You can talk about the same thing in many thousands of ways, based on your experience. Buddha taught the same in different ways based on the audience and the purpose. I reflected on this some more. I was stupid by coming to conclusions and clinging to doctrine like that. The Dhamma is too profound,...

Ajahn Lee speaks about how samatha and vipassana can be done at the same by proficient breath meditators. Check his writings. He wrote a lot on the subtle insights one can gain from the breath, relating it to Buddhist doctrine, etc.

I don't think the exact method is described, other than: one walks back and forth, possibly alternating with sits once in a while; the benefits are described too.

Ajahn Mun, Ajahn Maha Boowa, and Ajahn Lee speak about this a lot. It's an interesting subject.

Find some news paper with only good news all around the world and while reading it and seeing smiling happy faces - smile with them, rise this feeling of joy in your heart. I don't mind this as advice for laypeople who are trying to practice the 4 precepts, but OP is a meditator from what I read. T...

It's soteriology. Do what gets you out of stress. Experiment, play around. You've got all the time in the world. Or not. This is not limited to Buddhism. All serious spiritual paths are like this. You'd be having the same issue if you were a novice Christian monk trying to reach God through prayer. ...

Yes, 7 billion or so, but that's small in the grand scheme of things. The above sounds like your personal interpretation rather than teaching the Dhamma according to sutta. Are there any suttas to support your point of view? Thanks Sorry, I don't understand. Of course it's my own interpretation, OP...

Is there a description of right mindfulness (as part of the 8-fold path) out there in the five nikayas that matches with the description of mindfulness as found in DN 2? Also, what do you think about the obvious difference between the two? DN 2 says being mindful is simply being aware, being wakefu...

Welcome and happy new year. Good luck with everything planned! I don't know about books (other than the five nikayas, duh), but there's a lot of good videos around!

Quite rare. Go out on the street, in the park, in nature, and look around. See all those flies, all those mosquitoes, dogs, cats, worms in the ground, rats in the sewers, cockroaches, ants, things living off of garbage, insects swarming around poop and corpses, all the fish, amphibians, etc.? What a...

The only way to find true teaching is by practice. Just start observing five precepts first if not at least try to observe one precept perfectly to start with and see the difference. No worries, I don't have confusion regarding that part of the path. My main concerns now are with mindfulness and jh...

The Four Noble Truths encompasses all of Buddha's teaching. Having said that if I have to talk about the First Noble Truth, I still have to brush through the other three truths because they all one truths end of the day. Buddha's teaching is not linear like other teachings. It is circular. https://...

The Four Noble Truths encompasses all of Buddha's teaching. Having said that if I have to talk about the First Noble Truth, I still have to brush through the other three truths because they all one truths end of the day. Buddha's teaching is not linear like other teachings. It is circular. "Just as...

I would say that you can't expect all of the details in one sutta. That's true, but... This is DN and MN we're talking about, not SN or AN. The 4 establishments of mindfulness are referred to as "the direct path" in some suttas, so why would they be skipped if they're so important? Why would the co...

I would say that you can't expect all of the details in one sutta. That's true, but... This is DN and MN we're talking about, not SN or AN. The 4 establishments of mindfulness are referred to as "the direct path" in some suttas, so why would they be skipped if they're so important? Why would the co...

The way I understand it, the Samma Sati in Eightfold Path represents the Satipathana Sutta and Anapanasati Sutta. Yeah, that's exactly how I understand it too. The problem I'm trying to unentangle is why does this 'right' mindfulness differ so much from the mindfulness described in DN 2. Essentiall...