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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 347
Re: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
This quote was from here I think asittakapandaka - A man who gains satisfaction from performing oral sex on another man and from ingesting his semen, and only becomes sexually aroused after ingesting another man's semen. ussuyapandaka - A voyeur, a man who gains sexual satisfaction from watching a ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
You should really be able to distinguish trait mindfulness from right mindfulness, and see how the former may or may not be turned into the latter. The point i'm making, which you seem to be missing, is that simply having mindfulness doesn't make it Right Mindfulness. Right Mindfulness has in mind ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1150
What is a dhammā exactly?
I just reading this paper by Rupert Gethin today which discusses what "dhamma" means in its different contexts. I found it very insightful, and it's quite supportive of the Classical Theravādin teaching on the subject, although disagreeing with the ontological status of the dhammas. He mak...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 148
- Views: 4449
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Thanks for the link C., and I await the rest with interest. :anjali: I just reading this paper by Rupert Gethin today which is quite apt to our discussion Be that as it may, the use of dharman/dharma in Vedic literature in the senses of ‘foundational rituals’ and ‘foundational authority’ is suffici...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: About practicing Jhana together with Anapanasati
- Replies: 10
- Views: 536
Re: About practicing Jhana together with Anapanasati
Dear All, :candle: Please comment on practicing Jhanas together with Anapanasati. Is it helpful to develop samadi fast ? Or Jhana happens naturally with Anapanasati? Heartful thanks to all who comment on all my posts :anjali: Mindfulness of Breathing leads to Jhāna. The tetrad on feelings is workin...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
You should really be able to distinguish trait mindfulness from right mindfulness, and see how the former may or may not be turned into the latter. The point i'm making, which you seem to be missing, is that simply having mindfulness doesn't make it Right Mindfulness. Right Mindfulness has in mind ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 347
Re: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
Some are allowed to ordain.robertk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:09 amYes indeed. Only pandaka's are barred from ordination.retrofuturist wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:27 am Greetings Robert,
Is it your opinion that this is what Classical Theravada endorses?
Metta,
Paul.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 347
Re: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
My opinion: If the man is gay with all genitals intact and is , like every gay man ( barring a couple of transsexuals) I have ever met well able to control any sexual desire, he may well be an asset to the sangha. He might be one who properly understands Dhamma and can, as much as any non-gay man b...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:30 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Again, your opinion isn't supported by research. There was a 3 month trait mindfulness increase post use in the study cited, that translates to generic mindful living. Like I said, you are entitled to your opinions but they are just that, and I would never put myself in a position to judge or assum...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Āḷāra Kālāma & Uddaka Rāmaputta had sati. Very developed sati, but it was still Wrong Sati. If you are using psychedelics, you have Wrong Sati. If you have Wrong Sati then you aren't a Sotāpanna. Again, your opinion isn't supported by research. There was a 3 month trait mindfulness increase pos...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Thats why the scientific research enterprise exists; to put theory to the test and refute unsubstantiated opinions such that you hold on the subject. I'm not interested in debating the topic here though. For people who want to form their own impartial opinions the research can be evaluated if they ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Then by our agreed definition above, you may need to review Lasting increases in trait mindfulness after psilocybin correlate positively with the mystical-type experience in healthy individuals https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.948729/full Getting a high an...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1149
Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
I could support it with sutta references. What would be the point? You’ll have some refutation which you’ve grounded in the suttas, but not in experience. The suttas are our common reference point. Besides, I doubt anyone here has attained such a state. Case in point. “The faculties are exceptional...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:33 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Then your definition sounds a lot like mine it just depends what you class in that category. Psychedelics, which you use, would be one. Then by our agreed definition above, you may need to review Lasting increases in trait mindfulness after psilocybin correlate positively with the mystical-type exp...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
- Replies: 45
- Views: 751
Re: Guarding against the nonchalance of the worldly attitude
Psychedelics, which you use, would be one.Cause_and_Effect wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:21 pm
Then your definition sounds a lot like mine it just depends what you class in that category.