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Re: What tradition (if any) do you follow?
@rocala
… how about the best of both …
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/the-green-buddha/
lobster
Re: Samaneri Jayasera
@Kotishka said:
There was a live session yesterday. She emanated a really peaceful and wise wave of energy. I find really interesting her approach towards spirituality. I would like to hear her stance on the Mahayana /Theravada debate and her view on perennial philosophy.
Many of the Q&A sessions have been transcribed and are available on the website, here:
https://vivekahermitage.com/q-and-a/
I think from the content of the youtube channel its quite likely that Jayasara is a bit of a perennialist. She draws from so many sources and visions that its hard to think otherwise.
Jeroen
Re: Healthy Habits
@lobster said:
How do you improve your health?
I'm currently working hard on improving my health (physical, emotional, mental).
- Daily sports. Various. I prefer endurance cardio on most days (running, hiking, swimming, cycling, running up stairs) but also enjoy very much team ball or racket sports when the opportunity arises (badminton, tennis, soccer, basketball). Sometimes I also lift weights at home. My current mantra is "No Zero Days" - so at least do something for a few minutes - in order to build and keep the positive habit going.
- Cold showers. Excellent for building willpower. Advertised as being good for the cardiovascular system as well.
- Vitamins. D, B, C, Magnesium. Not a golden bullet but should be a positive general influence.
- Loving-kindness meditation. Excellent for recovering negative-thinkers
- Gratitude journal. Same as above.
- Tapering off smoking and coffee.
- Healthy eating. No diets. Just "don't eat stupid shit".
- Live a moral life. "Don't do stupid shit".
- News diet. Too much negativity.
marcitko
Re: When does the path come to an end?
Does it ever come to an end? Peel back one layer and there always seems to be another.
Technically there could be a point of ultimate cessation and letting go like they say, where there is no going back. But for most of us, if not all, its a life long journey of self discovery and development.
person
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
@federica the home range (the area regularly frequented by an individual) depends on the environment and situation... Yes research has shown that rats can travel great distances (they are also good swimmers)... but in an urban environment their home range is 'normally' from 30 to around 120 metres (from nest site to food source) ...females generally have a smaller home range...Rats in particular are neophobic ( fear of new objects/change in the environment) they tend to be creatures of habit and familiarise themselves with their surrounding, bearing in mind the further afield a rat has to travel from their nest to a food source the more at risk they are from predator attack...
Yes they are pests and carry diseases, (thanks to human waste), contaminate food, destroy furniture and clothing, their gnawing habits can causes fires when chewing on electrical wiring, they gnaw through plastic water pipes causing damage, they have been known to bite humans and even kill in some cases the list goes on and on...
I should also point out there an eradication programme going on on the island, which includes rats stoats, weasels feral cats, there are a number of kill traps set throughout the island plus bait stations ( containing anticoagulant rodenticide) which are regularly monitored by volunteers and property owners...
But they are also sentient beings, they know fear and feel pain and deserve compassion ...hence why I choose to give them options... live cage trap, humane kill snap trap and as a last resort anticoagulant rodenticide...
Whatever they choose I guess it is karma ...
Shoshin1
Re: Healthy Habits
It is good to restrain the eye.
It is good to restrain the ear.
It is good to restrain the nose.
It is good to restrain the tongue.
Dp 360
Bunks
Re: The Guru Papers discussion
I can recommend the ‘A Little Bit Culty’ podcast if you’re into this stuff and prefer to listen, some of these are just mind-blowing…
Jeroen
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
It’s funny how sometimes these things come back to haunt us… I used to do graphic design, before I went into software development, and now my cousin is taking up graphic design and I am giving tips…
Jeroen