Hi friends, I'm not sure how many here live in the PacNW or in the Portland area specifically, but Ajahn Sumedho will be making a very rare appearance at the Portland Dhamma Center tonight, Friday 7/7/17, from 6:00pm-8:00pm PT. He is on an increasingly-rare trip to the USA right now and this will b...

Hi friends, I'm not sure how many here live in the PacNW or in the Portland area specifically, but Ajahn Sumedho will be making a very rare appearance at the Portland Dhamma Center tonight, Friday 7/7/17, from 6:00pm-8:00pm PT. He is on an increasingly-rare trip to the USA right now and this will b...

I fully respect that, except for when Christian missionaries travel to traditionally Buddhist countries to convert them to Christianity, claiming that the Bible is more reliable than the Buddhist scriptures. I also wasn't happy when, in an American public school, a Buddhist child was called stupid ...

Hi friends, I'm not sure how many here live in the PacNW or in the Portland area specifically, but Ajahn Sumedho will be making a very rare appearance at the Portland Dhamma Center tonight, Friday 7/7/17, from 6:00pm-8:00pm PT. He is on an increasingly-rare trip to the USA right now and this will be...

Hello all - I thought I'd outline my current practice and see if others are doing something similar or have recommendations. I'm currently * reading the Analyo book on Satipatthana (usually 20-30 minutes/evening) * listening to Ajahn Amaro's podcast reading through and commenting on the same (usuall...

to reach sothapanna stage no need to meditate.meditation is for sothapanna person to go ahead towards sakadaagaami ,anaagaami,and arihath. refer sabbaasawa sutta in majjima nikaaya in pali canon. if anybody could find an evidence in pali canon to prove anyone attained sothapanna by meditating. sakk...

Thanks for this thread. I've just started satipatthana practice in earnest and the ideas here were helpful. I'm both reading Ven. Analayo's "Satipatthana" book and listening to the podcast of Ajahn Amaro reading it out and commenting on it (and in classic Amaro style his personal commentary takes up...

I apologize in advance if this has been covered elsewhere or if there is a decent source I'm overlooking, but I'm wondering it there is a way to convert Canonical numbering (using Nikaya letter, Roman numeral and number) to the divisions in the Canon by Nikaya, Vagga, Sutta, etc. I'm listening to Aj...

What are the hurdles hindering Dhamma propagation in the US?. Copies of the Pali Canon are expensive. The Buddhist temples tend to be converted homes. The more elaborate ones have sanghas with languages I don't speak and different cultures from my own. There are all sorts of books about Christianit...

JohnK wrote: Or perhaps only metta practice for awhile might be the way to go for you (I happen to be a fan of metta practice when dealing with anxiety)

This was my exact thinking too.

... I don't have anything against transhumanism; as long as it is shared, and not mandatory. But the gist of Buddhism is to get the hell out of the world. I don't really see how you can manage to be a transhumanist and a Buddhist. Considering an adequate definition of transhumanism as "using advanc...

A slightly provocative subject line to be sure, but... I have found good success in my meditations by starting with the breath to transition from "out there" to "in here," but then moving to contemplating the nature of reality thusly, using what I've learned of quantum physics as a sort of meditatio...

One thing I have wondered - like many others I'm sure - is if Ajahn Sumedho has attained liberation? Not that it matters much in terms of his wisdom, but just a standard human curiosity :) That reminds me of some comments from Ajahn Sumedho himself in the section "Views and Opinions" in his book "T...

I have seen, in the USA, Tibetan and Zen groups just as culturaly rigid as the Thai group in the photo and I have seen Theravadin groups as relaxed as the Tibetan group photo. What basis do we use for making a generalization? I didn't mean to present it as universal. There are other Theravadin grou...

it would be ideal if the instructor was at least a stream entrant From listening to and observing Than-Geoff, my s/w educated, but not absolute, opinion, I'm convinced that his mind has developed into aryia stages... I believe in the Q&A session on our YouTube channel, Ajahn Geoff comes right out a...