Do you know about Xena the Princess Warrior that fights men while being sexy?
Well, it's not just a concept, you can google it and find that series about Xena actually exists
(google is not just a concept btw, type google. com in browser bar)
1.I personally think consciousness is the constant knowing of the experience as an enduring fact. Whatever is happening, it is unavoidable and any attempt to avoid consciousness as the necessary basis leads to non-sense and denial of the basic characteristics of the experience. It is hard to put into words, but it is the fact of the fact. Existence of anything at all is the simultaneous proof of consciousness being there.
I'm not sure if this is a correct way to describe it in Buddha's terms, literally everything else seems to be very easy to recognize, but consciousness seems tricky
So the questions are :"how correct do you think this explanation of consciousness is? is it correct in Buddha's terms? do you have a better pointer to what consciousness is?"
2.Ajahn seems to put a lot of weight on the phrase "we are the owners of our karma" and I don't experience that weight and seeing this gap I wonder: "why is there so much weight being put on this phrase?"
It appears to me that I cannot grasp what it implies, what effect it's supposed to produce, what's the real meaning behind it and so on
https://youtu.be/MX6VxHsixdA?si=_aJ-sA1fLbhuComQ&t=2082
Thanks for your help and suggestions
Do you know what is the best way to excuse your lack of knowledge and low IQ? Declare that nobody knows anything, this way you don't need to learn anything
You already know everything, no need to do anything~
People say "stop seeking and you will get enlightened"
Why do people become seekers instead of just being enlightened
Crazy stuff, use your fkin brain please
I've started analysing and questioning my choices more attentively and have a question based on that.
If I do something and immediately experience suffering already as I am acting, does it automatically mean that the action is unwholesome or it could be something else as well?
For example I noticed that harsh speech immediately results in suffering, but maybe not everything is as straightforward as harsh speech
Anyone else doesn't give a damn about awakening? Please don't share anything
I'm applying to ride for ubereats and I had an issue with my application and so I need to contact support to send me a new link...
If you have any clue what is going on please share
I'm applying to ride for ubereats and I had an issue with my application and so I need to contact support to send me a new link...
From claims about full enlightenment to this, lol. Always knew it was a fake
I can link the proof
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"You are truly an idiot, I ask that question because it can't omit it you dumb fuck"
I thought I'd share a thought that occurred to me.
Once again, I stumbled upon the excerpt from the suttas saying that "even if highway robbers were to cut off your limbs one by one, one who gives rise to hatred is not carrying out my teaching." I also remembered Ajahn's words: "because hatred is not in the robbers."
And it struck me from a different angle.
If there is plenty of proof that craving is the cause of suffering, then it also gives rise to a simultaneous perspective:
"That which is not craving is not the cause of suffering."
This seems to undermine the persistent view that the cause of suffering can be found elsewhere.
The conclusion I draw is that anything that can be defined by the mind simultaneously defines that which it is not
To think that it is all a dream is the dream
I moved to a new home and it is a constant bombardment of sharp like daggers noises. The mind is turning it into hell and I'm suffering insomnia and sleep deprivation(slept like 6 hours in 3 days, can't fall asleep), have restrained my actions on account of it and am trying to understand the process with the hope of overcoming it.
I have doubt to what extent it's even possible, considering I'm autistic and have sensory issues? I don't fully trust science or psychology on their evaluation of anything related to suffering, but have no personal point of reference to say otherwise.
In short I just don't want to waste time on pointless suffering, yet there seem to be no alternatives. If anybody dealt with this same issue, please share your experience on how successfully you were able to overcome it through practice
When there is silence present I'm tense and preparing for the next noise to happen
PS: I should've named the title "Dependency on permanence of silence"
The idea I got is that Buddha experienced deep meditative states before attaining to nibbana, but realised that coming out of those states it wasn't enough for full liberation and that suffering didn't end
So the idea I am getting is that modern meditation techniques don't lead to full liberation, (stuff like watching your breath) yet the states Buddha reached were deeper than jhanas
So I am curious what role do these meditation techniques play in the practice if any? Is an Arahant watching his breath the same as Arahant doing any other activity(as in it makes no difference)? Or can an Arahant reach deep meditative states, following this logic it would be nibbana+deep meditative states, no? Or do these meditative states matter only to somebody who isn't an Arahant(as in affect only those yet to attain Arahantship and cease to matter uppon reaching nibbana)?
I don't know so I thought I should ask
Recently the thought of becoming celibate stopped feeling like a burden. A thought occurred to me: "Intimate relationships lead nowhere, so why not choose a different path when it's available?" and I felt very unburdened by this contemplation.
Then the thought occurred: "Then why not ordain, if lay life is so burdened?". So I realised that celibacy is the gateway out of lay life and away from all the burden
But the issue I have with ordination is that I won't be able to tailor my diet the way I want and it might be random and perhaps even incomplete, it really seems like negligence towards the body
I would like to have a healthy diet, exercise, sauna and all those things that keep the body healthy and keep it running in good condition for as long as possible like a well maintained machine
I'm interested to hear what Ajahn and other monastics and practitioners think about this idea
The difference between guessing and knowing? Can we figure it out? I guess guessing is not knowing, is it?
Is dhamma practice strictly a solitary path with only temporary connections for the sake of practice and learning with eventually abandoning even that or is some form of connection required and lack of it turns into self-mortification?