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by dharmaamrita
Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:09 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: IRC chat
Replies: 4
Views: 1971

Re: IRC chat

Ah yes....just that with an IRC client you can chat from your cellphone etc...using somthing like jIRC....but just a suggestion
by dharmaamrita
Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:54 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: IRC chat
Replies: 4
Views: 1971

IRC chat

Metta all not sure if Dhamma Wheel has an IRC channel but i have set on irc.freenode.net the channel name is #dhammawheel....looking forward to chatting! let me know if Dhamma Wheel has an official IRC channel. :buddha2: :coffee:
by dharmaamrita
Wed May 18, 2011 6:50 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Why not ordain?
Replies: 130
Views: 32272

Re: Why not ordain?

My goal is to establish a strong practice as a lay person first. My feeling is that if you can't establish a good practice as a lay person then you're probably not going to last long as a monk. That's why I'm trying to avoid getting married and having kids, because in 5 years if I want to take that...
by dharmaamrita
Tue May 17, 2011 6:22 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bhikkhu Ñanananda
Replies: 117
Views: 36268

Re: Bhikkhu Ñanananda

Hi All, I'm back from my trip to Sri Lanka -it was amazing to be in a such a spiritually saturated country (especially if you understand Sinhalese!). There has been such a great revival of buddhist teaching there.. In any case- I met Ven Nananda a few weeks ago. He was an amazingly intelligent man/...
by dharmaamrita
Wed May 11, 2011 9:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: panna-vimutti vs cetto-vimutti...busy life
Replies: 3
Views: 1861

Re: panna-vimutti vs cetto-vimutti...busy life

will look into it. Thank you tiltbillings. Btw is that an aardvark in ur profile pick? Been to south africa? Sorry for going off-topic.
by dharmaamrita
Wed May 11, 2011 8:55 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: panna-vimutti vs cetto-vimutti...busy life
Replies: 3
Views: 1861

panna-vimutti vs cetto-vimutti...busy life

i lead a busy life, still i cut down my commitments to the bare minimum such that mindfulness is rarely disturbed. However i get very little time for jhana practice. I hear that such practice is cetto-vimutti. Wheras an alternative is panna-vimutti. Using insight to cut the defilements. Could someon...
by dharmaamrita
Wed May 11, 2011 6:05 am
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Dhamma propagation - most effective form?
Replies: 65
Views: 133979

Re: Dhamma propagation

just set an example. Forget about '-isms'. The Dhamma is universal. Let it be fully effulgent in your thoughts words and deeds. Always speak Dhamma, do Dhamma, think Dhamma. Then your bhava becomes infectiuous when people see the good in it.
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 9:59 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Replies: 36
Views: 12455

Re: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)

well i havent advanced much in my training and im from a place lacking a buddhist teacher. So the suttas provide me with most help. Does it mean perhaps that when one overcomes the 5 hindrances and withdraws completely from sensual lust then one enters the first jhana automaticly through practice of...
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 9:28 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Replies: 36
Views: 12455

Re: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)

Actually, it's also in some of the MN Suttas. I'll try to find the reference later. My view is that the Suttas are very light on specific instructions. These techniques were taught by personal instruction (as today - see the sutta reference below), and it is likely that the various concentration te...
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 4:47 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Replies: 36
Views: 12455

Re: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)

thank you bodom! This was exactly what i wanted. Metta :-)
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 3:06 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Replies: 36
Views: 12455

suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)

where in the suttas are kasinas described? As described in the vishudhimagga?
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 1:47 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Word Association Game
Replies: 11976
Views: 1541124

Re: Word Association Game

slime
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 10:06 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Word Association Game
Replies: 11976
Views: 1541124

Re: Word Association Game

attachment
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 8:14 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and the Dhamma
Replies: 6
Views: 1297

Re: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and the Dhamma

thank you tiltbillings for clearing that doubt. Been bothering me for quite some time. I feel there are several 'new age' teachers mixing up the Buddha's teachings in a similar way. For example Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra. Metta
by dharmaamrita
Sat May 07, 2011 7:42 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and the Dhamma
Replies: 6
Views: 1297

karma yoga, bhakti yoga and the Dhamma

i used to be a devout hindu and used to live the practices of the bhagavad gita. In it karma yoga was suggested. What one has to do is COMPLETELY SURRENDER ones everyday thoughts words and actions and let go of everything every moment not thinking this or that is mine but is the Lords, and never set...