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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 73
- Views: 1974
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Is doing recreational drugs an indulgence in sensual pleasures? What is being cultivated here? What views are being held onto? Yes it is. Fortunately, there has been no discussion here about using recreational drugs. Maybe I mispoke when I assumed the drug use you're promoting had any ties to indul...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 73
- Views: 1974
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Is doing recreational drugs an indulgence in sensual pleasures? What is being cultivated here? What views are being held onto? Is there concern here for the recovering addict who may come across this thread either now or at a later date? MN22 comes to mind. The whole thing might be worth a read but ...
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:44 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Meaning of "percipient of light"
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2043
Re: Meaning of "percipient of light"
Thank you all for the responses. Not much to add yet but I am enjoying the conversation.
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: AI draws Nibanna
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2483
Re: AI draws Nibanna
A being is a tool. Neither are self.
- Mon May 29, 2023 10:59 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Right speech and clarity
- Replies: 8
- Views: 914
Re: Right speech and clarity
The Buddha sought to clearly comprehend and taught clear comprehension. Deception is a fool's game and using sutta to justify it is a fool's errand trapping one in samsara. Shame on a teacher for deceiving a student. Students come to teachers for clarity. Teachers who think they are the Buddha decei...
- Mon May 29, 2023 6:18 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: What is jhana's nutriment?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 525
Re: What is jhana's nutriment?
wanting is nutrient , if someone want to enter 1st jhana they enter based on intent. so they "want" to enter 1st jhana so they wanting is nutrient. I dont understand what nutrient word means I think you're probably right. Wanting to get there but also knowing how to get there and having r...
- Mon May 29, 2023 6:07 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: How are the four great elements perceived in taste(jivha)?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 775
Re: How are the four great elements perceived in taste(jivha)?
When swallowing the saliva, you notice the hardness of 'the teeth'(earth), the wetness of 'the saliva'(water), the movements of the tongue, and throat(air), and the warmth of the mouth(heat). These are sensations of the 'body' in and of itself. Smells and tastes don't seem to be part of the 'body' ...
- Mon May 29, 2023 6:02 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Are upacara samadhi(access concentration) and ditthadhammasukhavihara(pleasant abiding here and now) the same thing?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 679
Are upacara samadhi(access concentration) and ditthadhammasukhavihara(pleasant abiding here and now) the same thing?
From what I understand both are precursors to jhanas and appear to be described the same ways.
- Mon May 29, 2023 3:05 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Meaning of "percipient of light"
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2043
Re: Meaning of "percipient of light"
It comes after the meditator abandons sloth and drowsiness, having already abandoned covetousness and ill will. Whether the list is intended to be a temporal sequence or not, we would expect the nimitta to arise after all the hindrances had been abandoned, or at least to not be associated with this...
- Sun May 28, 2023 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Karmic effect of pornography
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4733
Re: Karmic effect of pornography
Hello all, I am hoping to have an honest answer to my question, I am usually doing a lot of metta practice and I help a lot of people and do a lot of good karma in daily life, But I do have problems though, I watch porn once a week. no matter how much I try to avoid this, I end up watching porn and...
- Sun May 28, 2023 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What should I do if I’m having trouble choosing between Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 504
Re: What should I do if I’m having trouble choosing between Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism?
Probably first clarify what you're seeking to yourself. Then see if either of those things has it. If still can't determine, maybe try some from both and then examine if either brings you closer to what you seek.
- Sun May 28, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Can you carry out volitionary behaviors without sense desire or ill will?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 431
- Sun May 28, 2023 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Meaning of "percipient of light"
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2043
Meaning of "percipient of light"
Hello Venerables and friends, It appears often in translation associated with abandoning sloth and drowsiness but there isn't much else said. Abandoning sloth & drowsiness, he dwells with an awareness devoid of sloth & drowsiness, mindful, alert, percipient of light. Attempting to understand...
- Sat May 27, 2023 6:20 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: does killing insects break the precepts?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6025
Re: does killing insects break the precepts?
Precepts are a guide to escape samsara. If you have no interest in escape, there is no need to follow precepts.
- Sat May 27, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: How are the four great elements perceived in taste(jivha)?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 775
How are the four great elements perceived in taste(jivha)?
Hello, When I try to examine through the four great elements in taste-consciousness(jivha-vinnana), it all becomes body(kaya). One wouldn't call pressure on the eyeball or hot and cold on the eyeball same as eye sight. Where are the four elements in taste(jivha)? Is spicy food fire element? :anjali: