MN 20: Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta discusses five techniques for dealing with unskillful thoughts.befriend wrote:what do you do when you get a negative thought?
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- Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:34 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: managing the mind
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2174
Re: managing the mind
- Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:26 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: New Equation: Universe has no beginning/no end
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2275
Re: New Equation: Universe has no beginning/no end
It'll be interesting to read what Brian Koberlein make of this but I suspect this fringe theory will have a fair few holes. Their model is really basic, but this first result shows that this type of approach could work. The catch is that by eliminating the singularity, the model predicts that the u...
- Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:47 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Right Action and Right Livelihood
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6027
Re: Right Action and Right Livelihood
"Right Action" and "Right Livelihood" as parts of the path to liberation seem to be primarily matters of kamma from the perspective of the fourth noble truth. Kamma deals only with intention and the consequences of intentional action. This is critical because of its place in the ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Only doing concentration meditation
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5678
Re: Only doing concentration meditation
I had an interesting experience of strong piti a while back while doing some concentration meditation. Ever since then I feel like I've become a bit fixated on developing my concentration. However, since that happened my concentration hasn't been that good, because I try to repeat the experience an...
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:03 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: "Cravings as our companions"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2517
Re: "Cravings as our companions"
Our cravings as our companions - a lovely image, and can anyone recall a sutta where this or something similar is said? "There are sounds cognizable via the ear... aromas cognizable via the nose... flavors cognizable via the tongue... tactile sensations cognizable via the body... ideas cogniza...
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:19 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Rebirth vs Reincarnation...
- Replies: 77
- Views: 49229
Re: Rebirth vs Reincarnation...
Buddhism gets around the problem of the Hinduist belief of a "soul" reincarnating or transmigrating by saying it's "consciousness" and the karmic seeds of our actions in the present and previous lives that transmigrate: the "citta" or "alaya vijnana", seed co...
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:52 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Only doing concentration meditation
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5678
Re: Only doing concentration meditation
This post is just talking about the formal meditation and how I want to restrict my formal meditation to just concentration. It may be useful to consider that there is no need for an act of will for the mind to grow concentrated so long as the appropriate prerequisites are cultivated, which is an e...
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:01 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ven. Sujato - Kamma and Rebirth course
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2338
Re: Ven. Sujato - Kamma and Rebirth course
1) On the subject of unintentional consequences of action (part 4), he brought up the issue of vegetarianism and concluded that the teaching on kamma is not equipped necessarily to deal with such ethical complexities (he wants to say eating meat is bad kamma). Clarification of Ven. Bhikkhu Sujato's...
- Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Can someone please post links to sutras decsribing hell and other realms?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7357
Re: Can someone please post links to sutras decsribing hell and other realms?
I'm glad this topic came up. Are the different hell realms (hungry ghosts, demons, etc.) and demigods, etc. considered part of Theravada? Or are those exclusive to Mahayana? Thanks to anyone who can help clarify. On the Access to Insight site a number of Theravāda sources have been collected and su...
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:21 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Boris: In the caves of withdrawal from the world
- Replies: 640
- Views: 76098
Re: In the caves of withdrawal from the world
Did the translator at Sutta Central make a mistake? there clearly weren't any "cars" at the time of the Buddha : "When he grows up and his faculties mature, the child plays at such games as toy ploughs, tipcat, somersaults, toy windmills, toy measures, toy cars , and a toy bow and ar...
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: practice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2848
Re: practice
What is a possible practice in everyday life in our modern world? "And what is the treasure of virtue? There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones abstains from taking life, abstains from stealing, abstains from illicit sexual conduct, abstains from lying, abstains from taking intoxic...
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:50 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Health effects on back after long-term meditation?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2775
Re: Health effects on back after long-term meditation?
In your opinion, is a good posture enough to protect the back in meditation? Does it matter whether one sits on the floor or on a cushion? What complicates things seems to be that temporary back pain is not always an indication of back damage. It is therefore hard to know how seriously to take an e...
- Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:11 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The morality of using ancient texts to justify action in the world today?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3031
Re: The morality of using ancient texts to justify action in the world today?
Well if the abhidhamma has a position on when life begins and if it doesn't correlate with the consensus view or the legal definition of today which position is the most appropriate to use when considering an action? Or when counselling a friend? Outside of Buddhism their have been some horrendous ...
- Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Health effects on back after long-term meditation?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2775
Re: Health effects on back after long-term meditation?
“The majority of back pain is the result of muscle and ligament strain or weakness, and can often be prevented by developing core strength and proper posture,” said Dr. Daniel Mazanec, associate director of the Center for Spine Health at the Cleveland Clinic. Maintaining good posture not only helps...
- Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:23 pm
- Forum: Study Group
- Topic: AN 3.54 Paribbājaka Sutta: A Wanderer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4125
Re: AN 3.54 Paribbājaka Sutta: A Wanderer
Here they are lust, hatred and delusion. Elsewhere I've seen them as desire or greed, anger or aversion, and ignorance or foolishness. Do we have a translation problem here, as we do with "dukkha"? The three poisons in this sutta are rāga (translated as passion, greed, lust, etc.), dosa (...