No offence but after so many years of meditation and buddhist studies, I thought one had learnt how to let go but apparently this is not the case. The Four...
Greetings Eugene, I would simply state that the path to full enlightenment / awakening will eventually take place outside of scriptural authority, that is the...
hi! guys.look at this and read it without judging. some ppl wuld find this article bit strange.like how can that be? i don't know nor do comment any on this. ...
Hello Friends of Ecstasy I have during my studies of religion history at the University of Lund,Sweden largely come to the same conclusion as Jhanananda namely...
Dear John and Khecari, Thanks you both for your input and support. John, yes, I find the South to be pretty odd, and I even grew up there - in Virginia! I...
Eugene, I'm sorry to hear of your relationship trouble but better things will come, perhaps? I have been astonished, as my practice progresses, at the agility...
Hi : For commoner : Jue wu : understand, realize, finally the subtle meaning is understood, - a common meaning. ... hidden, subtle meaning. Although someone...
... May I insert that realization/awakening/enlightenment has never been with anyone else but oneself. It is the knowing that one has to realized and no...
My two cents--I think Eastern religions evolved out of Eastern cultures which have a very different concept of Ego People are more concerned about their role...
Here is some help, Roxan; Forget all about any system of romanization, I learned four of them and the all suck. Learn the chinese system called zhu yin fu hao,...
Yep, no book, no teacher can make you enlightened. But then again, enlightenment cannot be caused. If it is caused, it is conditioned, compounded. But books...
Carl Jung was once giving a lecture to western doctors that just weren't getting it. Finally he said that in the West, each of them might ask the others; "What...
Hello dear friends Cyndi, Guy, Roxan, Blake, nowness22, Eugene, Sam, Sally, Jean, Sharad, Peter and others. Thank-you ever so much for keeping this dialog...
Hi Jhanananda, Why would you think an influx of positive votes on the poll would indicate "ballot stuffing"? Will the system even allow a person to vote twice?...
... Thank you, Adam, for reminding us of the diamond precept. It seems as if in every group the same old human foibles erupt - in-fighting, squabbles, nonsense...
Hello Jhanananda, It seems were are just going around and around in circles, therefore I wish to end this conversation. It will be left to the members to ...
Hi Ramon, I am pleased you found my post helpful; certainly it is easy to get carried away with the winds of the conditioned mind. I have found we need only...
Hi Nowness, I do think books and teachers are good things; in fact, reading is one of my most enjoyable past times. Other peoples teachings, whether they be...
Well Well, So many religions,so many set of beliefs,but one god. Islam calls him allah. Christians calls him god. we call him bhagwan. Single creater who is...
Hello there friends in the Americas I just want to second the opinion of Jhanananda especially as regards the interpretation of the word SAMADHI which in my...
Well well so many religions so many sets of belief so many views about one god Islam calls it Allah Christians calls it Almighty God Hindus calls it Bhagawan ...
Wow, I'm back again after a 6 month break and I see some people arguing. Let me remind you this: http://web.singnet.com.sg/~alankhoo/Precepts.htm#Misconduct ...
There is always already no separation in space and time. Space is not distance. Time is not a sequence of seconds. Who is it that let's go of the conditioning?...
The path to love is love. The path to peace is peace. The path to enlightenment is enlightenment. It can't be caused or produced. There are no methods and no...
Hello my friend Gerard, While I agree with you that Ego-driven discussions are "no good", sometimes this all one has to work with. This particularly applies to...
Hi, Can you please give me a more direct answer? I know what you are talking about. But I also like to experiment with things rather than just follow blindly...
Astral projection is a byproduct of meditation, as far as I know. I doubt very much it is a tool/method to realization. Realization is a gradual process and ...
Hello dear friends and welcome to the new members of the GWV. Thank-you Jill and Dave for posting your comments on my recent article "The stench of ...
