Just looking for references dealing specifically with Samatha and methods for developing concentration. I am interested in both Pali and Sanskrit sources.

I've been practicing Vipassana meditation twice a day for the past week and a half and I think things have been going relatively well for being a noobie. I do 20 minutes on my lunch break and half an…

Wow, great discussion! I'd like to respond to the following

Hi Mr Serenity,So how can you tell if someone is actually your friend or not?

Apparently, a very respected Bible scholar has figured out that the rapture will occur on May 21st of this year, the day after Draw Mohammed Day! So, who is going to join me in an End of the World Pa…

Imagine some act which first provides some benefit or pleasure but then later delivers a negative consequence -- suffering, pain, delay in reaching enlightenment, whatever. Consider the following fou…

There have been a few threads on this recently, and I found myself thinking today while driving of where I'd been (in Christian terms), where I am now ("God" knows (Image)

I've been reading and occasionally posting for a week or so now. I thought I'd give some first impressions -- see if anyone else can relate.

Like I said, and I'll repeat it since you seem to have missed it, it's set up in the popular format that was used in India, namely as a medical diagnosis, the cause, the cure and how to administer th…

I'm wondering if I'm missing something about the significance of the first of the four noble truths. Truths 2 through 4 made me sit up and think, and made me want to explore this whole Buddhist thing…