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- Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings from Padmist
- Replies: 4
- Views: 93
Re: Greetings from Padmist
Welcome, Padmist.


- Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: How to meditate?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 238
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: 238
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: 18
- Views: 1838
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: 18
- Views: 1838
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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- Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:07 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: How to arise samvega in approximately 1 second.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1838
Re: How to arise samvega in approximately 1 second.
Seeing films and photos in the media of people dying of Covid19 in hospitals, and hearing about the extra makeshift mortuaries for the bodies is enough for me to feel a sense of horror.
Ageing or obese people (like in the above photos) are just regular sights I see in the streets every day.
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Ageing or obese people (like in the above photos) are just regular sights I see in the streets every day.
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- Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:07 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Newbie Impermanence topic question.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 374
Re: Newbie Impermanence topic question.
Perception of Impermanence SN 22.102 (Bhikkhu Bodhi translation) :
https://suttacentral.net/sn22.102/en/bodhi

https://suttacentral.net/sn22.102/en/bodhi

- Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:37 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Newbie Impermanence topic question.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 374
Re: Newbie Impermanence topic question.
Hello, as a new student , I am having great trouble understanding the concept of impermanence. I read passages " We will not struggle for fame, money, or lust anymore because we know that these things are temporary " -- Tich T. Tu. . I understand this concept perfectly, except when I apply it to go...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:18 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: sub-consciousness notions in dream
- Replies: 6
- Views: 143
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:00 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: How to follow the seventh precept in modern days?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 764
Re: How to follow the seventh precept in modern days?
The eight precepts were designed to support people to do intensive practice, if somebody wants to go on a retreat and surf the internet for entertainment then it's not much different from home life. Having the precept gives one the opportunity to ask the question, why is it that I crave entertainme...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:20 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Frank Yang is DONE!
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2165
Re: Frank Yang is DONE!
Do you have contact with the extraterrestrial lifeforms? perhaps you are a channeler? is your interest about rising planets vibration and ascend all together?do you think this waking life is a dream? Definately some weird and inventive questions created there! Questions upon questions ... what you ...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Buddhism and Science. Are they compatible?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 1005
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:20 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Reading about NDEs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 482
Re: Reading about NDEs
My point in starting a thread about it is that there are people who have an NDE and after it they changed. There is less attachment to money, possessions, and status. ... But that happens with people who simply were close to death but survived. That doesn't need mysterious NDE on top of it. Simply ...
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:55 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Reading about NDEs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 482
Re: Reading about NDEs
I am certainly not misrepresenting any teachings -and you are harming yourself by being so eager to criticise me.

- Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Reading about NDEs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 482
Re: Reading about NDEs
but this knowledge about spirituality can help us better understand the Buddha's Dhamma and help us along the way. I disagree, I think that obsession with fantasy and the supernatural, and watching ridiculous videos of people claiming enlightenment or other experiences, is a sign of the deteriorati...