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by effort
Sun May 15, 2011 7:19 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Sam Harris on meditation
Replies: 3
Views: 1717

Re: Sam Harris on meditation

good for me, i chose the right practice!
by effort
Sat May 14, 2011 4:59 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: internet radio
Replies: 4
Views: 1833

Re: internet radio

thanks bodom
by effort
Sat May 14, 2011 4:57 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Israel, Palestine and the Holy Grail of Peace
Replies: 28
Views: 7489

Re: Israel, Palestine and the Holy Grail of Peace

by the way that israel regime act in settlement building, i feel like if they could they would do that in any other country and ask the the citizens to move or in some way work for them !!
by effort
Fri May 13, 2011 8:46 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: internet radio
Replies: 4
Views: 1833

internet radio

do you listen to internet radio? could you give a link? is there any dhamma radio that you listen?
by effort
Tue May 10, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Difficulty jumping to multi-hour sitting
Replies: 14
Views: 2903

Re: Difficulty jumping to multi-hour sitting

in thailand, usually they ask you do not sit for more that an hour, and try to do walking meditation also, maybe this is for beginners but honestly it is hard to sit for one hour!!! :juggling:

but in geonka retreats they sit more that one hour
by effort
Sat May 07, 2011 4:13 pm
Forum: Dhammic Stories
Topic: anybody met buddha boy, ram?
Replies: 4
Views: 2023

Re: anybody met buddha boy, ram?

if anyone tells me he is buddha or his reincarnation i'll think he is charlatan. i think he is a young man and he could do mistakes ( slapping people ) and has good sitting times. although currently he clam that he is enlightened, but even if it is not right i dont care because in some stages practi...
by effort
Sat May 07, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: Dhammic Stories
Topic: anybody met buddha boy, ram?
Replies: 4
Views: 2023

Re: anybody met buddha boy, ram?

did he chose that name for himself or others named him? the only thing fascinates me is his sitting time, do i miss something about him that you want to point to that? krishnamurti was treated in way that he became a religious leader, do you think this is a same case? by the way i have to confess si...
by effort
Sat May 07, 2011 9:20 am
Forum: Dhammic Stories
Topic: anybody met buddha boy, ram?
Replies: 4
Views: 2023

anybody met buddha boy, ram?

this is not an old story!

i was reading about him, it looks like he is going to take a public teaching place in near future, and i just amazed with his non stop sitting for a period of 4 days.
anybody met him in this forum? i dont think this is fake.
by effort
Thu May 05, 2011 2:34 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Pulling for Individual...
Replies: 70
Views: 27049

Re: Pulling for Individual...

i thought he is in his 20s or start of 30s, who put the message on his wall? is this really true?
by effort
Tue May 03, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: self-retreat in Thailand
Replies: 12
Views: 2825

Re: self-retreat in Thailand

i think it is possible to find a monastery in thailand that you like, i think the problem is you have more options in thailand than malaysia!!

i heard about the second monastery you said and i like to visit that.
by effort
Mon May 02, 2011 7:58 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Osama bin Laden is dead
Replies: 178
Views: 28814

Re: Osama bin Laden is dead

i was interested to knew some buddhism followers view about his death. i dont know about buddhism view but i'm happy with this, although i'll never believe 9 11 was planned by him, but that wont change my feeling.
by effort
Mon May 02, 2011 7:49 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: self-retreat in Thailand
Replies: 12
Views: 2825

Re: self-retreat in Thailand

did you check this:

http://www.buddhas.ch/user/files/Retrea ... nglish.pdf

sometimes there is monasteries that have no strict practice time.

if you google the title you will find new version of that list also.
by effort
Sun May 01, 2011 2:59 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: My truck!
Replies: 13
Views: 3010

Re: My truck!

great!! i like that
by effort
Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:50 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: self-consciousness vs mindfulness
Replies: 5
Views: 2233

Re: self-consciousness vs mindfulness

first definition
1. excessively aware of being observed by others.
is unwholesome and i think everyone agree with this.
by effort
Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:10 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: self-consciousness vs mindfulness
Replies: 5
Views: 2233

Re: self-consciousness vs mindfulness

thanks ben,

how about the second definition:
2. conscious of oneself or one's own being.
is this wholesome quality? is this mindfulness? maybe this definition was intended in pali dictionary as sati?