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Re: Can anyone help explain this? "Crossed the flood without pushing forward, without staying in place"
It refers to right balanced effort - samatha and vippasana. Don't get pulled by the senses - in seeing, just see ...... in thinking, just thoughts. The mind must remain still (not whirled around by s… (View Post)
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Re: Vipassana meditation query
(Quote) Right effort is a factor of the path. It is to be encouraged but there are further steps to take."And what, monks, is right effort? (i) There is the case where a monk generates desire, e… (View Post)
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Re: What is Becoming?
This world is burning. Afflicted by contact, it calls disease a "self," for by whatever means it construes [anything], that becomes otherwise from that. Becoming otherwise, the world is hel… (View Post)
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Re: From romantic love to unconditional love through Dhamma
Romantic love - "I love how you make me feel. I am in love with my illusion of who you are. If that illusion is shattered, I too am shattered. I don't actually love you as you really are." … (View Post)
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Re: What is the method for abandoning hatred?
When an unpleasant emotion such as anger arises, don't get upset or try to suppress it. Nor should you try to look for a "better" object. The emotion is the truth of what is happening in th… (View Post)
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