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by Goofaholix
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Decipher this to me with early teaching proof
Replies: 2
Views: 82

Re: Decipher this to me with early teaching proof

Why? where did you get this information?

While these factors can help with what you've said nothing is certain and is dependent on past kamma and bad habits also.
by Goofaholix
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:09 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: "If we owned our body, it would obey our every command"
Replies: 13
Views: 189

Re: "If we owned our body, it would obey our every command"

I think the issue here is the word "owned". We own car and no matter how well we look after it we can't prevent it from deteriorating or breaking down, our body is like this. The problem is that we not only believe we own the body in the way we own a car we identify the body as me, which i...
by Goofaholix
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:54 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: breath concentration
Replies: 6
Views: 218

Re: breath concentration

PS.: And yes! I forgot to add I would like to come back as soon as possible to my nimitta, to concentrating on my nimitta and to this kind of effortless meditation. I enjoyed it very much. In meditation, as in life I struggle very much with anxiety of being insufficient and the effortless meditatio...
by Goofaholix
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Some Advice With Sitting Posture
Replies: 1
Views: 125

Re: Some Advice With Sitting Posture

If you are only experiencing the pain in the shoulder when meditating on a bench and it disappears soon after you get up then it's unlikely that it is causing you damage. It doesn't need to interfere with your focus just make it the primary object, see if you can notice the tension you are creating ...
by Goofaholix
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Search for large Thai monastery
Replies: 1
Views: 197

Re: Search for large Thai monastery

Besides Wat Pa Nanachat and Wat Suan Mokkh, does anyone know of any other major Mahanikaya monasteries in Thailand that have at least a few farang monks living in there? Some information about the monastery (life), perhaps even personal experiences, would be great. Here's a couple of well known one...
by Goofaholix
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

cappuccino wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:57 pm You are not real
This is a really good way to prompt annoyance, in the hope of provoking an angry response or giving up in frustration.
by Goofaholix
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: First time retreat
Replies: 4
Views: 268

Re: First time retreat

If you are travelling near Bodh Gaya in March this would be a good option https://www.christophertitmussblog.org/ ... march-2024
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

cappuccino wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:44 pm Self view includes no self

So you’re going nowhere, even if in the opposite direction
This is a slogan, and a paradox which is a really good way of projecting a Zen master-like persona, while at the same time making it less obvious that the question remains unanswered.
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

You have to understand the teaching in general This is good advice. No self nonsense leads nowhere This is a really good way to insert a slogan into the topic, something that readers might believe if they don't think about it too much, and not notice that you still haven't answered the question. No...
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:34 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

cappuccino wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:57 pm (Lost in translation)
This is a really good way to avoid answering the question by stating something that sounds profound but means nothing, unless referring to one of Bill Murrays better movies of course.
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

Bhikkhus, consciousness is not self. Were consciousness self, then this consciousness would not lead to affliction, and one could have it of consciousness: 'Let my consciousness be thus, let my consciousness be not thus.' And since consciousness is not-self, so it leads to affliction, and none can ...
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

pops wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:16 pm No self can easily be understood as ‚There is no self‘ - that is / would be an extreme view to avoid (according to my understanding also of Buddhas teachings).
Whether it is extreme or not depends on what exactly is being negated, how did the Buddha define atta in the pali canon?
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

pops wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:46 pm No self / extreme view is a concept about some_thing (!) of which one wants to think ‚that does not exist‘
Sometimes people use it that way but I don't think its safe to assume that everybody who uses variations in english grammar correctly to translate the same pali word has an extreme view.
by Goofaholix
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

This is a thread to post all your your favourite cappuccinoisms regarding self, not, and no, and related metaphysical speculations so they don't need to hijack unrelated threads. I'll get the ball rolling... Anatta, Not Self = everything I experience as me does not constitute a permanent self. Anat...
by Goofaholix
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 18902

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

pops wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:00 pm Of course it is about you and me and others. Question is how this is understood.
It's not, the problem is that we tend to think we are the main character in a story whereas it's an impersonal process and we are just along for the ride.