You might have to kill the insects if they are threatening your health.

Anyways, I think there is some misunderstanding as to what the middle way is.

I don't think monkhood is extreme - it is just seeing clearly.

Starving yourself is an extreme way.

You have the freedom to defend yourself from harm or trespass. Now was it the sensation of the ant climbing on you that provoked fear or was it a fire ant that can cause unpleasantness. If you were aware of the situation and chose to calmly remove the ant and it’s killed accidentally then this is n...

i almost killed an ant yesterday trying to get him off me. You have the freedom to defend yourself from harm or trespass. Now was it the sensation of the ant climbing on you that provoked fear or was it a fire ant that can cause unpleasantness. If you were aware of the situation and chose to calmly...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:47 pm

confusedlayman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:44 pm So in real life

Its not exotic as they show in internet?

What if it was?


Nirvana is still better

No, it makes no difference if it were...

@confusedlayment: if you can be celibate without going crazy, then you are making good progress

Im in mid 20s and im celibate.. but i have urge .. whatever happens even heart explodes.. i still dont want intercourse... it pains my pe*nus Sex is ultimately silly and empty, like all worldly pleasures. It's not that it's terrible or bad, when it's consensual, unless it's with a married person. B...

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

Jontaranno wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 4:53 pm

StrivingforMonkhood wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:32 pm May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

Dear Monk,

I love you.

Please remember me.

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

All entertainment is desire, empty of inherent existence.

May you reach your deepest wish for happiness.

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness

May we all be free from the bonds and chains of sensuality.

May you all fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

May you all be liberated from all suffering.

I read from Reddit that someone saw kettlebell and amino acids supplement bottle at that place. And I have done bodybuilding myself, personally think that kind of size is hard to achieve with a meal a day. Maybe he does take amino acids. No harm in that. You have to be strong and healthy to live re...

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.