The Fruits Of Right Effort (samma-vayam) Devadaha Sutta, MN 101 23 "And how is exertion fruitful. bhikkhus. how is striving fruitful? Here, bhikkhus, a...
Bell Springs 100 Day Retreat May 27 - Sept. 7, 2004 http://www.bellsprings.org The Fruits of the Path Vipassana and Jhana within a context of Satipatthana Led...
Addiction to Disputation While leading a local sutta study class I was recently reminded that the first sutta in the Digha Nikaya, the Brahmajala Sutta, deals...
Dear Jeff, Just curious what lead to you being on this particular track, on disputation,? How do you lead classes on Sutra? Through talk and/or meditation? A...
Hello Amala, and thank-you for your kind inquiry. At present I live in Tucson, Arizona, where I have lived and conducted my spiritual practices for the greater...
Tuesday April 6, 2004 Religious Freedom Coalition For Immediate Release: Two Buddhist sites censure male proponent of restoring Bhikkhuni order Since a press...
While conducting my daily practice of study and reflection upon the discourses of the Buddha (sutta pitaka) I recently came accross this really excellent ...
Training Strategy Some people tell me that the path of the ecstatic (jhana) is "unsuitable for modern times when most people do not have the right perfections,...
A Practice Strategy that leads to Nonmaterial Absorption Arupa Jhana Practice Paths Aneñja-sappaya Sutta, MN 106 Conducive to the Imperturbable Translated...
All absorptions (Jhanas) are supramundane 'Dry' insight practitioners tend to say that jhana is not superhuman or supramundane (Lokuttara) if it does not have...
Upakkilesa Sutta, MN 128 Imperfections When many voices shout at once None considers himself a fool; Though the Sangha is being split None thinks himself to be...
One should pursue pleasure (jhana) within oneself. Often it is heard that one should avoid the ecstasies of the absorption states, because one might become ...
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The Buddhas Discourses on the Supranormal Powers (lokuttara balani), such as the Astral Body and Out-of-Body (OOB) experiences, the Divine ear, Mind Reading,...
Absorption States (Jhanas) Within A Theistic Context A description of the 8 absorptions (jhanas) Within A Theistic and an A-theistic Context and using the ...
The Language of Ecstasy Hello Alan, and thank-you for such an excellent question regarding terminology. I am often asked why I use ecstasy, bliss, charism,...
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Hello everyone, while we in the West are endeavoring to understand Buddhism, I find too often we have a somewhat naive perspective on Buddhism. I thought that...
The wilderness is an excellent place to meditate. And, meditating in the wilderness is free. So, let's share ways to meditate in the wilderness. If you are...
If you are interested in dialog on and about the emergence of a Western Vehicle of Buddhism, then perhaps you might find joining the 4th_wheel of interest. ...
Hi, I'm not sure why you're sending this to a Buddhist group - we don't have souls! Seriously though, Buddhists (who follow the Buddha's teachings anyway)...
Jeff Brooks arrived in San Francisco last night, Sunday, May 23rd, to give a talk on Ecstatic Buddhism tonight, May 24th, at the Noe Valley Ministry on ...
I HEREBY CHALLENGE THE ELDERS Posted By: DarrelWhitewolf Date: Monday, 24 May 2004, 8:16 a.m. I Darrel Whitewolf, elder of Cherokee decent, with this powerful ...
I am interested in learning how you all understand buddhism and its teachings Ozay is researching this would like to chat about things such as enlightenment...
