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- Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:21 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: what is the true meaning of happy new year?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1276
what is the true meaning of happy new year?
Happy New Year 2015 to all!!! What is the meaning of a year? Can you please answer to me? A year is nothing but the series of 12 months . . . . . . A month is nothing but the series of 30 days . . . . . . A day is nothing but the series of 24 hours . . . . . . A hour is nothing but the series of 60 ...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:45 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: My Vipassana Experience & Questions
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28403
Re: My Vipassana Experience & Questions
A couple of questions: 1. I still experience nearly continuously odd sensations in the head, face, jaw and neck areas. These sensations feel like energy being pulled out of me, sometimes it gets going and sort of "spirals out" kind of like a rope being pulled apart. What is this? I remain...
- Thu Dec 25, 2014 4:49 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Insight meditation as ThaBarWa Sayadaw taught
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1856
Insight meditation as ThaBarWa Sayadaw taught
Insight Meditation is not only sitting on cushion without moving, closing eyes but the practice of morality, concentration and purifying the mind through right understanding or right reflection. In the practice of morality, it is necessary not to do harmful deeds to yourself and your environment. No...
- Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:06 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: ThaBarWa Centre for all wanting spiritual development
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1469
ThaBarWa Centre for all wanting spiritual development
What is ThaBarWa Centre? Thabarwa (Natural) Center in Thanlyin, Myanmar is a non-profit humanitarian organization working for a noble cause. Thabarwa Center was established with unlimited access for general benefit and is fulfilling the most crucial needs continually and persistently step by step. T...
- Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:50 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: The Middle Way, The Art of Purification
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1235
The Middle Way, The Art of Purification
What is The Middle way? - The Middle way is abandoning the two extremes; one extreme of hatred and other extreme of craving. - The Middle way is Neither Rejecting Nor Attaching the Created truths. It is free from Disliking(desire to reject) and Liking(desire to attach). - The Middle way is “seeing-...
- Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:53 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Online Guided Insight Talks & Dhamma interview
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2942
Online Guided Insight Talks & Dhamma interview
This is information concerned with the online Guided Insight Talks & Dhamma interview of Sayadaw U Ottamasara(ThaBarWa Centre) at meditation retreat in Vietnam Dhamma trip. : Dhamma talks will be broadcasted Live - on Paltalk. Attendants can listen to Dhamma talk and send questions by text (reco...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:10 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: How do you contemplate anatta?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 17967
Re: How do you contemplate anatta?
A compilation of the not self strategy translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Hope it helps. Thanks. I found this observation interesting: "Although the concept "not-self" is a useful way of disentangling oneself from the attachments & clingings which lead to suffering, the view that ...
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:42 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: How do you contemplate anatta?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 17967
Re: How do you contemplate anatta?
Let me explain how i contemplate about Anatta; as I can understand about it; Anatta means non-self, not entity, not soul, not ego, not something, not someone, not sometime, not someplace, not individual, not I, not you, or not being etc. Self, entity, soul, ego, something, feeling, emotion, sensatio...
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:45 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: Dhamma Hospital Project @ Thabarwa Centre, Yangon , Myanmar
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2833
Dhamma Hospital Project @ Thabarwa Centre, Yangon , Myanmar
Dhamma Hospital Project @ Thabarwa Centre, Yangon , Myanmar Sayadaw U Ottamasara, founder and Presiding Sayadaw of Thabarwa Centre, Thanlyin, Myanmar teaches Dhamma and Insight Meditation in a simple way that allows us to directly experience the nature of reality without any slightest attachment. T...
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:56 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Guided Insight Meditation talks 2013 by Sayadaw Ottamasara
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1417
Guided Insight Meditation talks 2013 by Sayadaw Ottamasara
Dear Dhamma friends, Here below link, one can listen or download( in English language) the guided insight meditation mp3 talks of the middle way (insight meditation) for real happiness or freedom by Sayadaw U Ottamasara from THA-BAR-WA (Natural) CENTER (The Center of doing great good deeds- Dana, Si...
- Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:03 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Only Middle way_Vipassana As taught by Ven. Ottamasara
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1736
Only Middle way_Vipassana As taught by Ven. Ottamasara
Dear Dhamma friends, Here below link, one can download(media-fire download in English language) the guided meditation mp3 talks of the middle way to be real happiness or freedom by Sayadaw U Ottamasara from Than-lyin Natural Meditation Center from Yangon, Myanmar. These talks were given at his overs...
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:02 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mind over matter: Can meditation bring happiness?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1524
Re: Mind over matter: Can meditation bring happiness?
Of course. Thanks for sharing
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:57 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Instructions for Vipassana
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2772
Re: Instructions for Vipassana
Anyone can provide a link for how to practice Vipassana step by step? Do you need a live instructor to learn it or can it be learned by reading instructions? It seems to be simple enough to learned by instructions. Are the 4 stages of release its only fruits or does it give good kamma and beget reb...
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:52 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Looking for practical books for everyday life
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2737
Re: Looking for practical books for everyday life
I have a small collection of buddhist books already but I would like to find a few more books that treat the use of buddhism in every day life, in everyday problems. With concrete everyday examples about how to relate to life's difficulties in a buddhistic way. Does anyone know such books? Please l...
- Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:33 am
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: One "citta" at a time
- Replies: 117
- Views: 31861
Re: One "citta" at a time
Here is the problem that I am thinking about: One citta cannot be aware of its own characteristics. Only one citta happens at a time, and past cittas do not exist. Since only one citta happens at a time, when one knows something it is about something that is already gone and no longer is. So this k...