Masks are obviously bad for your health and were never ever previously a part of WHO guidelines. There was never any evidence they work. WHO guidelines for pandemic involved: (i) washing of hands; and (ii) social distancing. Masks create a false sense of security resulting in carelessness, as witne...

Walking Meditation I've read various instructions on walking meditation and these all seem to differ in their ways of noting. For instance, the famous video on mahasi style noting of walking meditation have you note the "lifting... moving... moving forward... placing... touching" The book...

For some reason, I'm now viewing sensual pleasures in the same light as heroine quite extreme how will you remain lay? I need to support my parents and still have some uncertainty (myanmar experiencing impermanence). When I have the opportunity to engage in web browsing such as youtube, I get a bit...

what is meant by "careful attention" here? Hi Ryan. My impression is careful attention here means giving careful attention or reflection towards the Teachings that were previously heard, as follows: Hearing the good Dhamma, becoming full, fills up faith. Faith, becoming full, fills up car...

Hi: Man you are right, restrain is a core buddhist teaching, but it sound like you have a tendency for mortification. What is a tendency for mortification? Its when someone has a tendency for being hard on themselves, a tendency to want to avoid bad things by means of force, a tendency to focus on ...

Seems like suffering is the key motivator in practicing dhamma Yes, understand suffering is part of right view. And what, bhikkhus, is right view? Knowledge of suffering, knowledge of the origin of suffering, knowledge of the cessation of suffering, knowledge of the way leading to the cessation of ...

Does anyone agree with the idea that sense restraint is the single most important practice for ultimate liberation? It always seems to start with us not being able to restrain our senses because we want to avoid the unpleasantness. I wasn't aware that something so basic as browsing some gaming foru...

No one here is "labelling the Lord Buddha a secular Buddhist." That is DooDoot's invention that stems from his own mind and how he reads the words of others. If rebirth is not the "main core" of the Buddha's teaching, then why don't you, Ryan, end suffering through death? I hope...

Over the years, many people have recommended to me that the middle way for laymen is moderation in sensual pleasure. For example, 1 hour of movie watching after a hard day of work or meditation is seemingly ok or occasionally delighting oneself in some treats seems to be ok since you're not "ex...

"secular Buddhism" is just one possible term. It might be people prefer 'Buddhism without Rebirth" or some such.. Its remains fascinating observing people here labelling the Lord Buddha a "secular" Buddhist.This gives the impression there are few, if any, refuge takers on t...

I 100% believe in rebirth but the concept that always gets to me is that the only memory that I have is my current self. To simplify this more, the only "experience of suffering" I seemed to have experienced has only happened in this current life it seems. If I truly lived through eons and...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:47 am

Ryan95227 wrote: Right now, If I truly wanted stream-entry wouldn't I have meditated during all my free time? It's really hard to do that in lay life it seems.

just understand one thing


dependent origination


then you're fine

Thank I'll take a look

worrying that my own decision to end employment and join ordination would harm the peaceful livelihood of my family. ... The reason for this is that my father was recently diagnosed with a possible stage 4 colon cancer. He's withering away and losing weight very fast Hi Ry. Who exactly are your &qu...

Everyday, I work at a job that I feel neutral about, easily spending 10+ hours a day in front of the comp. I come back home and I feel too tired to practice 1+ hour or study the dhamma. I've been feeling this hopelessness for about 3 years now, worrying that my own decision to end employment and joi...