Are there any articles or an essay something succinct that explains how to do mindfulness of Inhalations and exhalations (not just rising falling of abdomen) with awareness of the 5 aggregates. Someone who teaches anapanasati but not just staying with the breath but being aware of sounds feelings t...
Perhaps you could answer a question: What's the right way to deal with an apple that is partly good and edible, but also has a bad bit? In the case of an apple, it is easy to separate the good and bad bits. Some choices, in some circumstances, do not have that luxury and any choice will lead to bot...
Well, I'm not an absolute pacifist and I think that there are sometimes occasions when the proportionalist argument for war is more compelling than any of the arguments that pacifists typically urge against it. Yes but compelling to whom? To what sort of mind? And in which direction should Buddhist...
So, to expand on Halbfass's remarks, to describe y as x-dharma, is to say that y is something that possesses the dharma – the attribute, the quality – that is x; and in philosophical, as opposed to purely grammatical, terms, the ‘something’ that possesses an attribute (dharmin) is an underlying sub...
I just reading this paper by Rupert Gethin today which discusses what "dhamma" means in its different contexts. I found it very insightful, and it's quite supportive of the Classical Theravādin teaching on the subject, although disagreeing with the ontological status of the dhammas. He ma...
I am not sure the meaning of Anatta is "no control" What Buddha said was whether it is wise to take phenomena as myself if you do not have control over it. Take it up with Thai monastics... :tongue: Clearly no translation is perfect. One of the issues that lostitude has with the various t...
And is there a logical fallacy in the argument in the Anattalakkhanasutta by which we know that the non-existence of the self is a viable premise? Both are forms of modus tollens (If p then q; not q; therefore not p). I don’t know this text, sorry. It's one of the key suttas that we have been discu...
It appears this person is overwhelmed by the five hindrances. He does not seem to practice Satipathana correctly. I would say that there is an imbalance of the five mental powers. Concentration and awareness are strong while faith, energy, and wisdom have become weak. I understand that all five nee...
Yes these are all good analogies also. I mean however mainly with regards meditation it is an experimentation with a method and a template but one has to test it and come to ones own knowledge of how to still the mind. Just as one learns to make the right sound on an instrument, or kick a goal? Of ...
Hi ambapali Hello. I am seriously considering bikkhuni ordination.... That's wonderful. :anjali: I suggest asking on the Sutta Central Forum. There are a number of Bhikkhunis active there, from Australia and elsewhere. https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/triple-bhikkhuni-ordination-in-germany/29942...
The Dhamma does have many parallels with the scientific method of experimenting to see what works. Many approaches to life involve "experimenting to see what works". Children do that all the time. "Science" as I understand it requires testable models of phenomena. That methodolo...
As I said though its clear from the suttas, commentaries and meditation manuals that otherworldly mental rapture and physical bliss are involved. Everyone agrees on that. Everyone agrees that the mind will be concentrated too on the meditation, and that it will be collected and still. The best advi...