Welcome, Padmist.

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...

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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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 ...

rhinoceroshorn wrote: 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"!

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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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Perception of Impermanence SN 22.102 (Bhikkhu Bodhi translation) :

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

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...

SteRo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:10 am
These won't be an issue if practice is pursued.

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...

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 ...

SteRo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:47 pm Only science can save us from obsessive buddhism

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 ...

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SteRo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:27 am …

by misrepresenting the teaching you are merely harming yourself

I am certainly not misrepresenting any teachings -and you are harming yourself by being so eager to criticise me.

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...