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- Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Re: Debts
...sorry I started this thread but it does seem to have become popular...funny that. If its was as definitive an answer as some seem to think on here why so much discussion. Someone mentioned that it might not be the right time to ordain if debts cannot be paid off and to wait for another incarnatio...
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:35 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Re: Debts
Quite simply, I would be refused ordination... At least I know where I stand with this particular tradition. Pity.
- Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:19 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Re: Debts
I have to say as the original poster here i am shocked at recent posts. whats with this 'get a job' attitude??? How remarabley opinionated! I can only gather you mumble that when walking past 'beggars' on the street too?! Many of us are in debt not through choice, but as a result of divorce, career ...
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:23 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Re: Debts
...this is true. I have been out of IT for too long now. I never had any intentioin on getting ito debt, it was a negative result of embarking on a more compassionate career so late in life. |Maybe I should have stayed in IT making ££££'s but doing little for anyone but large corporations :stirthepo...
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:29 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Re: Debts
Not enough assets to cover my debt. I worked in IT for nearly two decades that brought with it plenty of money but also plenty of credit. I then changed several years ago to work in social care. I am a Psychologicalo Therapist now, my current salary is what I used to get for a bonus. I managed my de...
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Re: Debts
...well in the current climate there are likely to be only middle class people with no debts liable to be ordaining in the future. Credit is a fact of life nowadays!
Tony.,..
Tony.,..
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Debts
- Replies: 127
- Views: 23981
Debts
I would like to consider ordaining at some juncture. However, I have some debts that although being managed will never be paid off. What are my options? Bancruptcy?
Thanks Tony...
Thanks Tony...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Renunciation
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2470
Renunciation
...thanks for your replies regarding my recent break with my ex...very supportive. i am going through waves of ok...not ok...ok...not ok...and trying to watch all the time. This whole episode has developed a strong sense of renunciation in me - I think it was there all the time but has had a good bo...
- Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Broken Heart and Heartache
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1600
Broken Heart and Heartache
Hi all, Against all odds, despite all of my knowledge of the human condition, I find myself having been left by my partner utterly bereft. The emotional pain is at times unbearable...nothing seems to help as embarrased as I am to admit it. I understand the nature of attachement, I understand that I ...
- Tue May 11, 2010 11:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Emptiness
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10175
Re: Emptiness
Thanks for all of your replies! I see the apparent distinction between a Theravada forum and discussing Nargajunas intention. Having said that the goal is the same surely - it realising a non-conceptual experience of 'Emptiness'? If Nargajuna developed The Buddhas original teachings on impermanance ...
- Thu May 06, 2010 10:16 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Emptiness
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10175
Emptiness
Hi all, Cacn someone explain how Theravadin meditation practices - following the breath, vipassana etc... - can bring about an experience of Emptiness. I see how the Tibetans do it, via nalytical thought, but I can't see how the same outcome would happen through methods like Vipassana? Thanks in adv...
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:49 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Goenka Retreat?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7474
Goenka Retreat?
I have booked myself on the Goenka Retreat in Sep (UK). Can anyone give me some feedback as to whether its a worthwhile move etc...?
Thanks!
Tony...
Apologies if this has been done before - I'm in work and can't really search.
Thanks!
Tony...
Apologies if this has been done before - I'm in work and can't really search.
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Travel to Thailand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1729
Re: Travel to Thailand
Thanks for the replies, I'm looking into to it now
Tony...
Tony...
- Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:10 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Travel to Thailand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1729
Travel to Thailand
Hi everyone, I am hoping at some point to make the trip to Thailand. I would really appreciate some pointers from UK members that have with experience found the best way to get there and stay - inlcluding a roough idea of how much I should be budgeting. I am unsure if I'll be travelling alone (cheap...
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:00 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Only way out...?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2138
Re: Only way out...?
Hi, I guess i am not clear as to how meditation on the breath can bring about a knowledge of anything other than the breath - meditation on the 'self' and its illusory nature would surely familiarise my mind with this ultimately helping me gain a realisation of this, hence liberation? I can see his ...