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- Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:05 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings from India
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1431
Re: Greetings from India
swagat
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:09 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Word Association Game
- Replies: 11976
- Views: 1543110
Re: Word Association Game
pattern
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Venerable Webu Sayadaw
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11215
Re: Venerable Webu Sayadaw
it is also available freely on google books, http://books.google.com/books?id=B8gwRyv7wbMC&dq=the+way+to+ultimate+calm&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=WGkfpAHwko&sig=GeR5N_lDic8ObyGic56IO-asJBw&hl=iw&ei=DwSTSaH3PImR_gbCnLmkDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&am...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:50 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What music are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 2178
- Views: 526537
Re: What music are you listening to right now?
and on a more uplifting note one of my preferred tracks for some escapism
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:14 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What music are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 2178
- Views: 526537
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did Lord Buddha prophesise Jesus?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1422
Re: Did Lord Buddha prophesise Jesus?
Thanks for the replies, i thought it might have been a propaganda piece . i am curious as to
what the traditional Theravada view of Metteya Buddha, the only reference i can find is DN26
what the traditional Theravada view of Metteya Buddha, the only reference i can find is DN26
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did Lord Buddha prophesise Jesus?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1422
Did Lord Buddha prophesise Jesus?
http://bibleprobe.com/buddhatoldofjesus.htm this article taken from a book states that Lord Buddha prophesised the coming of Jesus, 'the Holy One' . http://bibleprobe.com/buddhatoldofjesus.htm it is based on a discussion between the Buddha and a brahmin, translated from a manuscript in a monastery i...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Peace and not clinging to feelings...please explain
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1183
Re: Peace and not clinging to feelings...please explain
thanks culaa vuso i had been under the impression that tanha was an unskilful form of craving for fabrications and hindrances and that chanda was a wholesome craving for Dhamma and Nibbana
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:06 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6288
Re: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
were it not for attending a Vipassana course in the SN Goenka tradition some years ago, i and many others might have no direct meeting with the Dhamma of the Buddha in this lifetime, Taking precepts for ten days and experiencing the positive impact to be had on one's life was invaluable. I see almos...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Word Association Game
- Replies: 11976
- Views: 1543110
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:27 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6288
Re: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
History records the names of neither these teachers nor their students. But there is proof that the technique was preserved in its pristine purity : About 125 years ago, an extremely intelligent and hard-working young bhikkhu, Ledi Sayadaw, had become proficient in the study of pariyatti. He went o...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:26 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6288
Re: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
here is another article on the beginnningS of the different Vipassana traditions in Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka Theravada reinvents meditation I have visited Chapman's blog on occasion, in part because his motivations puzzle me some. Is he trying to inform a 'truth' about these traditions, less t...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Questions for those who have travelled to India
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2025
Re: Questions for those who have travelled to India
excellent Chris i look forward to reading it!cooran wrote:A few memories of trip taken a few years ago:
http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.ph ... 38&p=15491
With metta,
Chris
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:39 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Questions for those who have travelled to India
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2025
Re: Questions for those who have travelled to India
you dont need to book with a tour company. theyre vastly overpriced and take all the adventure out of it. i travelled to Kushinagar squashed into the back of a jeep with 8 people. Great fun, stayed in Temple lodgings. walked 43km to Lumbini in 40degree heat by foot because there was a complete strik...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 6:04 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6288
Re: Colonialism as foundation for the Vipassana Movement
here is another article on the beginnningS of the different Vipassana traditions in Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka
Theravada reinvents meditation
Theravada reinvents meditation