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Re: Faking myself
i don't know if ever i shall have peace in my meditation for insights to arise, so i am faking myself with whatever i have understood theoretically. Not enough calm or stillness. If the surface of th… (View Post)
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Re: Fear
(Quote) 1. A certain degree of fear is necessary to maintain the integrity of this body. You don't want to deliberately walk in front of a snake or scorpion. It is the useless fears(eg. will the plan… (View Post)
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Re: What are gandavas?
Gandhabba (?gandavas) is supposed to be beings waiting to be born or in the intermediate state and celestial beings (linked to fragrance). "Bhikkhus, a descent to the womb comes about with the c… (View Post)1 -
Re: Present awareness
The "absence" is also an object! Think of the pauses in a piece of music or song and how important they are in the piece. How about the phrase, "The silence is deafening."All of t… (View Post)1 -
Re: What does the 'death' in this Sutta mean?
Does this verse by an arahant sounds that there is no more death?One gone to the far shore without clinging without effluent his task completed, welcomes the ending of life, as if freed from a place … (View Post)1