This is an age-old problem.
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"Just now, lord, after the meal, on returning from our alms round, we gathered at the meeting hall and got engaged in many kinds of bestial topics of conversation: conversation about kings, robbers, & ministers of state; armies, alarms, & battles; food & drink; clothing, furniture, garlands, & scents; relatives; vehicles; villages, towns, cities, the countryside; women & heroes; the gossip of the street & the well; tales of the dead; tales of diversity, the creation of the world & of the sea; talk of whether things exist or not."
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Delete Social Media
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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I fully agree. I often find myself spending hours on Facebook basically procrastinating, but if I deleted Facebook I would certainly find other stuff to do to avoid getting down to the important tasks awaiting me. And the main complaint people seem to have about Facebook is just this: it wastes a lot of time.
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Without the proper understanding of why one is deleting one's social media accounts, the deletion won't make much difference to one's life.Manopubbangama wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:29 pmI agree with you that all of that should be deleted too.
Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
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I have deleted Facebook accounts, and now I spend a week without YouTube in order to see how my mind will manage that..
The only social medias left is Watsapp (for job and Dhamma), and Telegram (Dhamma friends)
The famous documentary: The Social Dilemma:
The only social medias left is Watsapp (for job and Dhamma), and Telegram (Dhamma friends)
The famous documentary: The Social Dilemma:
We don't live Samsara, Samsara is living us...
"Form, feelings, perceptions, formations, consciousness - don't care about us, we don't exist for them"
"Form, feelings, perceptions, formations, consciousness - don't care about us, we don't exist for them"
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I dunt have fac-ebook coz so old.Manopubbangama wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:21 pm
Is social media harmful to us?
When I refer to social media I mean facebook, instragram, twitter, etc.
And something to "follow".
I dunt like follaw follow.
Youtube only for comments.
But, now I'm (little) bored
with youtube.
I watch
sermons more.
Perhaps, what is destructive is when
you using internet all the time.
When I don't used internet for 7
weeks (consecutive) while fasting
a full 7 weeks in the month of Vesākha Pūjā;
it was really hard at the first time,
but after 7 weeks, I've started to
using internet less (by itself),
so much fun.
At night after meditating before going to bed,
I no longer surf the internet until morning.
I hope in the future,
I will not play internet
during uposathå.
Bahagia Tidak Harus Selalu Bersama
Dhammapadå 370
"Tinggalkanlah 5 (belantara) dan patahkan 5 (belenggu rendah),
Serta kembangkan 5 potensi (4 iddhipādā + 1 ussoḷhi).
Bhikkhu yang telah menaklukkan 5 kungkungan (belenggu tinggi),
Lebih layak disebut 'orang yang telah mengarungi air baih (saṃsārå)'."
Dhammapadå 370
"Tinggalkanlah 5 (belantara) dan patahkan 5 (belenggu rendah),
Serta kembangkan 5 potensi (4 iddhipādā + 1 ussoḷhi).
Bhikkhu yang telah menaklukkan 5 kungkungan (belenggu tinggi),
Lebih layak disebut 'orang yang telah mengarungi air baih (saṃsārå)'."
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Re: Delete Social Media
Perfect quote for this thread.SarathW wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:43 pm This is an age-old problem.
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"Just now, lord, after the meal, on returning from our alms round, we gathered at the meeting hall and got engaged in many kinds of bestial topics of conversation: conversation about kings, robbers, & ministers of state; armies, alarms, & battles; food & drink; clothing, furniture, garlands, & scents; relatives; vehicles; villages, towns, cities, the countryside; women & heroes; the gossip of the street & the well; tales of the dead; tales of diversity, the creation of the world & of the sea; talk of whether things exist or not."
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