PeterB wrote:It struck me looking at the photo that the carpet doesn't help does it ?
Maybe if they're busy and run out of kasina boards, you have to look at the carpet instead.
Excellent pictures though... thanks for sharing!
Metta,
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Re: Kasinas
by retrofuturist » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:01 pm
Greetings,
Maybe if they're busy and run out of kasina boards, you have to look at the carpet instead.
Excellent pictures though... thanks for sharing!
Metta,
Retro.
Maybe if they're busy and run out of kasina boards, you have to look at the carpet instead.
Excellent pictures though... thanks for sharing!
Metta,
Retro.
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
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Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
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Re: Kasinas
by PeterB » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:45 am
Dazzlebling wrote:Seems likely that some methods used in Color Therapy - eg focusing on and/or visualising colored discs may have originated with the Kasinas.
I think this is the case. I met one of the founders of Colour Therapy, whose name escapes me but it was Thomas something, and he spoke about kasinas.
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Re: Kasinas
by PeterB » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:57 am
I have just remembered. it was Theo Gimbel, not Thomas anything...perhaps I need colour therapy. 
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Re: Kasinas
by Thanavuddho » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:14 pm
Luang Poo Bunyarit (01) Beginning of practice
Luang Poo Bunyarit about his practice right after becoming a monk, chosing kasina as his primary meditation object.
Luang Poo Bunyarit about his practice right after becoming a monk, chosing kasina as his primary meditation object.
“Tasmātihānanda, attadīpā viharatha attasaraṇā anaññasaraṇā, dhammadīpā dhammasaraṇā anaññasaraṇā.”
"Sen vuoksi Ananda, ole saari itsellesi, ole turva itsellesi, eläkä etsi muuta turvaa. Pidä dhammaa saarenasi, turvaudu ainoastaan dhammaan, eläkä mihinkään muuhun"
— Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha (DN16)
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— Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha (DN16)
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