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So would it be wrong to say that everything is mental?
What exactly happens during seeing? Do we see what’s out there as the light reflects back from the object or its just completely a different fabrication? Since colour is not in the outside world, what do we really see?
Is it correct to say that matter exists in the outside world and we use our minds to experience a mental version of it?
Like the table is really in the outside world and not because I can sense it through my senses?
If I eat a cake , is the cake really in the outside world composed of matter or its just a mental thing because I can see,smell,hear,taste,touch it? What if the senses are not present?
I want complete clarity on this topic 🙏🏻
Thanks. I think I misunderstood it I will further clarify it in the meeting
Another thing is that if our colour perception occurs due to our physical eyes and light then what do people with OBEs and NDEs see? Do they see the world in the same way as they did with the human body?
I have read the whole pdf and it has answered the Asmi Mana part very clearly. That John example was very good.
Thanks again Amin for this valuable piece of Dhamma
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I have read the transcription till page 13. It exactly addresses what we need to focus on.
Also the Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta meaning is the same as interpreted by Jethvanarama Buddhist monastery. It says things are based on causes and conditions, that’s why we cannot keep them the way we want. This is how expectation arises as we “fix” that effect as an entity and perceive essence in it.
The thero has perfectly explained all that and how all the three are interconnected.
Thanks Amin for this valuable piece of Dhamma.
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I had the meeting with the bhikku and now I am well. I was doing a mistake but now I know what to do. Everything is fine now.
This means one more thing that trying to progress on Nibbana requires a teacher. We need to be careful as what we practice could be diverted by ignorance.
I was confusing Nibbana as No Self and Annihilation without even realising it!
I was mistaken by what the bhikkus were trying to communicate maybe.
This is the reason I was and am experiencing fear. It’s like focusing on Asanna state maybe.
I now feel my mistake. What should I do now? This fear arises again as I have been practicing it for long, so this feeling of no self comes again and again.
It was like “I am nothing?” Or “I don’t exist” etc.
What is the cure for this sir?
Can I use Light as a meditation object for cultivating jhanas? I feel a strong sense of relief whenever I see white light. In this sermon,Ven.Waharaka Thero says that how the qualities of Aloka(light) can be used as a karmasthana. Aloka would mean transcending the loka, or Nibbana. Because of this nature of mind, light exists that has the quality to help us see the hidden or eradicate darkness. I am thinking of doing this with also using the dhamma meaning of aloka while focusing on light.
The monks of the monastery twist the meaning of the verses of other religions in order to explain the dhamma. Like Ven. Amadassana Thero said he believes in GOD but for him his definition of god is Give or Deny. This is kamma and kamma vipaka he’s explaining using GOD. Also he uses the Bible Phrase “The truth shall set you free” and then uses the dhamma and proves how it’s the truth and how it will lead to freedom from suffering.
They do this out of compassion for every other person of different religion as it may cause irritation if the beliefs of someone are attacked. An ignorant mind tries it’s best to defend its belief as it feels it can’t be wrong( self ego).
And I would also advise not to judge anyone only because they appear straight forward. I understand using harsh words are not good, but apart from that if someone doesn’t sugarcoat his/her statements there’s nothing wrong with that. I expect straight forward answers without any sugarcoating. The Truth.
If someone gets offended if his /her beliefs are being targeted, it’s because that being lacks Wisdom Faculty.
Yes Taryal! This is my exact situation!
Such religions do such extreme and nonsense things and on top of that claim it to be true. One more such thing that Islam tells is that the women must wear burkha as a woman’s body ignites Lust in men.
Even their prophet suffered from lust! He had sex with 9 of his wives in the same night!
This clearly shows that these religions don’t know the truth. A woman’s body even if naked, has no potential of generating lust unless the receivers mind has the same gati. Can a hungry lion generate lust towards the same woman as it has in a man? Not at all! The lion would see that body as a meal.
They don’t know these basic things. Same for christianity, people yell on streets and say “Follow Jesus or suffer in Hell”.
These things were and are issues that kind of depressed me. But the only solution is to dive more and more into the truth analysing all the statements of the Dhamma and convince the mind of the truth by providing immense evidences.
Yes sir I am fine now. There is also a high possibility that it was not because of the dhamma but my anxiety and overthinking. There are some family problems also currently so that could be the reason because I had been meditating the same way before but felt relief and happiness but now anxiety and strong fear. I think it was only because of my personal problems and also not having proper guidance for the meditation.
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Thanks. I understand that sir. But it happens automatically. That’s why I also tried to cultivate jhanas along with the dhamma to overcome such nonsense thoughts.
I also have a meeting with a bhikku of the monastery and I will discuss this overthinking and my meditation technique issue with him in detail.
One more question sir, is it possible that we may get confused between nibbana and asanna state? Could you please tell what exactly is an asanna state and how it gets cultivated? I know that the person loses perception but how exactly? I also want to be careful to not get trapped in such meditation stuff mistakenly thinking it to be Nibbana 🙏🏻
