Hi Daniel, I found this info online, I hope it works :) Ant repellant ...Sprinkle red chile peppers, black walnuts, cream of tartar, dried mint or cinnamon at...
Hello all. I am delighted to find that there is a place reserved for Jhana in the so called "dry insight" technique which after much discussion and research...
Hi Dave, You wrote: "If consciousness... can experience emptiness, it seems to me that emptiness must be a finite object. Consciousness is here and emptiness...
Dear Culadasa, Thank you very much for the information about your practice. I found it helpful to learn more about your background, since you are providing...
Many thanks to all: David, Danielle and Moooreharmony for the advice on ants. I will be trying everything. I will report back on effectiveness at a later date....
Dear Culadasa, It is rare to find yogis who have practiced deeply in the two very different tradtions of Tibetan and Theravada. Is this cross-traditional ...
Hi Blake, I appreciate your interest. I was first trained in the method of Mahasi Sayadaw. That method, as I was taught it, involved extended retreats of 20...
Hi Daniel, I think it is wonderful that a "stodgy old Theravadin" would like to understand Tibetan practice better. The origins of Theravada, Mahayana, and...
Culadasa- What intermediate and advanced Theravadin meditation texts have been the most influential for you and which do you feel are most correct according to...
Dear Culadasa, I am touched and grateful that you would take the time for such a lengthy and involved reply. Thank you so very much. I will by and by pick up...
Dear Culadasa, Thank you very much for your informative reply. I found it very helpful. One question that comes to mind, that has been explored in some of the...
Hi Blake, In this message I have included extensive writings on the very subject of your question. Its a bit long but extremely informative. see this link: ...
Hello my good friend Nancy and thank-you ever so much for sending me this most interesting series of news articles regarding the scientific exploration of...
Dear Nowtide, I had read your excellent post in the past and found it quite informative. I guess I was just curious to get some feedback from people like...
Hi Blake, I may have mentioned this in an earlier post those who I know that have done a Mahasi style retreat aceived Jhana while I have stuck to Shamatha and...
Hi Dave, Here is a reading list of sorts: The Vissudhi Magga by Buddhaghosa should, of course, be a part of any serious Theravadin meditator's library Buddhist...
Hi Daniel, My answers, by the numbers: 1. The statement you quoted, "I have yet to hear of a single western Buddhist who has accomplished quiescence as it has...
Hi Blake, For the moment let's leave aside the term `mindfulness', which has become hopelessly confused in it's current usage with regard to meditation. ...
Dear Culadasa, Thanks for your reply. I do tend to over analyze things at times. I think I understand what you are saying below. If I can, I would like to...
Hi Blake, That was an excellent summary! Thank you very much. Culadasa ... I ... like ... pointed ... like ... skill. ... practice to ... his/ ... and ... ...
Thank you so much for you clear reply. I apologize for my initial sloppy reading. I also have the same "loss of formating." I will be keeping all your answers...
Dispelling Common Misconceptions Regarding Insight (vipassana) and Absorption (jhana/dhyana) November 9, 2004 By Sotapanna Jhanananda (Jeffrey S, Brooks) ...
I would especially appreciate hearing responses from some of our more experienced jhana meditators here online! :) According to Leigh Brazington and others...
Hello Daniel, and thank-you ever so much for your excellent post on the subject of two jhanic traditions within Theravadan Buddhism. Your timing could not...
Dear Jhanananda, Thank you for taking the time to offer your editorial comments on my posting, and for your thoughtful and thorough reply as well. You are of...
Hello my good friends Merry, Daniel and others. Well said, Daniel, I agree we have found here that there are recognizable categories of subjective experiences...
friend Daniel, and thank-you ever so much for your prompt reply. Thank-you also for your kind consideration of the changes I offered up, but please know I...
We can conclude further that this contemplative finds no support from either his experience in meditation or in the suttas for a belief in something called...
Dear Jeff, You stated the following below: "In fact considering how negative the response has been by meditation teachers and retreat centers regarding jhana,...
I asked one of my teachers, who said he would guide me personally, about jhana. He didn't know what it was. He told me that if I wanted to meditate he would...
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