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- Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Soul plane
- Replies: 22
- Views: 209
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:53 am
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: How to stay stable in the presence of distraught person
- Replies: 10
- Views: 186
Re: How to stay stable in the presence of distraught person
Staying silent might agitate such a person. Actually, often, but not always, the above does not occur. Often, staying silent gives the impression to the other person you are listening & supporting. Often the other person merely wants someone to listen to them rather than wants someone to give them ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:22 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: The Eagle has landed.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 297
Re: The Eagle has landed.
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I recommend reading Ajahn Sumedho's 5 volume Anthology, which is available on Amaravati Monastery website.
https://www.amaravati.org/dhamma-books/ ... mple-step/
Videos of his talks can also be found there and also on YouTube and the Buddhism Now website.

I recommend reading Ajahn Sumedho's 5 volume Anthology, which is available on Amaravati Monastery website.
https://www.amaravati.org/dhamma-books/ ... mple-step/
Videos of his talks can also be found there and also on YouTube and the Buddhism Now website.

- Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:41 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello everyone :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 124
Re: Hello everyone :)
Welcome, Frenchy
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- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:23 am
- Forum: Suggestion box
- Topic: Mentally ill
- Replies: 9
- Views: 276
Re: Mentally ill
Meeting in real life with people who have a serious mental illness can be quite disturbing for most people. I wonder whether that same effect occurs online, where they are represented merely by our interpretations of pixels. It can be disturbing if people get insulting or threatening in their onlin...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:57 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you (:
- Replies: 8
- Views: 219
Re: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you (:
Welcome!
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- Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Ajahn Sumedho moving back to England permanently?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 566
Re: Ajahn Sumedho moving back to England permanently?
suriyopama wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:45 am Thank you for the information
May he have a pleasant trip and a good retirement at Amaravati![]()

- Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:44 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Can I get 3 months break?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 306
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:57 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Can I get 3 months break?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 306
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:09 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Ajahn Sumedho moving back to England permanently?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 566
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings from Padmist
- Replies: 4
- Views: 131
Re: Greetings from Padmist
Welcome, Padmist.


- Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: How to meditate?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 346
Re: How to meditate?
To Vincent.. and your point in picking through a little book I referenced which has been helpful to many people - is what? Plus having been to a lot of Ajahn Amaro's talks at Amaravati Monastery, I'm pretty sure he has a lot more knowledge of meditation and the suttas than you think you have yoursel...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:27 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: How to meditate?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 346
Re: How to meditate?
There are basic meditation instructions in the little book "Finding the Missing Peace– a Primer of Buddhist Meditation " by Ajahn Amaro:
https://www.amaravati.org/dhamma-books/ ... editation/
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https://www.amaravati.org/dhamma-books/ ... editation/

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- Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:43 am
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: How to arise samvega in approximately 1 second.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2752
Re: How to arise samvega in approximately 1 second.
Let's strive for liberation, friends!! You're still likely to become old, wrinkled, and probably disabled, (and maybe obese too) even if you do become "liberated"! . Perhaps old age, sickness and death motivate towards the path. Many people chose many different paths unless you are a Buddhist with ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:19 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: How to arise samvega in approximately 1 second.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2752
Re: How to arise samvega in approximately 1 second.
You're still likely to become old, wrinkled, and probably disabled, (and maybe obese too) even if you do become "liberated"!rhinoceroshorn wrote: Let's strive for liberation, friends!!
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