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- Tue Jan 24, 2017 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Original teachings of the Buddha
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13874
Re: Original teachings of the Buddha
Excellent, thanks mikenz66 (not 666?).
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Original teachings of the Buddha
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13874
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Original teachings of the Buddha
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13874
Re: Original teachings of the Buddha
Aha. I figured that the sutta pitakas of the Pali Canon were as close as it got to "what the Buddha said/taught." But based on what you wrote I did some digging and found that many (most?) agree with you, that it's virtually impossible to establish with certainty which Buddhist school's do...
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Original teachings of the Buddha
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13874
Original teachings of the Buddha
I'm guessing this has been asked and answered (probably multiple times) and apologize for ringing this bell again. But ... Could someone please point me to a website or book that presents, in as approachable/concise a form as possible, the original teachings of the Buddha? I'm researching the differ...
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:26 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Schools of Buddhism mind map
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5793
Re: Schools of Buddhism mind map
I posted the map in the Dharma Wheel forum also and people have reported several errors.
I like what Matt J wrote: "As they say: Four buddhists, six opinions."
I like what Matt J wrote: "As they say: Four buddhists, six opinions."
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:20 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Schools of Buddhism mind map
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5793
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:08 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Non-conceptual thoughts while meditating ... ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1549
Re: Non-conceptual thoughts while meditating ... ?
The commendable thing is that you're detached (citta-viveka) from these feelings and able to recognize them. ... "Through actual experience it can thus be confirmed that the ever-revolving round of Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppada) can be stopped at the point of Feeling, and that there...
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Non-conceptual thoughts while meditating ... ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1549
Re: Non-conceptual thoughts while meditating ... ?
the mind is sort of co-opting the experience and turning your awareness toward fabrication. So you're saying that a thought is not somehow encoded in or represented as the feeling, i.e. thought gives birth to feeling ... rather that the feeling is all that's there and the thought is something I imp...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:16 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Theravāda & Nāgārjuna
- Replies: 236
- Views: 41923
Re: Theravāda & Nāgārjuna
What is your opinion of Nāgārjuna as a Buddhist thinker? He's my favorite. (Not that I'm very well read.) Work through the Mulamadhyamakakarika until you "get it" ... and your concept-belief engine will have turned to a smoldering pile of ashes. (Not that I claim to have "gotten"...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Non-conceptual thoughts while meditating ... ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1549
Non-conceptual thoughts while meditating ... ?
A few years ago, I started to notice what might be called non-conceptual thoughts arise in my mind. Could be I just didn't see them earlier, or it could be they're new for me. It goes something like this: I become aware (during meditation) that a coherent thought has just occurred (or is occurring) ...
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:53 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Buddhism and Krishnamurti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1263
Re: Buddhism and Krishnamurti
Excellent, thank you Mkoll ... and nice to see you here as well as in the Dharma Wheel.
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 6:06 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Buddhism and Krishnamurti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1263
Buddhism and Krishnamurti
I'm researching the similarities and differences between Krishnamurti and Buddhism. Google is telling me there's buncha material out there on the subject, but yaknow Google is hit and miss, so I'm hoping someone here could share some good links/texts?
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 4:52 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Buddhist (& Sarvāstivāda?) Metaphysics
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9084
Re: Buddhists Metaphysics
Is this statement "kosher Dhamma" for a Theravāda Buddhist: All experiences in the sensory world are in fact expressions of the Dhamma, and therefore contain the key to enlightenment. This line of thinking seems to imply that in order to reach enlightenment, it's enough to just, basically...
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness in daily life: 'Best practices'
- Replies: 24
- Views: 19958
Re: Mindfulness in daily life: 'Best practices'
Some things that work for me: Ask myself "What's happening now?" And remain open to what arises. Become aware of my body, what it feels like to be "in my skin." Go soft eyes / soft mind and take in the whole, rather than focussing on parts. See the apparently fixed objects around...
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:19 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Ego
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2386
Re: The Ego
> I would define it as an imaginary construct invented by western psychology.
An imaginary construct with a (faux) life of its own!
An imaginary construct with a (faux) life of its own!