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by Sutiro
Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:25 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: HH Dalai or Aung San Suu Kyi - most famous Buddhist?
Replies: 13
Views: 3643

Re: HH Dalai or Aung San Suu Kyi - most famous Buddhist?

Thanks pilgrim. It's just something to talk about.
by Sutiro
Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:12 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: HH Dalai or Aung San Suu Kyi - most famous Buddhist?
Replies: 13
Views: 3643

Re: HH Dalai or Aung San Suu Kyi - most famous Buddhist?

‘I wish to have nothing to do with fame, Nagita, nor let fame come upon me! Those who cannot easily attain this happiness of renunciation, this happiness of seclusion, this happiness of peace and enlightenment as I have obtained, let them enjoy this other base and indolent happiness, derived from ga...
by Sutiro
Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:20 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: HH Dalai or Aung San Suu Kyi - most famous Buddhist?
Replies: 13
Views: 3643

HH Dalai or Aung San Suu Kyi - most famous Buddhist?

In a recent post there was a lot of interest in famous people who are Buddhists. Two of those are arguably the most famous but which one is number one? Both have compelling credentials but I would like to open a debate by putting the case for Aung San Suu Kyi based on these observations: Both have w...
by Sutiro
Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:53 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Super Famous Buddhists
Replies: 53
Views: 10733

Re: Super Famous Buddhists

Re: Super Famous Buddhists New postby chownah » Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:27 pm I'm a super famous buddhist.....so much so that I don't use my real name here at Dhamma Wheel in that it would cause too much of a stir if people knew who I REALLY was.......I guess.....don't know for sure.... chownah Chow nah...
by Sutiro
Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:17 am
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Jhana Question
Replies: 68
Views: 20694

Re: Jhana Question

Thanks for the correction:)
by Sutiro
Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:43 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Super Famous Buddhists
Replies: 53
Views: 10733

Re: Super Famous Buddhists

I think the middle photo is Hayley Mills, John Mills daughter and who became famous in the role of Pollyanna in about 1960.

What about Aung San Su Chi, probably the most famous Buddhist in the world, male or female, and what a role model for the rest of us.

Sutiro
by Sutiro
Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:30 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Jhana Question
Replies: 68
Views: 20694

Re: Jhana Question

New postby daverupa » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:54 am Sutiro wrote:The first two levels involve discursive thought The first jhana has vitakka-vicara, while the second jhana does not. The second jhana has vicara, only vittakka is gone as subjects for contemplation are said to arise spontaneously. So, disc...
by Sutiro
Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:09 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Jhana Question
Replies: 68
Views: 20694

Re: Jhana Question

Yet i was also told, that to achieve jhana one must follow the tetrads. However i thought it was uneccessary to keep attention on whether the breath is short or long and other stuff like that. Maybe the Jhanas aren't as complicated as they make out. The first two levels involve discursive thought w...
by Sutiro
Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:12 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Reverend Moon is dead!
Replies: 6
Views: 1947

Re: Reverend Moon is dead!

He's the second Moonie to die in the last week:)
by Sutiro
Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:05 am
Forum: Shrine Room
Topic: Guan-Yin, THE GODDESS OF METTA
Replies: 67
Views: 30733

Re: Guan-Yin, THE GODDESS OF METTA

I think Kuan Yin is very prominent in Vietnam. She is depicted as as a standing white lady Buddha always watching to sea. She is the protector of seamen and fishermen. Is this the same as the one you mention? We intend to buy a beautiful white marble statue of her and place her on a hill on our prop...
by Sutiro
Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:33 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Consciosness = Identification?
Replies: 2
Views: 1693

Re: Consciosness = Identification?

Well thought through. Our ignorance is of saccadhamma not just annatta: ‘And what is ignorance? Whatever exists in the absence of the understanding of suffering, the origin of suffering, the end of suffering and the way leading to the cessation of suffering is called ignorance, friends. (S.N. 12.2) ...
by Sutiro
Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:54 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The Buddha as "one who knows" in Thai tradition
Replies: 25
Views: 5026

Re: The Buddha as "one who knows" in Thai tradition

To learn more about Poo Roo, or Poo Hoo and how Loom Por taught it have a good read of his "Collected Teachings". I fortunately had first hand experience with him. It really isn't so complicated and no need to think about it too much. It is a platform, an observation point in our meditatio...
by Sutiro
Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:42 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The Buddha as "one who knows" in Thai tradition
Replies: 25
Views: 5026

Re: The Buddha as "one who knows" in Thai tradition

' Poo Hoo bor wah, Poo wah bor hoo' is a saying Loom Por Chah would often use in Lao, which was his native language. I'll put the translation underneath.
'The One who Knows doesn't say. The one who says, doesn't know.'

Sutiro
by Sutiro
Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:04 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Members Bios - please contribute yours
Replies: 209
Views: 278993

Re: Members Bios - please contribute yours

Thanks Ben That time in the Sangha laid a foundation for the rest of my life and made me a better person. I retained some valuable tools that have assisted in my working life. But that's not the end of it of course. I have a duty to give something back to the Sangha and honor the teacher with practi...
by Sutiro
Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:49 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Members Bios - please contribute yours
Replies: 209
Views: 278993

Re: Members Bios - please contribute yours

My life in the Sangha (also see http://www.fourwindslao.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) I was an angry, restless young man. I started to take stock of myself after the premature death of my older brother in 1975. I took a course at university on Comparative Religions of...