What is the meaning of "gata" in "tiracchānagatā" (in SN 22.100, which is a current topic)? How does it differs from "tiracchānayoni"? Thank you if you can answer. I salute you, Sir. "Gata" here means "being in (a certain state or condition)", and "tiracchānagatā" means "those who are in the animal...

Hi Frank, can you expand on what you mean contradicting the cmy? KN Ps bit you quoted looks like it's defining KGS (kaya gata..) as the exercises listed in MN 119. Does "Mindfulness Immersed in the Body" contradict that? Yes. Nine charnel ground contemplations are related to the body, there's no "im...

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In http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/bodymind.html I see Aj Thanissaro translating Kayagata-sati as "Mindfulness Immersed in the Body" Seems like a stretch to me to translate "gata" as "immersed". What do you think? "Immersed" surely contradicts the Commentary: Bhāvetabbaniddese kāyagatāsatī...

Could it be due to psychological protective mechanism? Cos we can't handle the truth? Yes, indeed. Too much pain and uncomfortable things there. This is IMHO also the reason why people vehemently oppose the very possibility of rebirth. But why, then, enormous amounts of love, pleasure and fulfilmen...

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Ceisiwr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:15 am By Alexander Wynne:

Let me suggest a workable URL: http://ocbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015 ... 05wzks.pdf

What matters is: is this concentration performing its job? Making you calm? Making you lose your interest in sensual pleasure? Making you feel happy throughout the day? If so, great! If not, there is something wrong with it! It's just like sīla. We do good deeds because it helps end our suffering. ...

Is it because they had a purer mind? What role does purity of mind (by which I mean lack of Kleshas, the ten defilements listed in Abhidhamma) have to play? In most cases, people confuse jhāna with exhilarated, spaced out or blacked out states. This doesn't require any purity of mind. However, if y...

Here’s a freely available article on Ānāpānasati from Skilton and Choompolpaisal. The Ancient Theravāda Meditation System, Borān Kammaṭṭhāna: Ānāpānasati or ‘Mindfulness of The Breath’ in Kammatthan Majjima Baeb Lamdub Andrew Skilton and Phibul Choompolpaisal King’s College London Thank you, - let ...

Hello Rhinoceroshorn, What does it mean in practical terms? One in Nirodha Samapatti ceased feelings and perceptions, but is also conscious of this state, since the 5 senses are "clear"? Probably the best description is given in the Vimuttimagga: https://archive.org/details/ArahantUpatossa-Vimuttima...

form wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:15 am Could it be due to psychological protective mechanism? Cos we can't handle the truth?

Yes, indeed. Too much pain and uncomfortable things there.

This is IMHO also the reason why people vehemently oppose the very possibility of rebirth.

Some more Chinese resources:

https://www.dhamma.ru/sadhu/81-chinese

I've no knowledge or experience of these practices, but I'm a little surprised that almost all of the reactions to this book are along the lines of : "Whatever was being practised in SE Asia before the reforms of the 19th and 20th C was a load of rubbish...." Having taken up Theravada specifically ...

Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:59 pm May be not contained in the Book. But, similar name is found in Burma.

The name may sound similar, but the Burmese "weikza-do" (Vidyādhara) movement is very different from the "Borān kammaṭṭhāna" which was preserved in Ayutthaya and never made its way to Burma.