PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ENTERING!

WHAT DID THE BUDDHA DO? 'HOW' did he do it?
Why do we meditate?
What was the Foundation Teaching?
PURPOSE:
Learn what the Buddha taught in the Pali Suttas?
Listen to meditation instructions. www.dhammasukha.org for Dhamma Talks/videos
Good suppport here!Learn how to Investigate + Test everything!
Ask Questions!

"Respect the texts means: Listen to the suttas,test them out and compare them next to commentarial interpretation!" Ask questions!

THIS IS A TRAINING SITE FOR SERENITY/INSIGHT MEDITATION WITH POSITIVE SUPPORT:

"Motivation stimulated by incentive is a wonderful thing. Buddhist Meditation offers RELIEF from suffering and what better incentive in there in this lifetime?"

"In Science, what one concludes to be true comes form the results they SEE, NOT what they read. When I see, I accept the repeated results as fact"

(Samatha/Vipassana- Serenity/Insight) "yoked together"; Knowledge + Vision means Knowing by Seeing!

Bring the practice back into life!

MEDITATE + ASK + DISCUSS = PRACTICE:
>At first, Buddhism was like a tapestry.
>Is foundation meditation the loom?
>Can Meditation reduce Depression,Aid Sleep,Calm panic?
>Can it reveal the true nature of things?
>Can it reveal for us the door to PEACE?


SITE RULES-
>ANY SOLICITATION MEANS YOU MUST LEAVE
>IF A TOPIC SPLITS, CREATE NEW SUBJECT LINE.
>Smile! Have FUN!
>Be Nice-stay Impersonal->WANT respect?=SHOW respect!
>Use Simple words-Consider cultural+language diff
>Note sources + translators + authors.
>One teacher here=The Buddha!
>2 guides: Most Ven. BHANTE Vimalaramsi+Rev.Sister Khema


THE GUIDES:
>Most Ven.Bhante Vimalaramsi-ordained by Ven.U Silinanda; American w over 35 yrs practice,22 yrs Buddhist Forest Meditation monk w/personal exper.; S.E. Asia 12yrs./offers ordination equally to WOMEN+MEN in Buddhist American Forest Tradition-Theravada Roots in USA
>Sister Khema=10yrs training/Samaneri/Ctr.Administrator