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- Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Bodhi Vandana
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1901
Re: Bodhi Vandana
There does seem to be a problem here. Both ime and ete should be plural, and Mahābodhi is also modified by the past participle pūjitā, which can be singular or plural. Maybe someone else will know about an exceptional usage, or perhaps influence from another language. By the way, where does this ver...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:15 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Verses of Protection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1222
Re: Verses of Protection
Yes, I believe it is. The verb "bhavantu" goes with "sotthī" which here is plural, while "me" is indirect object in dative case. So in the first line it says "may every blessing be," but in the last line, "always may blessings be for me." Hope this i...
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: AN 11.13: Mahanama Sutta (six recollections)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13532
Re: AN 11.13: Mahanama Sutta (six recollections)
I also make use of the Recollections, especially the first. And I am glad when anyone brings them up, because they are roundly ignored by today's meditation industry. The sutta makes it clear that they are serious and useful subjects for meditation, and AN I.30 (or 1.296) says they can lead to enlig...
- Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:12 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: What is the Pali word for humility?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3768
Re: What is the Pali word for humility?
Another word for humility is nivāta, which appears in the famous Mangala Sutta, stanza # 8, which counsels humility along with reverence, contentment, and gratitude. Just reading through this brief set of verses has been a useful reminder to me.
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:07 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Champaign, IL!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2008
Re: Hello from Champaign, IL!!
Greetings, InfiniteSummer-- I am also in Champaign, Illinois. You might not know about the Prairie Sangha, a group which meets on Monday evenings for meditation. It's the only Theravada-related group around. I can tell you more about it, or you can see http://www.prairiesangha.org . Or perhaps I alr...
- Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:21 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Thoughts on weightlifting
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17930
Re: Thoughts on weightlifting
Friends,
I do some weightlifting as part of my daily routine, often after sitting meditation. I just use light hand weights and emphasize slow, circular motions. This does have health benefits, but for me it is a good way to develop body mindfulness--real kāyagatasati.
Richard
I do some weightlifting as part of my daily routine, often after sitting meditation. I just use light hand weights and emphasize slow, circular motions. This does have health benefits, but for me it is a good way to develop body mindfulness--real kāyagatasati.
Richard
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:07 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did the Buddha teach we have choice? (aka The Great Free Will v Determinism Debate)
- Replies: 988
- Views: 340846
Re: Free will and the mind
Friends, On the issue of free will from a Buddhist viewpoint, I know of nothing better than Peter Harvey, "Freedom of the Will in the Light of Theravada Buddhist Teachings," which appeared in the online Journal of Buddhist Ethics, vol. 14, 2007. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/fi...
- Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:06 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Learn Buddha Vacana
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4267
Re: Learn Buddha Vacana
Friends, I happen to have noticed that there is a French site with the very same content and format, called "La Parole du Bouddha." The address is http://www.tipitaka.fr . There seems to be no link on one indicating the existence of the other. Similar sites in other languages would be good...
Re: qi gong
I have been doing qigong for some years, and can recommend it as a way to loosen up before meditation. It is also a great opportunity to practice mindfulness of the body. There are many forms of qigong, and some teachers have made outlandish claims for it; everyone should use their own judgement on ...
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:27 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Members Bios - please contribute yours
- Replies: 209
- Views: 278892
Re: Members Bios - please contribute yours
Hello everyone, I first became interested in Buddhism in the 1990's, and made my first contacts at a local Zen center. It took me about 10 years to explore and sort out all the different schools of Buddhism before finally settling on Theravada as the tradition I want to pursue. Now that I have learn...
- Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Richard Gombrich - Comfort or Challenge?
- Replies: 156
- Views: 35594
Re: Richard Gombrich - Comfort or Challenge?
I have read the lecture, and think Gombrich makes a good point when he says that Thai and other Theravada temples in the West function primarily as ethnic cultural centers, and don't really make an effort to introduce Theravada to peoples around the world. As he says in his most recent book, Gombric...
- Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:24 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Under-appreciated Meditation Techniques
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5499
Re: Under-appreciated Meditation Techniques
Hello everyone, I also like to do the five subjects for daily recollection. There is another form of meditation, also found in every chanting book, but taught (e.g., in AN 11.13) as an individual exercise: the Recollection of the 3 Jewels, beginning with the Buddha. The beginning formula, "itip...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Right concentration as a basis for wisdom?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1869
Re: Right concentration as a basis for wisdom?
Hello Starter, I have also been reading these meditation talks, which develop some ideas already stated in the three previous "Meditations" series. There seems to be an old controversy over how much concentration is needed in order to do effective insight meditation, and Thanissaro seems t...
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Truths and the Myths about "God" in Buddhism!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7458
Re: The Truths and the Myths about "God" in Buddhism!
If this discussion is going to get anywhere, we need to make a distinction between the polytheistic culture in which the Buddha lived, with its devas, gandhabbas, nagas etc., and the supreme omnipotent God of the monotheistic religions. The Buddha apparently had nothing against people praying to the...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:01 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Memorization
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3572
Re: Memorization
I like to memorize verses from the Dhammapada, Mangala Sutta and other suttas which contain metric verses--just to have some reminders to carry around with me. Most of all I like to keep in mind the 3 Recollections--of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha--as the Buddha recommended to his kinsman Mahanama. I enjo...