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I have also practiced Goenka’s Vipassana and to be honest it was a torture to the mind.
Even if you feel a strong itch or muscle cramp, they advise you to stay in that position as these sensations or pains are “mental defilements that are being released through the body”!
I never used to really”enjoy” that meditation, as it was both physically and mentally fatiguing. I don’t know how can one see the equanimity of everything without understanding the Buddha Dhamma first.
I never experienced any progress in terms of mental defilements, but more irritation in the mind because of the above mentioned things. That was in 2013, then after 9 years I came across the true dhamma.
Thinking about the existence of a merciful and loving God, Devas,etc. provides Hope to the person. But what does hope bring? It brings nothing. You can stop your fears and worries temporarily but that is not the solution to the problem.
This is the reason that Man has tried to find a loving God so that his fears and worries are suppressed.
Buddha Dhamma makes one independent and free completely.
Asking questions like “is there a self?”, or “is there no self?” or “is there both self and no self?” or “is there neither self nor no self?” Are wrong questions to ask. Rather the Buddha said that the right question is to ask that “why do I feel a self?”. If you see a car, you can feel that there is a car, but if I ask you to touch the car , you won’t be able to. If you touch the frame then it’s steel not car, if you touch the Windows then it’s glass not car. You can touch those individual parts that make up a car, but never a car. So is there a car or not? Again wrong question. Ask why do I feel that there is a car? Answer is because all those causes have been arranged in a manner that match your perception of a car. If you take those individual parts and arrange them differently, you will feel that the “Car” has been disfigured, but only the arrangement has changed. It’s the mind’s nature to feel entities and not manifestations. Feeling a “Car” causes all of this mess, there is just manifestation of a Car(effect)as long as the individual parts(causes) are arranged in the “right order”(condition). Mind is just a process which only interacts with its environment, but due to its inbuilt “fault” it experiences a Self . If you have read what Rupa,Vedana,Sañña, Sankhara and Viññaña in a mental process is ,then it would be easier to grasp this. These are just steps of recognition and perception, that’s all.
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I was also born in a Buddhist family but my parents were only aware of Panca Sila. They realised that every other religion discriminates humans and divides them except Buddhism. They knew that the Buddha taught something very unique but they didn’t come across it for many years.
When I was 3 years old I had a very strong attraction towards science and nature. I was in primary school and used to ask my parents to buy me science books, I have some even today.
Then my father in 2013 came across Goenka’s Vipassana. I was very excited to learn that but I became bored after doing it for a few days. It was like a torture to the body and the mind as you have to be in a specific pose and bare the bodily pain if it arises!
Then in 2022 I came across this website and realised the truth. That childhood curiosity was a KEY factor for coming across this truth. Since then I have been progressing significantly. Jethvanarama Buddhist Monastery youtube channel was also a game changer for me. I was missing some key points that were addressed by their videos. Thanks to Gad(Jittananto) for sharing me such videos!
And thanks to everyone for supporting me in every way possible 🙏🏻
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This lastest news discusses that there is a new study that says big bang may not be the birth of the universe but a transition phase.
Dear Christian, could you please share the methods of how you attained jhanas and what one can do to attain them in the easiest way possible relative to other methods?
I want to practice them in order to try to attain higher stages.
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There has been an incident of a gang rape case of a female doctor in India in kolkata. It has become a national issue. That doctor was brutally raped and then murdered, even her legs had been broken at 180 degrees apart! This all took place inside the hospital! I dont know how some humans can be full of such a mindset to cause such a harm to another human, especially the one whose job is to save others lives.
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“How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm“
It’s in this post but the sutta and the name is not mentioned.
I think it was Ven. Moggallana who was trying to remove microorganisms from the water before drinking, but the Buddha said that it’s impossible to live in this Sansara without harming others. So wasn’t that act an apunna abhisankhara as the microorganisms would be killed?. But the Arahant doesn’t have any Upadana for harming others, so the kamma won’t generate. So with this logic it only depends on the Upadana for such acts. If someone gets a random thought of killing someone from past Memory,but that person doesn’t “attach” to that thought and cultivate anger, it won’t generate any kamma as there is no “liking” for that act . So why is it that if someone does something but doesn’t have the Upadana or liking for that act still generate kamma? An Arahant doesn’t generate any kamma at all because their minds are devoid of any Upadana. So even if an Arahant preaches dhamma which is the best way to accumulate punna kamma, he still won’t accumulate any kamma.
So this is what I am trying to ask. It only depends on the Upadana or “liking” for that act that generates kamma.
Dear Pathfinder,
The Arahant won’t mentally feel pleasure or “happiness”. His happiness has become unshakable, it doesn’t depend on the outside flavours
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Sensuality starts from the mind Vexing. And if you are able to provide relief to that mental vexation, you will feel pleasure.
That is not true happiness but merely relief from mental burning. So enjoying something means that you were craving for it(mental vexation) and now you have got it. That relief is felt as”enjoying”. You have to suffer initially to “enjoy” such things by generating wanting( vexation). True happiness is the state when one doesn’t burn from the mind. So he won’t get affected by such sense objects because the mind is neither wanting nor having aversion .
To enter jhana one needs a “stable” mind, that doesn’t wander around. If you enjoy sensuality then the mind is not at rest and can’t be concentrated.
I would recommend everyone that no one on this forum, who is genuinely aiming to achieve Nibbana, would say anything derogatory intentionally, so it’s best to understand each other’s thoughts . We all are here to achieve the highest level of compassion for all beings!
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Hmm, I think written texts don’t express our intentions and tones.
What I said was my experience and I don’t think this should have been triggering in any way. This is what I have seen all my life till now. Majority of the women are not interested in such things. But I also mentioned that it too depends on the Person’s Gati, it’s not a general thing. As Taryal also mentioned the statistics.
In many Indian households ,people especially hindu women follow certain rituals and fasts and if asked about the reason, they say that it has been followed since their ancestors. They don’t want to use slightest intelligence in such things but are ready to Gossip about other women. Many Men too do such things. As I mentioned earlier it depends on the Person’s Gati.
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I too shared these teachings many times to my female friend, and she said that she would be reading it but never did. There is something about majority of women that lacks intellect or curiosity, but it ultimately depends on the person, my mother for example was very keen in knowing all this stuff from a young age and was very curious towards such things.
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