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by Turmeric
Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:37 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: Is meditation bad for you?
Replies: 32
Views: 9098

Re: Is meditation bad for you?

One of the major problems people have in meditation is they get prana stuck in their head, and then they start to become a bit loopy. Depending on how much prana is stuck in their head, it can go from a little "weird" to full blown mentally insane. I imagine this is why people in Thailand...
by Turmeric
Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:12 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: Is meditation bad for you?
Replies: 32
Views: 9098

Re: Is meditation bad for you?

One of the major problems people have in meditation is they get prana stuck in their head, and then they start to become a bit loopy. Depending on how much prana is stuck in their head, it can go from a little "weird" to full blown mentally insane. I imagine this is why people in Thailand ...
by Turmeric
Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:52 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: benefits of cow urine
Replies: 19
Views: 10670

Re: benefits of cow urine

I have an Indian doctor friend and he consistently highlights the quack medicine and alternative therapies such as homeopathy and ayurveda promoted by indian media, "scientific" establishments and even politicians. The old maxim - just because it is on the Internet.... My doctor is an ind...
by Turmeric
Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Against the stream centers shutting down
Replies: 55
Views: 13948

Re: Against the stream centers shutting down

So it was quite perplexing when I went online and learnt that in the west, there are retreats for men, for women , for LBGT, for blacks, etc. And all this is done so that people feel "comfortable". Just weird for me too They dont separate retreats by men and women where your from? If they...
by Turmeric
Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:05 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Against the stream centers shutting down
Replies: 55
Views: 13948

Re: Against the stream centers shutting down

I used to watch their live streams on facebook. I have to say I find it weird they had a separate group for POC (people of color). I don't know why they hade to segregate things by race. Seems like a very American thing to do these days. It’s because minorities in America have been historically opp...
by Turmeric
Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:36 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.
Replies: 13
Views: 3343

Re: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.

Nirvana is permanent. The five khandas are impermanent. Therefore Nirvana has to be outside of the five khandas for it to be permanent. Yes. So? My Ajahns in the Thai forest tradition teach the eternal nirvana consciousness that returns back home after you become an Arahant. This sounds very weird....
by Turmeric
Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:14 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.
Replies: 13
Views: 3343

Re: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.

Bikkhu Bodhi's opinion: "Nibbana is an existing reality Regarding the nature of Nibbana, the question is often asked: Does Nibbana signify only extinction of the defilements and liberation from samsara or does it signify some reality existing in itself? Nibbana is not only the destruction of d...
by Turmeric
Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:45 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.
Replies: 13
Views: 3343

Re: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.

This teaching was meant simply as an interesting skillful means of seeing this as "not self". Taken out of context I could see how someone would think it's literal. I've heard thanissaro explain this teaching in a couple different talks. You can remember that not only do you live in your ...
by Turmeric
Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.
Replies: 13
Views: 3343

Re: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.

The Buddha taught we become like the people we associate with. Could you kindly quote where the Buddha taught this? Thanks. Also, Nirvana isn't inside of the mind, it is an eternal consciousness outside of the mind. Where did the Buddha describe Nirvana as an "external consciousness"? The...
by Turmeric
Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.
Replies: 13
Views: 3343

Re: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.

If a dog were to sit next to us, and think a thought, that thought would arise in our mind. This view is not supported by Buddhist teaching. If this is the case we will never be able to attain Nibbana. We will always subject to the grip of Mara. It is. The Buddha taught we become like the people we...
by Turmeric
Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:16 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great Nibbana = annihilation, eternal, or something else thread
Replies: 2423
Views: 595407

Re: the great Nibbana = annihilation, eternal, or something else thread

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That is not mun's speech. I am a Thai. I know mun. He is abhidhammist.[/quote]

Bhikkhu Thanissaro actually said that Ajahn Mun sharply criticized the commentaries.
by Turmeric
Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:43 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great Nibbana = annihilation, eternal, or something else thread
Replies: 2423
Views: 595407

Re: LP Sumedho "consciousness is permanent" - thoughts?

Hello all - As mentioned in a previous post, LP Sumedho visited our local center last month and I was able to shoot video and audio of the event and post it to our YouTube channel. One statement Ven. Sumedho made in the Q&A session surprised me, and I wanted to get input from those more familia...
by Turmeric
Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:23 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.
Replies: 13
Views: 3343

Ajahn Lees mind exploding unfathomable never before heard teaching on consciousness.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/lee/consciousnesses.html In Ajahn Lees teaching on consciousness, he teaches that everything from the worms swimming around in our blood, to the human beings that simply sit next to us, effect our mind. If a dog were to sit next to us, and think a thought, tha...
by Turmeric
Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:49 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Wat Dhammakaya
Replies: 942
Views: 394918

Re: Wat Dhammakaya

It's amazing how people support a prime minister that literally puts people in prison for disagreeing with him, over a sick old monk that tells his followers to love the people that hate them.
by Turmeric
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:43 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Wat Dhammakaya
Replies: 942
Views: 394918

Re: Wat Dhammakaya

It's coming out on Thai television now that the prime minister is not going to leave the temple after they find the abbot, but he is going to stay and seize the temple. A letter was leaked from the army where the prime minister had said he would not leave the temple until it was "reformed"...