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Well said Glow- there are miracles everywhere we look:)! We ARE one!
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How on earth can anyone possibly think this could be enlightenment? Sounds like depression- a friend of mine recently said he thinks he has dysthymia- kind of a constant low level depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy- along w maybe a med is reco…
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LOVE Mindfulness in Plain English- can't go wrong with that.. AND Bhantes G's book 'Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness' is wonderful also.. :)
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You could check out the word 'Kriyas'.. I don't think its something to worry about either but I agree talking to a teacher is a good idea. I had a good bit of movement early on when I began sitting .. I believe it can be various things releasing and…
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You sound like a bright, young man with an open mind and heart. When I run into people like your missionary pals, I just hope that in time they come upon something that opens them up. People are on whatever path they're on for some reason...no one c…
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zenmyste said: Firstly, even practising buddhists, monks and lay people dont exactly know or agree with what 'enlightenment' is. " Thats pretty funny how you magically know what everyone knows;) For someone with all the answers you have alot of qu…
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zenmyste said: All 'this' is 'it' - nothing more - nothing mystical - nothing hidden! "Except when you've been meditating for years and finally penetrate to a deeper or more subtle level of reality and go OH WOW WOW, HOW COME I DIDN'T SE…
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How the hell is that ignorant??? " Because being in the grips of duality is ignorance.
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love that face nevermind:)! aaaahahah i just found the faces/emoticon thingys lol! shoot my computer isn't doing them! soooo behind on technological anything.. But if we dont use the word "you" what can we say? We could say it IS you- but thats sti…
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IF you really wanna know the answers to your questions- your best bet is to meditate. Its great to be present and live in the now like you're saying you do, but if you're pulling your hair out in frustration trying to understand what enlightenment i…
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My teacher said jhanas are not a necessity. He does not practice them. Not everyone's mind has the nature to attain jhanas. Even Bhante G has said this. One can still awaken.
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Yes, let's keep thinking lol!!
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I'm really tired but I'm gonna post anyway. I'm not very articulate nor feeling all politically correct n worried about hurting anyone's feelings so can I just say that Music you are a trip. Lol so you know the truth? Do you meditate? Have you seen …
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I would sit on the edge of my chair at church as the pastor would say things like Let go of your past- etc... The "how to" never followed! I happened upon a Buddhist place and realized here is the HOW TO! I turned to the lady next to me and said jus…
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Music- buddhists speaking of metta "annoys" you? You think humans are by nature violent? Are you truly deeply sincere? Are your intentions here sincere? Do you have a teacher?
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Interesting article thanks @Taiyaki :)!
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I ask re Therevaden path cause I sometimes try to see how some paths correlate.. And it seems like stage 7 of zen ox herding pics is this 'end of seeking' stage..
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@taiyaki Would you say then that with a kundalini arising experience its the stage when the feeling of seeking or being a seeker lets go and ends? Do theravadens acknowledge this anywhere along their 4 stages?
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I say Yes. Buddha guaranteed it in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta. I believe him:) Monk or layperson- human is human. It can happen. I think when we're lucky enough to come across the dharma, and have that pull in the heart, that aching to KNOW, and…
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"Caz said: But it is not good to practice Junkshop spirituality there is a reason why this is not advised." I agree- I think we have to pick a path and follow it to the end. Once you're there, only then can you truly know you never needed one:)
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I posted the same question one time- that fourth aggregate has always confused me too. I heard a monk one time call it karma. I think songhill or prairie ghost said they think of it as the 'doing' aggregate and however they put it- it made sense - m…
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Thanks @Sile I love that article! Any kind of teaching with a visual like that is helpful to me:)!
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You may wanna check out Summit dharma center..
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Jeffrey Ben n Jerry's Heath bar is my Favorite too! Just ate a pint the other day! Sugar is probably my biggest craving..
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I think we stop creating new karma when liberation is attained- But we still live out remaining karma while we live out the rest of this life. Since no new karma is made though- we don't have to come back again.
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My simple mind would say perception is caused by the causes and conditions of this life plus karmic tendencies. If I'd been born into another family with different views in another country then my perceptions of all things would be vastly different.…
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This reminds me of when we only know someone from what we witness and things we hear- and so we create a story in our heads about them. Then one day we get the chance to talk to them and turns out none of our story was true! I think awakening must b…
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I would disagree that Buddhism doesn't have good answers;) it's all there if we can stop believing our thoughts- the whole thinking over-thinking thing is the problem!:)
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Hmm to me that 'qualia' term ( the way things seem to us) could also be called perception (another of the 5 aggregates).. And our perceptions are based on the causes and conditions of this life and all our karma.
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My understanding is that Consciousness arises when it has something to be conscious of... so eye-consciousness arises upon seeing something. Ear-consciousness arises upon hearing something etc. Thus, different from Awareness which is always aware.…
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When I was little I would get a bright white-light half moon sort of shape with purple-ish light outlining it.. it would float around at various times of the day- It stopped for years then began again when I started meditating, but different shapes,…
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Hi Skylotus, I can relate to this.. when I first began meditating I was basically full of so much pain that I'd repressed for decades! So naturally lots of stuff began to arise, sometimes I couldn't even pinpoint exactly what it was! But I always j…
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@JamestheGiant - thanks for that link! I needed that article:) I've been getting kind of hung up looking at only the Therevadan path lately- funny cause I recently read some of Daniel Ingrams stuff too but not that article- He makes sense! and th…
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>>>"Well, how is it. Are all your problems resolved?" And the lucky monk replied, "Nope -- same old problems."
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@fivebells, hi- I'd say my concentration practice is going fine.. had a couple very still sits earlier this year, and maybe my problem lately is I'm trying to recreate those;) otw, all's good thanks!
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Good stuff, thanks everyone-and thanks for that link Cloud! @music, another good jhana article is http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html#ch5 - Beyond Mindfulness is a book on the jhanas and I'm also probably going to re…
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OK sorry, I just was reading re jhanas again, so Stream Entry IS considered the first supramundane jhana?! So our question didnt even make sense! But I dont see how if someone just had a sudden experience, how that relates to any sense of concentrat…
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Wow when I read your first few lines I keep getting an image of my corpse on a boat, floating along lol! So ok, if I'm dead, but theres a 'me' who cares where I"m going, I'll definitely pick Buddha as my guide!:)
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Thanks everyone:)!
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Book that set me in right direction - Bhante g Mindfulness in Plain English..
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Thanks everyone. I have to admit, my head is spinning a little bit. Or alot. I never considered karma vs. the fruits of karma either (thought it was one thing called karma-still lil confused on that;) So karma carried over from previous lives is th…
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"Feeling, perception, & consciousness are conjoined, friend, not disjoined. It is not possible, having separated them one from another, to delineate the difference among them. For what one feels, that one perceives. What one perceives, that one …
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"The Buddha is recorded to have said to a Brahmin who asserted that there is “no agency who is self or another.” To this the Buddha replied: “I have never heard or seen anything of the sort. When you move forward or backward, stand or sit or lie dow…