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- Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:18 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Pure mind
- Replies: 35
- Views: 980
Re: Pure mind
That sounds weird - enlightenment is where happiness comes from, no?
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: solitude
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1041
Re: solitude
I didn't take refuge in the internet though.
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 12:55 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: solitude
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1041
Re: solitude
Well why is sangha a jewel then? Is it optional?
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:13 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: I asked ChatGPT Dhamma question. Did AI make up reference?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 262
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:19 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Poll: Dhamma-niyama is...?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 2434
Re: Poll: Dhamma-niyama is...?
Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:48 pm Are you sure that Eternalism v.s. "everything is constantly changing" aren't two extremes?
What is the Middle Way here, and how do we traverse the Path forward?
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:15 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is Vajrayana Buddhism a valid way to enlightenment?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 4611
Re: Is Vajrayana Buddhism a valid way to enlightenment?
There are many, many practices in Vajrayana not just one.
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is Buddhism a death cult?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5846
Re: Is Buddhism a death cult?
But why are we so sure that we want it? So many Buddhists say we practice for the sake of the Deathless but we don't even know what it is. Strange isn't it. Usually when we want something we can describe it. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, i...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:40 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is the world just a projection of the mind?
- Replies: 410
- Views: 52617
Re: Is the world just a projection of the mind?
Maybe the mind is a projection of the world.
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Buddha hasn't gone anywhere, nor is invisible if we practice Buddhanussati (Recollection of the Buddha mindfulness)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5131
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Why don't jhana states dissolve?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2019
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Schizophrenia and mystical experience
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1701
Re: Schizophrenia and mystical experience
I would sound a note of caution against romanticizing schizophrenia into a form of mysticism.
It is at once more depressing (and less interesting) than some might think.
It is at once more depressing (and less interesting) than some might think.
- Wed May 23, 2018 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Trouble with buddhism view on suicide
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2208
Re: Trouble with buddhism view on suicide
I imagine a person's future will be determined according to both the good & bad kamma a person has performed ... ^^^ Then the Venerable Sāriputta approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Venerable sir, the Venerable Channa has used the knife. What ...
- Wed May 23, 2018 1:18 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Topicless Friendly Banter
- Replies: 59
- Views: 70838
- Wed May 23, 2018 1:09 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Topicless Friendly Banter
- Replies: 59
- Views: 70838
- Tue May 22, 2018 8:51 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Topicless Friendly Banter
- Replies: 59
- Views: 70838