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by pilgrim
Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:55 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Chittaviveka - Monastery in Sri Lanka for Russians
Replies: 4
Views: 520

Chittaviveka - Monastery in Sri Lanka for Russians

Chittaviveka Meditation Center, Kandy region, Sri Lanka Popular with Russian speaking monks and meditators. This centre is intended for Russian speakers to learn Buddhist meditation and theory, or for Russian monks to reside. It was established by a Sri Lankan monk who taught meditation, but seems t...
by pilgrim
Wed May 03, 2023 2:15 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Does the Universe and Order of Being show signs of 'design'?
Replies: 17
Views: 966

Re: Does the Universe and Order of Being show signs of 'design'?

Cars pass by a busy road and splashes water and dirt on a nearby tree. 99% of this fall off but 1% of the muck sticks to the tree. Someone comes along and observes how bits of dirt gets stuck on the little indentations on the bark. He concludes that such precision of dirt being deposited on the exac...
by pilgrim
Wed May 03, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Did Buddha critisise his teachers and other sects?
Replies: 34
Views: 1303

Re: Did Buddha critisise his teachers and other sects?

"Well done, householder. Well done. That is how you should periodically refute those foolish men with the Dhamma." Then he instructed, urged, roused, and encouraged Anathapindika the householder with a talk on Dhamma. When Anathapindika the householder had been instructed, urged, roused an...
by pilgrim
Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dalai Lama kisses boy and asks him to 'suck his tongue'
Replies: 188
Views: 9780

Re: Dalai Lama kisses boy and asks him to 'suck his tongue'

For those caught up in the absurd hysteria of the situation there's a very sensible post on instagram from someone familiar with Tibetan culture. First seen at dharmawheel....https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?p=661385#p661385 To my dear non-Tibetan friends who wanted my thoughts on the rece...
by pilgrim
Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:49 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Was the Buddha Indian or Nepalese?
Replies: 32
Views: 3902

Re: Was the Buddha Indian or Nepalese?

I'm a big fan of Ven. Dhammika, but I have to disagree with him. India and Nepal didn't exist during the Buddha's time. Saying the Buddha was Indian or Nepali is akin to saying King Arthur was English or Welsh or Cornish or whatever... I'm guessing you didn't read the article because Ven Dhammika m...
by pilgrim
Tue May 24, 2022 6:01 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Is it appropriate for a Buddhist monk to sit on the floor while the lay people sitting in a chair?
Replies: 4
Views: 702

Re: Is it appropriate for a Buddhist monk to sit on the floor while the lay people sitting in a chair?

going strictly from the rules and ignoring culture, it's fine, so long as that monk is not teaching Dhamma. in the Sekhiya rules of the vinaya a monk should not teach Dhamma to people in a variety of conditions, wearing a hat, holding a weapon, etc, one of which is if the monastic is lower then the...
by pilgrim
Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:27 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Can I be a Buddhist without meditation?
Replies: 27
Views: 1947

Re: Can I be a Buddhist without meditation?

According to the Mahanama sutta, AN 8.25, one becomes an Upasika (or Buddhist, using the modern equivalent) when one takes refuge in the 3 Jewels. "Mahanama, inasmuch as one has gone to the Buddha for refuge, has gone to the Dhamma for refuge, has gone to the Sangha for refuge; in that way, Mah...
by pilgrim
Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:48 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Where to learn Kasina meditation?
Replies: 18
Views: 1578

Re: Where to learn Kasina meditation?

They do Dhammakaya meditation, which I have tried and can attest is a kasina meditation. I may not have looked at the website thouroughly but i dont think the place Pilgrim plugged in Estonia specifies they do kasina meditation either (even tho im guessing they do). Not sure why you'd say that when...
by pilgrim
Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Where to learn Kasina meditation?
Replies: 18
Views: 1578

Re: Where to learn Kasina meditation?

There is a wider variety of establishments involved in teaching Vipassana meditation than Kasina meditation ; atleast where I live in the Netherlands - Amsterdam. Where to find a good place and a good teacher for Kasina meditation? Thanks in advance, devaloka Of all places, in Estonia. https://www....
by pilgrim
Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:22 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Mantra in Theravada (aside from Buddho)
Replies: 31
Views: 25521

Re: Mantra in Theravada (aside from Buddho)

Another mantra is "Araham" which is popular with some monks practising Tantric forms of meditation in Thailand such as the Dhammakaya approach. Note that the large Dhammakaya cult is the dominant but not the only group using this meditation method.
by pilgrim
Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:18 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Buddha wasnt bald-headed !
Replies: 33
Views: 3426

Re: Buddha wasnt bald-headed !

I just went thru this thread and think it should also be mentioned that the Vinaya allows monks to grow their hair to no longer than 2 finger widths. That's about 3 cm. So those statues showing the Buddha with short curls are not exactly inaccurate
by pilgrim
Thu Nov 25, 2021 10:10 pm
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Theravada in Vietnam
Replies: 42
Views: 22989

Re: Theravada in Vietnam

Chris777 wrote: Thu Nov 25, 2021 3:06 pm I'm staying in Ho Chi Minh city, is there any theravada school in Viet Nam that practices jhana ?
Pa-Auk Sayadaw, the jhana specialist is very popular in Vietnam. If you google Pa-auk Vietnam, you'll find a number of links. But language may be in Vietnamese
by pilgrim
Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:47 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: I really want to be Buddhist,but I can't let go of God.what are buddhist critiques of theism?
Replies: 87
Views: 5297

Re: I really want to be Buddhist,but I can't let go of God.what are buddhist critiques of theism?

There is also this book which you can download as a pdf
De Silva & Bomhard - Beyond Belief - A Buddhist Critique of Fundamentalist Christianity
https://www.academia.edu/43879884/De_Si ... nity_2016_
by pilgrim
Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:14 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: devas visited indian people ancient time but not now?
Replies: 59
Views: 58533

Re: devas visited indian people ancient time but not now?

In this brief youtube video, Ajahn Keng a Singaporean monk relates a visit by a deva while he was staying in north Thailand.

by pilgrim
Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:37 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: I’m done with laylife.
Replies: 197
Views: 84308

Re: I’m done with laylife.

For example, if your plan is to spend most of your time doing Goenka-style meditation, then that would effectively rule out all the monasteries where some other meditation system is taught and insisted upon. As there aren't (afaik) any monasteries where Goenka meditation is the main practice, you'd...