Hello fellow members of Dhamma_Teacher. I am sorry that my efforts to remove the SPAMer have so far failed. On 1/30/2005 7:45 pm I deleted a group of members...
some people seem to have thought that Western ,spontaneous ,and any nonsense is Zen. I am seriously Chan even the form seems goofy.Absurbity,paradox,and ...
Dear friends I thought you might like to take note of this announcement. If you diligently engage in the contemplative life you will become enlightened in this...
Sila, Understanding Ethics In Buddhism February 15, 2005 By Sotapanna Jhanananda (Jeffrey S, Brooks) Very often as the discourse of Jhana emerges some critics...
Understanding Joy (Sukha) and Bliss (Piti) February 12, 2005 By Jhanananda (Jeffrey S. Brooks): Hello my good friends Bill, Blake, Chris, Culadasa, Daniel,...
Commitment as a Refuge, Dark Night of the Soul in Buddhism Febrary 20, 2005 By Jhanananda (Jeffrey S. Brooks): I was recently reminded of one of the essential...
started yoga at eleven years of age w/the Sivananda Vedanta Society, received mantra diksha eight years later. studied te-ate do-yin for five years while...
hello... I am a new member here! I am 40 years old.... married .... two children, both adult now... I live in the UK... was brought up Church of England, chose...
Welcome Matsu to Dhamma_Teacher we here are interested in ordaining and becoming dhamma teachers. If you might be interested in ordination within the Great...
thank you, I will examine the articles and reply soon.. In Dharma Matsu ... Welcome Matsu to Dhamma_Teacher we here are interested in ordaining and becoming...
May I please ask, what facilities do you have available within the United Kingdom for the summer meditation retreats you mention as part of your ordination...
Hello Matsu, the Great Western Vehicle is great in part due to its humble beginnings. Thus we do not at this time have any resource in the UK. There is...
Regardless of whether one is a Buddhist or from some other religion a study of the Pali canon can only enhance onešs spiritual journey. The Pali Canon is...
Dear GWV ordination students, my name is Mark Pirtle and I will be starting a weekly meditation group for members of the GWV ordination program. If you are...
Hello Mark, it is excellent to hear that you are interested in negotiating the GWV ordination program and that you are interested in hosting a sitting group....
Hello Shane, and thank-you for your interest in the Great Western Vehicle. The point in promoting a western Vehicle of Buddhism is it is the Western People who...
Just in case anyone wants to take an online class... Since 1974, Naropa University, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, has...
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The following group just launched, which I highly recommend: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhadharmainethiopia/ A European-ancestry man and his African wife...
Hello Everyone Please visit Our Dhamma Group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BurmeseDhamma/ With Ananda Metta Khin Mi Mi Lay ... The gift of Dhamma excels all...
Hello friends, a sincere contemplative inspired me to generate a first draft of a study guide for the study of the Buddha's Discourses. I regrettably cannot...
Dear friends, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate all of the things that you all do for the dharma. And, I wanted to than-you for your kind and ...
Hello friends here are some new web pages posted to the GWV website. There is now a web page of links to our supporters. If you belong to an organization that...
Dear Friends, The following conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama may be of interest to you. IMS teachers Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield are...
Upon request I composed a critique of the teaching of jhana. That critique has been composed upon, but it is a bit too large to post here, so it has been...
Sincerely, Angelique Delacroix M.S.Ed. Certified Qigong Distilled from more difficult guides Why Truly Intelligent People Should Engage In Non-Thinking A Truly...
ecstasy n., pl. ecstasies. 1. Intense joy or delight. 2. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy...
Hello friends, here are new webpages for your study of Buddhism and the contemplative life: The first full revision of the GWV Contemplative's Pali-English, ...