Are the jhanas necessary for stream entry? Are there differing opinions on this? I am also curious if anyone can help me better understand the relationship between the jhana factors and suppression of the five hindrances. There are many different opinions on the relationship between jhanas and stre...

Mind complicated

Breath simple

:namaste: The text that brings to closest to natural self awareness When the time is right and ripe with inquisitive interest and proper karma one will be brought to the presence of the proper book . Until then keep looking . Many people looking in books have good knowledge of books but don’t know ...

Gami47 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:34 am

Stick to the way, keep good attention on breath, listen good Dhamma talks, increase self awareness

Good afternoon! Please clarify. I read books about Buddhism, but a lot of incomprehensible. It is obvious that it is necessary to work on the mind in the process of practice, to control it, all teachers write about this and many sutras (Noble Eightfold Path, awareness, effort, etc.). Dhammawuddho T...

Gami47 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:34 pm

The text that brings to closest to natural self awareness

Thanks. Maybe that's correct. But do you think that leads to the Buddha's jhanas? Only one way to find out :meditate: The question becomes how heavily conditioned is mind to notice refined mind states connected to breath The way is simple The mind and head full of thoughts and ideas is more complex

What is wrong with following natural breath patterns and calming mind and generating right energy and trust in that

I've piece-mailed Webu Sayadaw's meditation techniques through his various discourses presented in the Selected Discourses of Webu Sayadaw (which is the updated version of The Way to Ultimate Clam) and are summarized below: concentration should be focused on the breathing sensations at the nose tip...

If not, why not? What is there about the woeful realms that might conflict with the maximum seven lifetimes rule of stream enterer progression? Sotapanna is not subject to rebirth in the hell or animal realm. According to Theravada Buddhist teachings, a Sotapanna has abandoned the ten fetters that ...

If one takes the vaccine or doesn’t take the vaccine one should still live same life , which will include taking care of one’s health and immune system Maybe some people die but had other issues before, stats don’t cover all the details Immune system is part of mind and mind is made up of our immune...

Everything is a concept until you become aware of it

What is reborn ?

How and where do we get trapped in to Illusion , is it with the feeling of I, me and or mine against anattalakkanasutta Is there a specific sutta for such an explanation ? Yes, there is a specific sutta that explains the notion of illusion and the feeling of “I, me, and mine”. According to the Atta...

The Mandela effect is a real phenomenon The subject is about if ai can be useful for sutta study and learning dhamma Please stay on track Thanks I tried chat gp ailya on google without any effect instead aliya is available But if one is assuming mandala as an AI tool then it is wrong . Mandala is a...