Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats....
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Jill <datjat1@...> wrote: Dear jill, To learn paali (some times there may be fonts), you may try, www.buddhistcc.com www.bps.lk -refer...
Was Buddha in Nirvana after that night under the Boddhi tree? If this is true,was he in Nirvana after that,always? If he was in Nirvana,how could he function? ...
Hello Crossing any barrier is Nirvana... Regards Rajeev Upadhye ... www.yuyutsu.biz ... From: janedummor To: Jhanas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 02,...
... In Thailand, we call that Kaya-Dibba (a divine body, a soul which is still connected to the body even it is outside). This word is a synonym of vinnana or...
... Oh sorry, I just saw how long this topic is. My answer just base on Buddhist religion in Thailand. Anyway what is transmigration of the soul ??? Jak...
[quote]Oh sorry, I just saw how long this topic is. My answer just base on Buddhist religion in Thailand. Anyway what is transmigration of the soul ??? Jak...
[quote]Oh sorry, I just saw how long this topic is. My answer just base on Buddhist religion in Thailand. Anyway what is transmigration of the soul ??? Jak...
... Thanks, but this is not a generalist Buddhist view at all ----> "Transmigration of the soul is an immutable/unchanging soul moving from body to body."....
Transmigration of the soul is actually theosophist, an interpretation or imposition by former Christians looking for universalism in religion.Madame Blatvasky...
... What you call soul is just the tendencies of your former subconscions mind residues. You may call that a ,,reincarnation,, if you have a strange sense of ...
The joke is on every single of us 'jokers', fools in God. wink. ... From: janedummor To: Jhanas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:39 AM ...
This is the way of the Bodhisattva. The goal is help all others to nirvana. Often considered Mahayana. Theravada considers the goal to be individual...
... The sutra essentially teaches that attachment to family and friends, even though fulfilling, is still attachment. If the family members or friends are...
This is a common misunderstanding of the Middle Way. The Buddha said we must tread the razor's edge between this world and the next. The Middle Way is the...
Jak, I think you misinterpreted my last post. I said it looks like you viewed reincarnation as a transmigration of the soul when in fact Buddhism teaches that...
... Hi Jak, your site is wonderful, it has many good information. Now i saw the relationship between the jhanas and the vipassana. Recently i am starting on...
Asceticism was practised by the Buddha when he left his father's house and his wife and children. He found that asceticism was not necessary. Starving oneself...
Do any of you guys have experience with Avishkara? I was doing the pratice on Ganesha the elephant headed diety of good luck in Hinduism and I started to feel...
Hello dear friends, I just returned from leading the 6-day GWV wilderness meditation retreat in the Gila Box Wilderness Area. It went very well. We did some...
Hello dear friend Zensuiorg, thank-you ever so much for posting your enquiry on permanent meditation with bursts of energy/virija. It is excellent to read...