Mental illness is caused by two things - a lack of mindfulness and abnormalities in the brain. Mentally ill people cannot control their thoughts, so they eventually continue with mental proliferation until their very own creation takes over them. Therapy is not needed if someone can become mindful i...

The attainments are meant for honest, personal review.

They are not an accreditation of our worth as Buddhists, but stages on the path to removing our defilement.

It's best if you do not talk about your attainments at all and, if you do, only speak with other noble ones.

A sotapanna could, but why would they?

The more complex the technique is, the easier it is to maintain focus because your mind has to be constantly engaged. When you switch over to a technique like vipassana, you have less of an anchor, so the mind can wander off. You need to cultivate other factors outside of formal meditation in order ...

Being asexual is helpful on the spiritual path because you have one less desire to work with.

However, some people see homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality as abnormal psychology and a hindrance to attaining path and fruition, but I personally do not believe this.

There is coarse and refined engagement. Coarse engagement is the repeated application of the mind to the meditation object. Refined engagement is the mind that sticks with the meditation object after being applied. The mind is engaged in a coarse and refined way and varying times during the sitting.

You cannot go through the vipassana nanas without seeing the rise and fall of things.

Anicca usually precedes dukkha and anatta as the first characteristic to be seen.

I am 18.

Admitting lies does not undo the previous bad kamma, but it can create more positive causes for the future.

The best thing to do is to take the precepts again and make a resolve to upkeep them this time.

Keeping the precepts will protect you.

Satipatthana is the path that all of the noble ones have followed, but the method to develop satipatthana varies. Sattipattana is the meditative process. This is something a one does AFTER one become a Noble one. It's not that hard to become a Noble one or Ariya or to be on the path. The steps are ...

The aims of psychology and Buddhism are different.

Psychology addresses mental ilness; Buddhism addresses suffering.

There is overlap between the two.

The heart of the Buddhist path is to use the conditioned to reach the unconditioned.

Environment can have a large impact on mental development and can be cultivated as an asset to lead to awakening.

May I request you to refer to section on Iriyapatha pabba in the maha satipattana sutta. Even the other sections in satipattana explains the way of the insight in to the five aggregates and how it functions. I am sure that you are conversant in it. I did not ask for your opinion. I asked you to pro...

Yes.

There is also a culasotapanna (literally "like a sotapanna"), which you can lose.

I strongly believe that adding a '+' or 'thumbs up' button would be very beneficial.

I hope that the moderators are considering adding this feature.