Hi Friends, As I read the teaching from Ajaan Dune Atulo (who is reputed to be an arahant) about anger, it seems that anger is not cut off. Instead he just being aware and not picking up the anger. (point 19 and 20 in https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/dune/giftsheleft.html). 19. He does, but ...

The Bodhisatta Path sounds very strange to me. It just like a self-taught pianist teaches people to become another self-taught pianist.

I gusses the mind can be conscious of mental and material. Perphaps when the body dies, the mind is inclinded to be conscious of mental phenomenon before reborn.

No one got any pics of sex paraphernalia?! People need to step it up The monestary owns a house in Hawaii which called the Po Lin buddhist association of Hawaii. Local people said the 2 kept visiting the place every year for the last decade. Sound of man and woman can be heard from the bathroom at ...

http://www.atimes.com/article/chief-monk-nun-po-lin-allegedly-travel-hawaii/ They also lived in the same room with a double bed. The following link is in Chinese but contains photos. https://www.singtaousa.com/ny/13-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF/354231-%E7%A9%BF%E3%80%8C%E4%B8%89%E9%BB%9E%E5%BC%8F%E3%80%8D%E6%...

cappuccino wrote:In the absence of holding identity, your hand is empty.

But this doesn't destroy your hand.

Can we replace the word "hand" with "consciousness"?

If you hold something and let go, will your hand disappear? Is your hand annihilated? I like this simile. Does "annihilated" also mean "disappeared"? For simiplcity let's assume "holding something" is the only function of a hand. If the hand does not hold anything, is ...

I have a question. How do we describe the state of light before it lands on a wall or our retina? Is it having "something" or having "nothing"? Or it is neither having "something" nor having "nothing"?

I will be 31 in June-2017.
More close to death now, better practice hard

Hello: u could say there are 3 pathways to enlightment. a)going through all the rupa and arupa jhanas, then cessation and seeing dependent origination (like sariputta did ) b)going to the 4th jhana and then experiencing the "three true knowledges" ( seeing past lifes, seeing passing away ...

form wrote:You can check on utube to see videos of Mahasi Sayadaw. I remembered seeing him rock back and forth in a seated position and I try imitating him a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7TtSeOlG4
You have to practice hard and don't forget to get yourself a pair of sunglasses.

SarathW wrote:

A fool from HK wrote:

SarathW wrote:The following link worked better:

https://patacarabhikkhunihermitage.com/

May I know why it is better? It seems the OP is more informative.
Thanks.

I could not open the first link.

Sorry, I misunderstand that your link contains more details about Venerable Vayama's situation.

SarathW wrote:The following link worked better:

https://patacarabhikkhunihermitage.com/

May I know why it is better? It seems the OP is more informative.
Thanks.

According to Ven. Dhammavuddho's disclosure on Conditioned Arising of Suffering, he interpreted the 4 elements as the characteristics perceived by the mind. "This is the physical world and it has four characteristics. Earth refers to the hardness characteristic, water to fluidity, fire to heat,...

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Because it's ugly behaviour.

Yes, any monk who has been trained properly still observes this training rule.

Thanks Bhante. But I really don't understand how ugly it is.