Hello Jeffry and friends, i dont write very much because i am travelling around India. Atpresent I am at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in POndicherry; I spent one...
Dear Jill, Thanks for the reply. It seems most teachers are keen to instruct the student in mental proliferation of one kind or another. The more I meditate...
"Any bhikkhu or bhikkhuni who practices being established in the Four Grounds of Mindfulness for seven years will certainly realize one of two fruits - either...
Hi, I think one needs concentration or object of meditation when one is beginning to meditate for the first time. Once we have reached the 2nd Jhanas the...
Hi Adam, http://www.tbsn.org/ In actual fact, I don't really learn anything from them. I find that there is really not anyone there who can teach. I am getting...
Thanks Sam, Seems very interesting. It seems to me also, there are very few around of genuine realisation, and who can assist us in our own realisation. It...
Hi Adam, In our school, the teachings are free but I do wonder if the teachers knows what they teach. The Taoism which is taught there is mostly ceremonial in...
Hello Jhananda, Thank you for posting this information. It is very interesting to read of the diversity of thoughts just on jhana. I choose not to be dogmatic...
Yes, Sand, I am aware that Ayya Kema and her student Leigh Brasington among others teach that jhana is nothing more than a mental projection exercise. This has...
Hello dear friends Sand, Jill, Vincent, Roxan, Sam, Daniel, David, zensuiorg and others. Thank-you all for posting your comments and suggestions to this ...
Hello friend Jak, I hope you do not mind me pointing out that the term <<upacarasamadhi>> does not appear anywhere in the Suttas. It is a commentarial term...
Dear Thomas, I'm in a similar position than you. To put you in context, I practice about 3 1-hour sittings each day. I'm adding more and more time for...
... believe if ... level of ... histories ... Hi you are right about upacaraSamadhi, there is no that word in Tipitaka. So I will try to avoid using that word...
Dear Jeffrey, The Buddha did use a term to describe the stage before the first jhana, it is call dukkha. ;) Many happy abidings, Jill ... term ... believe if ...
Oops, sorry, I pushed the wrong key before I wrote anything. Dear Sand, This is a bit of a sticky wicket so to speak. Certainly, using volition will interfere...
Hi Folks, I hvae a question. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Aharant. I would guess that most of you know of him. There is a book called I AM THAT which is...
Hello there, You wrote: "Anyway, he primarily teaches that we should concentrate on the sense "I am" to get enlightenment." Recent research seems to suggest...
Dear Jill, I can see what you mean with "an active state of surrender". There is a direction prior to the meditation and a gentle awareness of the state during...
Hi Sam, I share your opinion on the way Tibetan Buddhism is managed here in the West. It has some good core teachings but they have transplanted badly, as they...
... would guess that most of you know of him. There is a book called I AM THAT which is a compilation of his discussions with students and which has been...
Dear Jhanananda, Many thanks for the reply. I have never equated The formless realms with an OOB state, but now you mention it, it makes sense. I have dropped...
Hi Vincent, I am not familiar with the teachings of this person but I googled this up from the header of a discussion forum dedicated to him: "To know what you...
... example from Advaita-Vedanta negation meditation site (neti neti)http://anmolmehta.com "As I have described in the Silent Mind Meditation Program there are...
Hello friends, Durkhrod, Roxan, Sam, Patricia, Anna, Era, zensuiorg, Dennis, Sand, Daniel, David and others. While Daniel may think that his dark night of the...
Hello Daniel, Thank you for the suggestion. Right now I'm struggling with sloth-torpor and feelings of wanting to just finish the session. I guess I really...
Hello All, Im really concerned about all this discussion on meditation induced psychosis. I have read that the meditation teacher Ajahn Chah say sometimes this...
