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runsun (runsun) 于 (Tue Jul 19 10:53:10 2011, 美东) 提到:
有些人只是不想从麻烦中解脱出来,如果生活中没有多少麻烦事需要操心的话,他们就
会沉迷在那长长的电视剧中,为剧中的人物操心。很多人把焦虑当作激励,把受罪看成
乐趣,因为太执着于负担,所以他们感受不到真正的快乐。
两个比丘终生都是密友,他们死后,一个在美丽的天界生为天人,另一个则在一
堆粪里生作出屎壳郎。
不久,天人开始想念他的老朋友,可不知他生在哪里,他在自己所在的天界找不到
他,于是就去其它的天界也找了一遍,可是也遍寻不获。天人运用神通,把人类世界也
找了一遍,还是没有找到;他想,他的朋友当然不会当在动物界,不过,为了以防万一
,他还是找了一遍,也是没有找到;接着,天人搜寻了我们称之为“爬行昆虫”的世界
,让他万分惊讶的是,他发现自己的朋友竟然转生在臭烘烘的粪堆里,成了屎壳郎!
他们的友谊如此深厚,即使死后还依然延续,天人觉得自己必须去拯救老朋友,无
论是什么业报造成了他如此不... 阅读全帖 |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 2 Ajahn Sao is Ajahn Mun's teacher.
If it so happened that someone came to him, saying, "Ajaan, sir, I want to
practice meditation. How should I go about it?" he would answer, "Meditate
on the word 'Buddho.'"
If the person asked, "What does 'Buddho' mean?" Ajaan Sao would answer, "Don
't ask."
"What will happen after I've meditated on 'Buddho'?"
"Don't ask. Your only duty is simply to repeat the word 'Buddho' over and
over in your mind."
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S**U 发帖数: 7025 | 4 我喜欢 Ajahn Brahm 说的故事∶
我出家作比丘,待在泰国的时间有八年多,大部分的时间我都待在森林道场,跟蛇住在
一起。当我在1974年抵达时,人们告诉我,在泰国有一百种的蛇∶九十九是有毒的,它
们是会咬死人;另外那一种,则会勒死你。
在这段时间里,我几乎每天都看到蛇。有一次,我在茅篷里踩到一条六尺长的蛇,我们
两个都跳了起来,还好是朝著相反的方向。我甚至有一天清晨,在一条蛇身上洒尿,因
为我以为那是一根棍子。当然我向它道歉。(可能这条蛇还以为是被圣水加持呢!)还
有一次,当我在一场仪典中唱诵时,有一条蛇爬上其中一位比丘。一直到爬到他的肩膀
时,这位比丘才转头去看,这条蛇同时也转过来看著他。我停止唱诵,在这可笑的几秒
钟里,比丘与这条蛇互视彼此。然后,比丘小心谨慎地弹他的袈裟,蛇便溜走了,于是
,我们继续唱念。
作为森林僧,我们受到的训练是∶要对一切众生培养慈悲心,对蛇尤是。我们关心它们
的安乐。这也是在那段日子里,从来没有一位出家人被蛇咬的原因。
在泰国,我看过两条巨大的蛇。第一条是蟒蛇,至少有七公尺长,它的身体跟我的大腿
一样粗。看到这么大的东西时,你几乎会不可置信地愣住∶ |
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y*******8 发帖数: 1693 | 5 An interesting talk
Ajahn Nyanadhammo, abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat International Monastery, visits
Perth. His talk had the audience spellbound as he explained Buddhist strate
gies that can take us out of the unsatisfactoriness of human existence to fr
eedom. We also hear of the oldest monk in the world who was swallowed and th
en regurgitated by a giant python! And why red light districts have red ligh
ts...
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w*******w 发帖数: 2051 | 7 20世纪90年代:混合增长
在20世纪90年代,主要由亚洲人和白人修行者建立并参加活动的佛教组织持续增长
,但也显示出新的特点:在斯里兰卡、泰国、缅甸移民建立的寺庙里,出现了亚洲人和
美国人混合的局面,与此相反,那些由老挝、柬埔寨难民建立的寺庙却没有这种情况。
可能由于泰国、斯里兰卡和缅甸寺庙的僧侣及第一代移民能更好地掌握英语,使他们比
老挝和柬埔寨的僧侣及在家居士更容易被美国社会接纳。
保罗·纳穆瑞切(Paul Numrich)对芝加哥的泰国寺庙法乐寺(Wat Dhammaram)
、洛杉矶的斯里兰卡法胜佛寺(Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara)进行了研究,首次
指出了这种亚洲人和本土美国上座部佛教修行者的混合特征。纳穆瑞切发现,在泰国和
斯里兰卡的每座寺庙不仅有该国人,而且都有白人群体。白人经常参加亚洲寺庙的活动
,尤其是泰国寺庙,作为亚洲人的配偶或家庭成员,白人来到这两个没有家族联系的寺
庙。比如在法乐寺,泰国人在周末来参加仪式,而白人通常在除了周末之外的每天晚上
来参加禅修课程和静坐。
这两个群体很少互相影响,尽管一周里面他们在同... 阅读全帖 |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 8 中文的版本经常跟英文的版本有出入
不但是是sutra, 有些高僧的teaching 也是如此。
说说前两天 Ajahn Chah 关于heart sutra 的那段话。
英文翻译是:
Ajahn Chah listened to one of his disciples recite the Heart Sutra. When he
had finished, Ajahn Chah said, "No emptiness either… no bodhisatta." He
then asked, "Where did the sutra come from?" "It’s reputed to have been
spoken by the Buddha," the follower replied. "No Buddha," retorted Ajahn
Chah. Then he said, "This is talking about deep wisdom beyond all
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w*******w 发帖数: 2051 | 9 【 以下文字转载自 Wisdom 讨论区 】
发信人: windysnow (逸飞), 信区: Wisdom
标 题: 2/27 DAYLONG RETREAT WITH AJAAN GEOFF IN LOS ANGELES
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 22 12:06:57 2016, 美东)
❖ DAYLONG RETREAT WITH AJAAN GEOFF IN LOS ANGELES ❖
A daylong retreat, “Investigating the Aggregates,” with Ajaan Geoff, will
be held on Saturday, February 27th at
Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, 4300 Melrose Avenue, Los
Angeles, CA 90029, telephone
323-665-4300. The morning session begins at 9:00AM. There wi... 阅读全帖 |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 10 我觉得像是 discover path 的意思。
感觉就是一个path, 只有一个人discover 了, 但是很多人都再教给别人这个path.
教人跟不教人的, 在南传里也有区别, 比如ajahn sao 是不教人的(教的非常少, 主
要靠观察他而学),
但是ajahn mun, ajahn chah,都是以教为毕生的。
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freeman08 (stoic) 于 (Thu Aug 20 13:01:35 2009, 美东) 提到:
现在想想,那25位菩萨在说,我的方法最好时,
可能是真的。而不是仅仅轻松地说说。
我的意思是,其实人都会因为个人经验,
而认为自己走过的路才是最好的路。说不定还会吵架。
没有究竟的人大概无法避免此类思维习惯。
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bigwolf (为道日损) 于 (Thu Aug 20 13:11:51 2009, 美东) 提到:
我想大概是为了度众生而类似于演戏一样的。
怎么排练呢,一人修一个方法,然后聚在一起演戏度众生
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freeman08 (stoic) 于 (Thu Aug 20 13:30:49 2009, 美东) 提到:
我是在想自己和周围的人,
大家估计多少都认为自己知道的就是最重要的。
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w*******w 发帖数: 2051 | 12 "一位英国僧人阿姜阿玛罗(Ajahn Amaro),在加利福尼亚协助创立了无畏山寺(
Abhayagiri Monastery),这是由白人僧侣建立并领导的寺院,越来越多的美国人和亚
洲人都来此参加活动。阿姜阿玛罗俗名杰瑞米·霍纳(Jeremy Horner),大学毕业后
去了泰国,在Wat Pah Nanachat禅寺学习,这是一所泰国森林系导师阿姜查为西方学生
建立的森林寺院。阿姜阿玛罗1979年取得僧人资格,随后返回英国,住在阿姜查派系的
寺庙里。
1990—1995年间,阿姜阿玛罗到美国参访了几次,在不同的佛教组织指导禅
修。加利福尼亚的一群信众支持者组织起来成立了护僧基金会(Sanghapala
Foundation),1995年,阿姜阿玛罗与其他3位僧人在旧金山北部的贝尔斯普林隐修院
(Bell Springs Hermitage)度过了3个月的雨安居。
阿姜苏美多(Ajahn Sumedho)是阿姜查体系在西方最高级别的僧人,他和中国大
乘僧人,也是加利福尼亚万佛城的主持的宣化上人成了朋友。宣化上人离世之前,把万
佛城附近的120英亩林地赠与阿姜... 阅读全帖 |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 13 Ajahn Amaro went to england to replace Ajahn Sumedho. Ajahn Sumedho went
back to Thailand last year.
They mentioned 观音in some of their talks in positive way, but never
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 14 the current abbot is thanissaro bhikkhu, who published
the english version of the pali sutta at accessinsight.org
Lots of his talks can be found at
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/179/
he is from Ajahn Fuang, Ajahn Lee linage.
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S**U 发帖数: 7025 | 15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Chah
Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhaddo was an influential teacher of the Buddhadharma
and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Respected and loved in his own country as a man of great wisdom, he was also
instrumental in establishing Theravada Buddhism in the West. Beginning in
1979 with the founding of Cittaviveka (commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist
Monastery) [1] in the United Kingdom, the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn
Chah has sprea |
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S**U 发帖数: 7025 | 16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Chah
Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhaddo was an influential teacher of the Buddhadharma
and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Respected and loved in his own country as a man of great wisdom, he was also
instrumental in establishing Theravada Buddhism in the West. Beginning in
1979 with the founding of Cittaviveka (commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist
Monastery) [1] in the United Kingdom, the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn
Chah has sprea |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 17 there is a question being asked to Ajahn Suwat Suvaco.
Is this sense of awareness the self? Here we're taught that there is no self
, and so I'm confused
Ajahn's answer:
Don't be in a hurry to label this sense of awareness self or not-self. The
discernment that makes us aware of every aspect of fabrication will tell us
on its own in line with the truth. It's the same as when you fix food. As
you're fixing it, don't ask what the taste is like or where it resides. At
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b*******s 发帖数: 954 | 18 Thanks a lot. I do feel SeeU, you are quite an awaken person.
Your suggestions are very good. Especially the point "dropping the
expectation" makes a lot of sense to me.
Right now I am reading Ajahn Chah's "foods for the heart". Ajahn
Chah's point that "not to identify with one's happiness or suffering",
"but to identify with one's awareness", makes me ponder a lot
recently.
I feel I have been so identified with my happiness. Any time when I
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b*******s 发帖数: 954 | 19 谢谢楼上大家,写的都很好。
"要是要变成连对春天要来临了都不能够/不应该/不会有“期待憧憬”的心情,
由于不了解,以前我最担心的是会不会修行成一个心里冷漠麻木的人,就像rainbowcc
和forl的,
会不会对春天的憧憬也没有了。
最近看了一些书,慢慢的理解,Buddha 并不是说要没有憧憬,而是要能够清醒的看到
自己的憧憬。
看看Jack Kornfield下面的话吧
“His approach (Ajahn Chan) to enlightenment was not based on having any
particular meditation experience, no matter how profound. As Ajahn Chah
described them, meditative states are not important in themselves.
Meditation is a way to quiet the mind so you can practice all day long
wherever you are, see when the... 阅读全帖 |
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r****n 发帖数: 8253 | 20 现代奇僧的忏悔:「我们爱抚、亲吻……」
一位英国裔僧人公开忏悔道:「我渡过一生中最快乐的时光……是在另一个男人的
妻子温暖的双臂里。」
众所周知,佛教的僧人必需单身生活。「我们相互拥抱、爱抚、亲吻……」话毕,
僧人低下头默然无语,空气中只余下大众惊吓的呼吸声。
「那女人就是我的母亲……她是另一个男人的妻子――我父亲的。」僧人接著抬头
说道,人们都松了口气,大笑出来。
这位语出惊人的僧人,就是世界知名的高僧阿姜布拉姆法师 (Ajahn Brahm)。他这
样说,是为了让人们明白不可光看事情表面而妄下判断。[1]
破解「成人话题」
活跃在西方世界的阿姜布拉姆法师,作风开明前卫,勇於处理当代佛教界发展的议
题;他说话幽默,辩才无碍,经常以有趣的故事带出深刻的道理。虽然身为出家人,却
能对世俗人的工作、家庭、爱情等问题,给予简明清晰而实用的建议。
一次,法师应邀参与某电台节目,到场后才发现该节目当晚讨论「成人话题」,同
场还有一位性学专家接受听众来电提问。法师虽然对有关话题毫无认识,但他运用佛家
智慧分析听众烦恼的根本,很快,打来的电话几乎都是找法师的!
节目录完后,说话不多的性学家得到电台给... 阅读全帖 |
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w*******w 发帖数: 2051 | 21 ❖ DAYLONG RETREAT WITH AJAAN GEOFF IN LOS ANGELES ❖
A daylong retreat, “Investigating the Aggregates,” with Ajaan Geoff, will
be held on Saturday, February 27th at
Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, 4300 Melrose Avenue, Los
Angeles, CA 90029, telephone
323-665-4300. The morning session begins at 9:00AM. There will be a two-hour
lunch break at 11:00AM.
Please bring a dish to share as this is the main meal for the monks. The
afternoon session concludes at 4:00PM.
For mor... 阅读全帖 |
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S**U 发帖数: 7025 | 22 http://www.abhayagiri.org/about/origins-of-abhayagiri
Abhayagiri 自己的網站說:
Efforts to establish the California monastery moved slowly until 1995. When
Venerable Master Hsüan Hua, the founding abbot of The City of Ten Thousand
Buddhas (CTTB) in Ukiah, California, approached his death, he instructed his
students to give Ajahn Chah's disciples 120 acres of CTTB-owned forested
property in Redwood Valley.
所以地是萬佛城的。
我對於戒律沒有下功夫研究,只能說自己粗淺的認識。
關於寺院的資產,南北傳相當不同。
南傳的寺院是在家人負責,擁有,僧伽只是應邀住在寺院,沒有處分權。所以注意上文
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s*********2 发帖数: 357 | 23 Based on a talk given by Ajahn Brahmavamso to lay people at the Dhammaloka
Buddhist Centre, Nollamara, Western Australia, on 19th of October 2001
Sometime ago, I was invited to the West Perth Observatory as part of the
Centenary Federation celebrations in Western Australia. The youth groups of
W.A. organised all the events. One of the events they presented was entitled
'Our Place in Space'. The idea was to try and find out whether the future
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puppeteer (舟云) 于 (Fri Jan 30 15:39:26 2009) 提到:
能解释一下,为什么观到无常就能解脱?
无常就觉得苦,觉得不是我。这个我现在很能理解, 但是,这样不就更痛苦了吗?
我现在就这问题。观到这肉身刹那生灭,无常,很恐怖,根本就不适合居住。但这不就
无家可归,更痛苦了?怎么看起来一点都不象是往解脱方面走?
其实我这种体验以前也有,但是一直不知道这种恐惧的来源,最近比较肯定是从厌恶肉
身来。
你们老师有什么这方面解释吗?谢谢。
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lingsu (Imaginary friend) 于 (Fri Jan 30 16:03:22 2009) 提到:
我只能猜测一下,你是到了该去查一查bhaya nana 的阶段.
接下来如何秀,很多高僧都有指导.我一般就选ajahn chah的方法.
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 28 有人问了这个问题.
Q: This word 'citta' is used in the suttas for the subjective consciousness.
If there's a citta from which the asavas (biases) are removed and a citta
which is liberated, how does this fit in with the idea of self or no-self?
How does one avoid self-view in thinking about the citta? If there's no self
, who is it that's aware and what is it that becomes enlightened?
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 29 A: This is where Buddhism excels. It totally frustrates that desire. The
Buddha wouldn't give an inch on that, because that's the non-dualism of the
Buddha's teaching. It's psychologically uninspiring. You're left with just
letting go of things rather than holding on to the feeling of a God or
Oneness or the Soul or the Subject with capital S, or the Overself, or the
Atman or Brahman or whatever - because those are all perceptions and the
Buddha was pointing to the grasping of perception. The "I |
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t********n 发帖数: 571 | 30 好,可您老要是出点伪币,找个人译一下就更好了
the
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 32 The Pali work in question is UPADANA, literally meaning 'a taking up'. It
is commonly used indicating a 'fuel', which sustains a process, such as the
oil in a lamp being the fuel/upadana for the flame. It is related to craving
(TANHA). For example, craving is reaching out for the delicious cup of
coffee, Upadana is picking it up. Even though you think that you can easily
put the cup of coffee down again, though your hand is not superglued to the
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 33 Ajahn Chah's answer to some questions.
問︰打坐有必要坐很久嗎?
答︰不必要。坐上好幾個小時是沒有必要的。有些人認為坐得愈久一定愈有智慧,我曾
看見雞在雞窩裡坐上好幾天呢!智慧來自於,無論你的身體做什麼動作,你都是警醒而
清楚。修行應該從清晨醒來那一刻開始,持續到你晚上睡覺之前。不要在意你能坐多久
,重要的是能否保持清醒分明。每個人都有他自己自然的壽命,有的人六十歲會死,而
有的人到九十歲才死。所以,你們每個人修行步調也不必一致,不要去想或擔心這一點
。試著保持清醒,讓事物依它自然的法則進行,這時無論你處在怎樣的境界,內心都會
愈來愈寧靜。它好比森林裡一泓清澈的池塘,所有美麗和稀有的動物都跑來喝水,你清
醒地看見萬事萬物的本來面目,看到美麗稀奇的動物來了又走了,但你仍寂然不動。煩
惱會產生,但你能立刻透視它們。這是佛陀獲致的安詳和幸福。 |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 34 对。
跟着Ajahn Chah 的方法学的.药学就要学得他的一整套.
不能选择性的来. |
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l*****y 发帖数: 9433 | 36 cool, thanks
Buddhadharma
was also
Beginning in
Buddhist
Ajahn
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 37 問︰貪欲和瞋恚等煩惱純是虛幻的,或是實在的?
答︰兩者皆是,我們把煩惱稱作貪欲或瞋恚或無明,這些都是外在的名相。正如我們說
一個碗是大的、小的、好看的,隨你怎麼稱呼它,這都不是事物的本來面目。我們從概
念中產生貪欲︰假使想要一個大的碗,就把眼前這個碗叫做小的。貪欲使我們分別,而
真理純粹是事物的原貌。我們用這種方式來看︰你是一個人嗎?你會說︰是。這是事物
的表象,其實你祇不過由各種元素,或者一堆變化不居的五蘊所構成的。假使內心是解
脫的,就是沒有分別計較,沒有大或小,也沒有你和我。一切皆空,我們稱它為無我。
的確,到後來,無所得,也無我。
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 38 ajahn chah 有很多和上学生崇拜他.他总是要警告他们,
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 39 one quote of ajahn chah:
"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect any praise or reward.
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot,
you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know
complete peace and freedom. Your struggles with the world will have come to
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 40 With paja there will be an understanding of sense objects. For instance,
during the meditation sense objects are experienced which give rise to
feelings and moods. You may start to think of a friend, but then paja should
immediately counter with "It doesn't matter," "Stop" or "Forget it." Or if
there are thoughts about where you will go tomorrow, then the response would
be, "I'm not interested, I don't want to concern myself with such things."
Maybe you start thinking about other people, then yo |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 41 There are two kinds of peacefulness :
one is the peace that comes through samådhi,
the other is the peace that comes through paññå.
The mind that is peaceful through samådhi is still deluded.
The peace that comes through the practice of samådhi alone is dependent
on the mind being separated from mind-objects.
by Luang Por Chah
全文:
http://pathandfruit.com/Books/Ajahn_Chah_Path_to_Peace.htm |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 43 You sustain awareness at every moment and in every posture, whether standing
, walking, sitting or lying down. Before you perform any action, speak or
engage in conversation, establish awareness first.
-Ajahn Chah |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 45 i read this book in English language.
It is very funny indeed. |
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r****n 发帖数: 8253 | 46 以下几几个西方的佛法修行者,我认为比较有正见
Ajahn Sumedho 阿姜苏美多: 阿姜查的弟子,并被阿姜查认可允许领众。
Thanissaro Bhikkhu: 坦尼沙罗尊者: 阿姜放的弟子
另外还有向智尊者,德宝尊者等
而杰克康菲尔德,肯恩,威尔伯是诸家杂糅,个人认为很多见解有问题的人。
往是同时学习南传和密宗以及禅宗,他们是诸家杂糅,不能代表真正纯正的上座部佛教。 |
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l****u 发帖数: 2166 | 48 对头
ajahn sao 很少开示,很稀少的开示里他说了n遍‘don't do evil' |
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r****n 发帖数: 8253 | 50 呵呵,那我也是修观音的,因为我现在住的地方靠近街道比较吵,于是我买了防噪音的
耳塞,打坐戴上,结果却有耳鸣现象,妨碍我观察其他的,于是我改为观耳内声音的生
灭。
楞严上的观音反闻自性,是如来藏思想。锡克教的观音则是印度教梵我一如思想。而我
的观音是观察听听听,观察声音的生灭,这个是修四念住,这些完全不同。我也几乎可
以肯定ajahn Sumedho是和我的一样。
不要以为听声音就是什么楞严上的GYFM。 |
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