Ārakkha Gocara, the resort that serves as a guardian of the mind - Perhaps Satipathana? Upanibandha Gocara, the resort that serves as an anchor of the mind. Perhaps the breath? Upanibandha Gocara is the object for bhavana - so it is related to lakkhaṇūpanijjhāna, insight meditation , seeing phenome...

Many aspects to Gocara. https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-great-chronicle-of-buddhas/d/doc365118.html Gocara (Proper Resort) Gocara is of three kinds: Upanissaya Gocara, the resort that serves as a powerful support for one’s moral developments; Ārakkha Gocara , the resort that serves as a ...

Accommodation - to be content with staying at the foot of a tree Robes - be content with rags for robes Almsfood be content with whatever is offered as food, such as leftovers Medicine be content with fermented urine as medicine I think this is to remind bhikkhus that all these are enough to live t...

i was thinking today, when people hurt me in the past, its not the hurt they caused thats making me suffer, its the memory of it and the opinion i have of them based on the memory. so today i saw someone be mean to someone else, i was mad at them, but the situation is just a memory now, and a memor...

My 10 year old subscribes to his channel. It is more edifying than most.

not itchiness per se, but painful feelings can occur.

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Other complications that may sometimes occur are:

Painful or tender nerves
Redness and pain around the affected area
Burning sensation in the skin

My son was watching it today..

This is quite a good introduction to the Theravādin Abhidhammic idea of ultimate reality (paramattha). Sorry Robert, I stole it :jumping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ftA7L0KK4 Glad to see it. I met the Venerable in Sri Lanka late last year at IIT- many energetic young Bhikkhus at that vihara....

A Manual of Respiration by the late Venerable Ledi Sayādaw may be helpful. Note that it is not the best method for everyone, as it is rather difficult: In the matter of tranquillity meditation: of the forty meditation exercises that are prescribed, mindfulness of respiration is the easiest to estab...

Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:55 am Feelings of resentment can be very strong. Sometimes it's okay to just let them be. That's a form of mindfulness too--to accept your emotions.

Yes. They can be an object of satipatthana.

Greetings Robert, A few passages in particular that appear to accord nicely with the Early Buddhist view. Spk: Further, "the origin of the world" is direct-order conditionality; "the cessation of the world" reverse-order conditionality. [Spk-pt: "Direct-order conditionality...

More from Commentary with Bodhi notes: 33 Spk explains dukkha here as “the mere five aggregates subject to clinging” (pañcupādānakkhandhamattam eva). Thus what the noble disciple sees, when he reflects upon his personal existence, is not a self or a substantially existent person but a mere assemblag...

Greetings Robert, I like this. Things do exist, but not in the way that we normally think that things exist, As per the Kaccayanagotta Sutta: ‘Everything exists’: That is one extreme. ‘Everything doesn’t exist’: That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma...

I like this. Things do exist, but not in the way that we normally think that things exist, As per the Kaccayanagotta Sutta: ‘Everything exists’: That is one extreme. ‘Everything doesn’t exist’: That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle: F...