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- Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Consciousness / Awareness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1247
Consciousness / Awareness
Hello All I've heard that Lord Buddha experienced an awareness or perception even in deep sleep. Not in dreams as in lucid dreaming, but without movement of mind, just awareness. As it happens, I have heard that certain Buddhist teachers also experience this as well as some yogis. This seems to be a...
- Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:40 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1034
Re: Greetings
Hello Many thanks for your warm welcomes. I've already found some of the threads to be very helpful. The last one being on "Buddha Nature". This seemed to clarify the major doubts I had about making it into some sort of "entity". Look forward to joining in, if I have anything sen...
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:25 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1034
Greetings
Hello All I live in the UK and look forward to getting to know you all. I work at home at present due to long term chronic illness (not sure when and if I'll ever recover) that makes regular attendance at a local Buddhist centre difficult. So this forum becomes important for me. I used to visit E-Sa...
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:13 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Emptiness and the true self
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5650
Re: Emptiness and the true self
Hi I recall for quite a while believing that "I" am empty or not real. then one day, i actually felt the implcation of that deep in my gut. I felt disorientated at first and shaken deep inside. The reality of "me" acutally not being real as such felt a little scary. Then the days...