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- Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:14 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Craving for Non-Existence
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10088
Re: Craving for Non-Existence
can't really add much on top of the answer provided by BBB. i think several sutta quotes indicate that Nibbana doesn't amount to non-existance: "There is that dimension where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither dimension of the infinitude of space, nor dimension of th...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:01 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Venerable Dhammanando away for a few days, unwell (update 3)
- Replies: 75
- Views: 18286
Re: Venerable Dhammanando away for a few days, unwell
May you be healthy
May you be strong
May you be cared for
and make a quick recovery
wishing you well Venerable
May you be strong
May you be cared for
and make a quick recovery
wishing you well Venerable
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Vipassana - to begin or not to begin?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2514
Re: Vipassana - to begin or not to begin?
cool, i'll make a tentative start then! It is best to go on a course, and spend some time giving it a go under the guidance of a teacher and/or a structured program. However, there is plenty you can do in the meantime. yes, this is what i'm hoping to do next year, this year however i'm going to be m...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Vipassana - to begin or not to begin?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2514
Vipassana - to begin or not to begin?
hi folk, in need of a little advice. first a bit of background info...i started reading the Pali Canon this year in the hope it would enrichen my understanding and appreciation of the tradition i practice (Jodo Shinshu, Pure Land) and in a way, it is doing. but i'm feeling drawn to Theravada the mor...
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:27 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22846
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:26 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: How do you spend your leisure time?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9492
Re: How do you spend your leisure time?
that's beautiful Annabel!
i like reading - Dhamma related, poetry, fiction anything goes really. listening to jazz (Miles especially) and other types of music. forums! visiting friends inside and outside the UK...erm, sure there's more but i can't think of it lol.
i like reading - Dhamma related, poetry, fiction anything goes really. listening to jazz (Miles especially) and other types of music. forums! visiting friends inside and outside the UK...erm, sure there's more but i can't think of it lol.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How necessary is Abhidhamma study?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13787
Re: How necessary is Abhidhamma study?
hmm, i'm not sure if i'd used the word excessive though there a lot of terms and groupings that i often lose my way in. redundant...imo, i've found it helpful...i never really got a grip on rebirth (ofcourse, i don't mean to imply that i somehow now have complete understanding, i realise i have a lo...
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How necessary is Abhidhamma study?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13787
Re: How necessary is Abhidhamma study?
i find it useful for mindfulness in day to day life. i was, and still am to tell the truth, a bit daunted by it but i think if you take it steadily then it's not quite as intimidating as you may initially believe.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:42 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Which 3 books?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2640
Re: Which 3 books?
3? that's tough!!!
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Basho
The Tannisho - Shinran
In the Buddha's Words - Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Basho
The Tannisho - Shinran
In the Buddha's Words - Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:18 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: MN 135 - help me clear some things up!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6955
Re: MN 135 - help me clear some things up!
hi Chris, thankyou for the essays.... it should be a quiet nightshift tonight so i'm sure i'll have the chance to read them then Annabel, thankyou for your perspective...highlighting both verses and casting them in another understanding for me is most helpful! Element, interesting points...perhaps w...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:10 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: I'm all in
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1307
Re: I'm all in
i saw in the new year playing poker with my housemates who helped teach me the rules. i'm not a gambling/wagering person - i've never bought a lotterey ticket, bet on horses, anything. we played with super small stakes about 3 quid each and i thoroughly enjoyed it. i quit at about 3am having really ...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:10 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: MN 135 - help me clear some things up!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6955
Re: MN 135 - help me clear some things up!
hi Chris thankyou for your clarification, most helpful. so being intentionally miserly is the thing to consider in the context of verse 13. but are there suttas where the Buddha speaks of dana in the sense of helping those less fortunate than ourselves? or is cultivation of dana more often than not,...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:41 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: MN 135 - help me clear some things up!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6955
MN 135 - help me clear some things up!
hi folks, okay so where my understanding is lacking is in verses 13 and 15 - 13. "Here, student, some woman or man is not a giver of food, drink, cloth, sandals, garlands, perfumes, unguents, bed, roof and lighting to monks or brahmans. Due to having performed and completed such kamma, on the d...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:00 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: OMG it's a rebirth thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17014
Re: OMG it's a rebirth thread
Greetings dumb bonbu, beginner's question - i'm slowly making my way through Abhidhamma in Daily Life, where i'm starting to learn about cittas and that no two cittas arise together, rather a citta rises, fades and then another immediately follows. judging by what you've said though Individual, i t...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:49 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: OMG it's a rebirth thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17014
Re: OMG it's a rebirth thread
Continuation of causality, however. Not atta or vinnana. Ayu (vitality) and vinnana (consciousness) cease at death, without remainder. beginner's question - i'm slowly making my way through Abhidhamma in Daily Life, where i'm starting to learn about cittas and that no two cittas arise together, rat...