Welcome home! Please contact lincoln@icrontic.com if you have any difficulty logging in or using the site. New registrations must be manually approved which may take several days. Can't log in? Try clearing your browser's cookies.
zenff Veteran
About
- Username
- zenff
- Joined
- Visits
- 3,590
- Last Active
- Roles
- Member
- Points
- 1,095
Reactions
-
Re: helping NB folks understand 'guruism'
(Quote) This wasn’t directed at me, but it reminded me of a basic rule that I was taught about organizations. Checking the cash register has nothing to do with not trusting the particular cashier. Ev… (View Post)
1 -
Re: helping NB folks understand 'guruism'
(Quote) Let me help by saying that there should be a chapter in the book about sexual relationships between spiritual teachers and their students. Where there is controversy about the teacher, in nin… (View Post)
1 -
Re: Being Non-Confrontational... Is This Part Of Buddhist Practice ?
(Quote) @Dakini Others have said the same thing in different words and I agree. But maybe Buddhism has the tendency to over-valuate patience and to dismiss the forceful approach as anger (anger being… (View Post)
3 -
Re: Ajahn Brahm on rebirth
I have a lot of respect for Ajahn Brahm and I listened to many of his talks on internet. But I think he takes proving rebirth far too easy. And as a scientist he knows better. Jhana is a weird state … (View Post)
2 -
Re: Thoughts are impediments
(Quote) In my understanding the difference between concentration (not-thinking) and vipassana or shikantaza (allowing thoughts to come and go) is not fundamental. That’s because the fundamental and c… (View Post)
3