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- Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:41 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Your initial experience with meditation?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2421
Re: Your initial experience with meditation?
Before i do it because i have to do it. Now i do it because i like to do it. Now its my drug. Calm is my drug. :meditate: There is a sutta, i lost which one and recite on memory, when Buddha said that: There is the ones who have practice easily and attain fruition easily. There is the ones who have ...
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:42 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Yawares popular culture thread
- Replies: 148
- Views: 35800
Re: Miss Universe 2012 : Olivia Culpo from USA
James the Giant wrote:Do they poo beautiful excrement too?
I'am sure it's smells like beautifull roses
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:49 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: cultivating wisdom?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8127
Re: cultivating wisdom?
Wisdom is fruit of Right Mindfullness, and nature of Right Mindfullness is Wisdom. Right Mindfullness is born from calm, detachement, clearity, openess... The one who is wise can take a position out of situation, and by this ability of detachement he can see clearly, without be "impoisoned"...
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:32 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7640
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
It's a good questioning.hermitwin wrote:it is all a matter of perspective.
is a man real or illusion?
if you see a man as nothing more than a collection sub-atomic particles.
then which is the illusion and which the reality???
What part of a man is considered as man.
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:38 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: zen masters...
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16210
Re: zen masters...
When there is pain it must be healed. IMO.Dan74 wrote:He might just be a frustrated zen master...DAWN wrote:Your aggressivity ?tiltbillings wrote: what is the problem?
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:09 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: zen masters...
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16210
Re: zen masters...
Your aggressivity ?tiltbillings wrote: what is the problem?
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7640
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Buddha said that all phenomenas are conditioned.
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: teachings to rahula
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1891
Re: teachings to rahula
Hello my friend. Similie have a fonction to describe some quality of some phenomena. Similie is the finger which shows a Moon, we have to watch on the Moon and not on the finger. You have alredy respond on your own question. In the first quotion, similie of earth is used to discribe the equnanimity....
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What to get
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4167
Re: What to get
Me, personally, i have DN, MN, SN and AN in hard copy. I can not give an advice of choice because i dont yet read all, but i think you can buy them all.
Also, as i remember, there is no KN in hard copy.
Also, as i remember, there is no KN in hard copy.
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is embryo thinking?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9363
Re: What is embryo thinking?
There is consciosness between 0 and 1, between silence and noize, between paper and picture, between void and form, between all duality.
All fenomena "have" consciosness.
Verse 1:
Manopubbangama dhamma
manosettha manomaya
All fenomena "have" consciosness.
Verse 1:
Manopubbangama dhamma
manosettha manomaya
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:11 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: On the nature of Beauty
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6798
Re: On the nature of Beauty
Beauty is harmony.
All is beautyfull.
All is beautyfull.
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:53 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: how do you enter jhana?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 20055
Re: how do you enter jhana?
Self appropriation of calm (jhana) is a condition to taboo.
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:47 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Friendship
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4784
Re: Friendship
Wandering alone - is the best condition. Joy from seclusion - is the best fruit. Every body make his choices. Seclusion is for those beaings who have only one choice - freedom. I don't agree. I think finding spiritual friends is ideal...although, if that option doesn't exist then it's better to wan...
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:49 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Friendship
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4784
Re: Friendship
Wandering alone - is the best condition.
Joy from seclusion - is the best fruit.
Every body make his choices. Seclusion is for those beaings who have only one choice - freedom.
Joy from seclusion - is the best fruit.
Every body make his choices. Seclusion is for those beaings who have only one choice - freedom.
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The obvious question about Kamma
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6797
Re: The obvious question about Kamma
Kamma is mouvement.befriend wrote:im not sure if everything is karma or not.
Kamma fruit = Mouvement fruit.
Is kamma who rebirth not a identity.
Yes all is kamma, all is mouvement.