No windows open, I only have AC and a central recuperation system. Now the central recuperation is sucking air from outside but there's a really dense net that mosquitos cant get through.
I've counted about 8 mosquitos tonight so far. Started with 3, woke up 2 hours later and found 5 more...
Anyone have any ideas?
Hi. I bought a TB550 (thumbball) from Kensington which has a constant scroll issue that Kensington has failed to fix (I sent them an email in January, apparently it's a firmware issue, that they still havent fixed)
Anyway I found out that thumbballs are uncomfortable for me anyway.
I looked at Ploopy which is praised here but god are they expensive (I'm a student with not a lot of money to spend).
What are the best trackballs that won't bankrupt me?
Thanks
Question from beginner:
What is the Buddhist view on these mental diseases? So everything is impermanent, and I find it easy to grasp with my body, but there is something else about being mentally unwell. If a monk for example obtains alzheimers or a high-functioning mental disease, what exactly happens to what they learned if they start getting delusions, if they start forgetting things? If they start acting *against* the Dhamma, what happens to their kamma? (is there an exception for profound mental illness?)
If anyone has anything to share from the texts that is related to this topic I would appreciate it.
Thank you
Hi. I have an issue where I want to block certain websites on my Android phone. I've already looked into custom DNS servers, the problem is that none I could find support being able to add actually custom blocklists, they're only from a preset.
Is it a good idea to self-host a public facing DNS server for this purpose, or does anyone have any other idea (which isn't a VPN-based solution, since I don't like the battery drain)
Hello. I am an 18m and fairly new to Buddhism.
I have not given up masturbation completely, but have stopped watching pornography, or atleast I'd want to completely
Every couple of weeks I will see something on the internet which is slightly suggestive and it feels like I have been replaced by another being, one that craves nothing more but to masturbate and watch porn too, since it brings a lot more pleasure than with none.
So then I begin to browse porn sites. I steer towards extreme stuff - things I used to watch in the past (I was exposed to porn at an early age and watched fetish content related to my childhood traumas). I try not to watch them, and I usually don't. But just seeing them gives me both extreme pleasure and a feeling of guilt. I don't want to watch this. I am aware of this being poison for the mind, but like I said, it feels like I am being controlled by someone else.
After this is done I try to be compassionate to the mind, but it is hurt from this and it proceeds to have negative thoughts and intrusive thoughts for the next few days until it goes to baseline.
Anyway, TLDR, sexual energy that gets me to watch porn is strong, very strong and that leads me to poison my mind with it's traumas. I try not to feel bad about it but I am commonly anxious after this.
Does anyone have any suggestions to deal with this, how do I not get sucked into the sexual energy and what to do if I do watch porn and inevitably feel bad again. I don't think I would have such an issue with porn if it wasn't for the fetish content that really hurts me.
Thank you ❤️
Hello, I am in highschool. I am from Europe and I am the only one in my friend group of 4 who is interested in Buddhism.
It's common that they create suffering amongst themselves, judgement amongst themselves for saying something wrong. They are also on the neurodivergent side, so they are particularly sensitive to certain noises and one is germaphobic. This causes much suffering for them in the classroom and makes my friend group isolated from the rest of the class mates
I try to be understanding with them, but I don't know if I should do more to prevent suffering. Their actions can be unwholesome, they also make fun of our teachers who are bad at teaching or funny in another way. I have done this in the past too.
They're really the only people I can call friends in the classroom, and I wish not to completely abandon them, as there is no other person who shares my interest in Buddhism or any spiritual practice for that matter.
I'm unsure how I should continue to behave with them. Should I confront their behaviour each time? I know that we should try to minimize the accumulation of bad karma in others, but I don't wish for them to isolate me because of me being controlling. They have acted this way their whole life, and I think me attempting to "teach" them would come off as self-imposing.
I kindly accept any assistance in this matter.
Thanks