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Is there any easiest way to attain jhanas? I mean we know that sensual cravings should be atleast suppressed, but what should be the meditation technique? Should we just focus on the peace of mind while in the meditation and jhanas will appear?
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I would suggest that everyone ( if possible) should also listen to the Sermons as well( Jethavanarama Buddhist Monastery sermons is one such helpful place). I have experienced that listening to them have accelerated my understanding than just reading.
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When the mind is focused on a neutral object, the mind is temporarily free from Panca Nivarana(which includes kama raga, and dosa). So the mind is suppressing these things on the one hand and focusing (concentration) on the other. This leads to the Jhanas( Anariya)
För Ariya, one already knows about Anicca, Anatta, Dukha and also the Asubha nature of the kama raga. So the object in this case would be Nibbana ( which is the relief one feels when such things are not present in the mind) . The ariya has experienced some “Cooling Down”, so he/she can recall that state of mind and focus on that. If the Ariya is an Anagami, then the Jhanas will be Ariya Jhanas as they are now permanent ( Anagami never craves for sensuality). This is my overall understanding.
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I too had the same questions!
Also like why didn’t Buddha deliver his sermons in the Western Countries?
He could have travelled there using Iddhi Powers.
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If there was a perfectly thinking AI, perfectly logical,with highest level of intelligence, it would preach nothing but Buddha Dhamma!
“And my analogy to that is:
The universe is finite because we can leave it and enter Nibbana.”
Nibbana is not a place where we enter or exit, it’s a state of mind with no suffering. We don’t “leave” the universe, it’s just that there are no causes left for the rebirth process.
Just like a fire extinguishes, where did the fire go? It didn’t go anywhere, it’s just there are no causes left for its manifestation.
I personally feel that the universe is infinite, with no beginning and no end 🙏
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True. I get really stressed out when I see people spreading such beliefs on the internet and when the opposite party accepts their beliefs. I don’t understand why don’t they see the reality and question the existence of an ever-present Creator.
There is one more problem.When a wise person questions the existence of God, they ask this famous question “Who created you then?”. “Who created everything?”. If we encounter such questions how should we respond to this? Because a one liner answer is not enough to explain how do we exist, it requires a firm background first about the Dhamma.
So what should be done in such a situation?
I could not understand your reply, Tobi.
It would be helpful if Lal could answer these issues 🙏
Namo Buddhaya
Hello Yash RS,
They say, “The fact is that time doesn’t actually exist at all!”
Sorry, that is not right, in my opinion, because time exists.
Time is a law of nature and it is related to the expanding space of matter and the idea or goal inherent in matter, which is controlled by Kamma Vipaka.
With the essence spirit we can experience three types of time. These are future, present and past. Past, but only with “Abhinna powers” and kamma energy in the form of pancupādānakkhandha. Time is a component of saññā and is part of Anicca nature. Even an arahant experiences time.Time is not present in Nibbana. If that is what they meant, the statement is true again.
That is what I am saying.
Time is just a perception, saying Past, Present and Future is nothing but perception, it’s ok to use these terms in a conventional way but in absolute way there is no “time like entity”.
What is time by the way? Can anyone define what exactly is time ? It can be defined via Dhamma.
There are causes and effects, that’s all! And our perception that a “fixed entity” is changing leads us to connect all those changing events and we say “Time is passing”.
People with Abhinna powers can see their “past lives” because they are in the namagota in the vinnana if I am correct, those too were “changing events” but we perceive that the same person has undergone those changes and we again perceive that there is time.
You said that it is inherent in matter. That’s what cause and effect is! We Perceive that the “same object” is changing there because we perceive things to be fixed.
Obviously in Nibbana, nothing is changing, so a perception of time will also be not present.
Correct me if I am wrong🙏🙏
