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by Dhammabodhi
Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:14 pm
Forum: Dhammic Stories
Topic: S.N. Goenka's journey in Dhamma- a documentary
Replies: 0
Views: 17673

S.N. Goenka's journey in Dhamma- a documentary

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Edit: Apologies for the repost.

by Dhammabodhi
Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:28 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: I'm a young monk in Thailand doing tudong practice :)
Replies: 27
Views: 6338

Re: I'm a young monk in Thailand doing tudong practice :)

Right after I read this, purely coincidentally, found this gem: Pancho and Lefty. Heartworn Highways- Townes van Zandt I guess one can see what the difference between a putthujjana wanderer and a Samana wanderer is quite clearly from this? :anjali: Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you fre...
by Dhammabodhi
Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:20 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: The Lullaby hymn of Queen Madālasā
Replies: 0
Views: 2018

The Lullaby hymn of Queen Madālasā

Hello all, This is a beautiful Sanskrit composition from the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in which Queen Madālasā sings a song to her son to stop him from crying. The rendition is perfect. The video was commissioned by the School of Practical Philosophy in Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDd3iupKUy...
by Dhammabodhi
Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:54 am
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Uganda Buddhist Center
Replies: 25
Views: 10750

Re: Uganda Buddhist Center

I met him randomly during a visit to a German monastery where I'd actually gone to meet Ajahn Brahm. He asked me how my life was going, and I told him that my job and financial situation is not secured and that I didn't know what the future holds. He said (I paraphrase), "Life would be really b...
by Dhammabodhi
Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:12 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: PreBirth Experience (PBE),Remembering Birth,Past Lives
Replies: 18
Views: 5004

Re: PreBirth Experience (PBE),Remembering Birth,Past Lives

This thread is quite interesting, I did not know such a thing as PBE existed. More interesting is to read the comments on the youtube video, so many people seem to have had similar memories/experiences. Quite intriguing. In the end, however, these memories do not help in reducing dukkha from our liv...
by Dhammabodhi
Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:05 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: PreBirth Experience (PBE),Remembering Birth,Past Lives
Replies: 18
Views: 5004

Re: PreBirth Experience (PBE),Remembering Birth,Past Lives

Sorry for being off-topic, but this right here is gold. :hug: :twothumbsup: I looked again and you are right, you did not say that guides force us here. I did not read carefully what you wrote the first time and so I misrepresented what you said. Please accept my sincere apology for having misrepres...
by Dhammabodhi
Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:26 pm
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Luang Por Liem in India
Replies: 4
Views: 2772

Re: Luang Por Liem in India

Thanks!

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by Dhammabodhi
Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:17 pm
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Luang Por Liem in India
Replies: 4
Views: 2772

Re: Luang Por Liem in India

How beautiful! I didn't know there was a Thai Forest center in Delhi.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

:anjali:
by Dhammabodhi
Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:23 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Kabir
Replies: 3
Views: 1582

Re: Kabir

Glad you liked it!

:anjali:
by Dhammabodhi
Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:36 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Kabir
Replies: 3
Views: 1582

Kabir

Kabir (Hindi: कबीर, IAST: Kabīr) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet, Sufi and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib. He was born and raised by a Muslim family. He was nonetheless strongly influenced by his te...
by Dhammabodhi
Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:15 pm
Forum: Dhammic Stories
Topic: Ruth Denison documentary
Replies: 2
Views: 3505

Re: Ruth Denison documentary

Such a beautiful documentary! Thanks so much for sharing! :heart:

Near the end, it seems that Ruth is saying her final goodbye when almost everyone starts crying. Was it really close to the time of her passing?

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by Dhammabodhi
Sat Mar 17, 2018 3:25 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Can I not eat anything for 30 days.
Replies: 7
Views: 2141

Re: Can I not eat anything for 30 days.

In the Jain tradition, there is the ritual fasting called Sallekhana , aiming for a restraining of the mind and body, eventually leading to death. This is controversial though not considered suicide in this tradition, and its validity has been legally upheld by the Supreme Court of India. So unless ...
by Dhammabodhi
Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:20 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Nature is stranger than we can imagine
Replies: 15
Views: 3962

Re: Nature is stranger than we can imagine

Tragic death, which could have been avoided.

Compare with this though:

by Dhammabodhi
Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:44 pm
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: Vipassanā Practice and Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Replies: 7
Views: 3505

Re: Vipassanā Practice and Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

FYI, it may interest you that many Goenka centers run Satipaṭṭhāna courses: Satipatthana Sutta Courses have the same timetable and discipline as 10-day courses. The difference is that in the taped evening discourses the Satipatthana Sutta is carefully examined. This is the principal text in which th...