Views: 6465

Re: Having difficulty with metta practice

Why would one wish happiness for all beings if it is felt they are not deserving of it? One arouses a wish for it because it's what all beings wish for themselves. And the fact that the yogi wishes for the same for himself permits him to empathize with their wish for it, and based upon that, to aro...
by Anders
Wed May 06, 2015 9:36 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Having difficulty with metta practice
Replies: 17
Views: 6465

Re: Having difficulty with metta practice

The first step of feeling that all beings everywhere truly deserve to be happy is to realise that you, more than anyone anywhere, is fully and truly deserving of true and unadultered happiness. Why do you say that? I am aware that New Age teachers who give guided meditations incorporating a bastard...
by Anders
Tue May 05, 2015 12:22 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Having difficulty with metta practice
Replies: 17
Views: 6465

Re: Having difficulty with metta practice

Something I noticed, but necessarily the case, is that you didn't include metta towards yourself in your list of practices. If you just forget, then OK, but if not, that should be your priority. Yep. It really is the most important prerequisite and the one most westerners tend to gloss over, becaus...
by Anders
Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:34 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How India is squandering its top export: The Buddha
Replies: 12
Views: 3384

Re: How India is squandering its top export: The Buddha

Mawkish1983 wrote:
Shaswata_Panja wrote:While you Buddhists fled to Tibet, China, Sri Lanka and other Buddhist majority countries.
Pretty sure I never fled
Maybe back then you did. ;)
by Anders
Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Is it right to get ordained and let your cats behind.
Replies: 30
Views: 8692

Re: Is it right to get ordained and let your cats behind.

I think there are humans in your life with a far greater capacity for feeling loss than your cats who might be more poignant to consider. They may have the capacity to rationalise the why of it, but I doubt that will make their sense of loss less than your cats. It just sounds a bit like your perspe...
by Anders
Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:20 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Some questions
Replies: 5
Views: 3319

Re: Some questions

Anders wrote:and that the flexing happens by opening the hips and by bending at the knee.
Pretty crucial typo here. Should say:

"and that the flexing happens by opening the hips and NOT by bending at the knee."
by Anders
Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:27 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Some questions
Replies: 5
Views: 3319

Re: Some questions

I usually use half-lotus with a small cushion under my spine. Sometimes it gets really uncomfortable and I feel like I have to move. Should I fight this urge, or just move? I've heard conflicting accounts. It really depends on what kind of pain. Some are transitory, others warning signs. If your po...
by Anders
Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:11 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: We're (almost) all going to hell? (Question on Pansu Suttas: Dust)
Replies: 8
Views: 2921

Re: We're (almost) all going to hell? (Question on Pansu Suttas: Dust)

Living in the modern western world is, to my mind, a quite misleading image of what is generally entailed by human life. And even then, it's skindeep. For millenia, people have warred against each other, raped, stolen, and destroyed each other, lied and deceived. They still do all over the world. In...
by Anders
Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:43 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Joseph Goldstein: Achieved is the End of Craving
Replies: 54
Views: 16012

Re: Joseph Goldstein: Achieved is the End of Craving

I put together this video yesterday, with what I felt was one of the most insightful sections of Goldstein's Dhamma talk... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLdRbpkvAZ0 :smile: Three years belated thanks, Chris. The talk was excellent, goldstein is a bit like a gentle shower on a heaving summer day, ...
by Anders
Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:39 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Good reasons to reject Mahayana and follow Theravada
Replies: 40
Views: 9672

Re: Good reasons to reject Mahayana and follow Theravada

As a Mahayanika with a lot of love for Theravada, maybe I can offer some reasons on why I have always felt very attracted and connected to Theravada: Coherent presentation - The Pali Canon is just a beautiful presentation of teachings with an internal consistency and coherency that is to me unparall...
by Anders
Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:00 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Insight timer for iphone, ipad and android: review plse
Replies: 21
Views: 10045

Re: Insight timer for iphone, ipad and android: review plse

On iOS I always preferred iSamadhi . They told me they were working on a port to Android years ago but it hasn't materialised... On Android, I prefer the Zazen Meditation Timer . Really like how configurable it is. Might give the insight timer another go though it didn't win me over last time I trie...