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Descarte: "I think, therefore I am."
Lord Buddha: "No you don't, and no you're not."
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Merry Meet To All,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
"right at sunset, men pastering the rock with tiny squares of gold foil. supposedly it is held by a hair of buddha."
Does anyone know where this is?
I saw this in a few places but don't know the location. It's amazing.
This is at Myanmar. There are a few of these in various places. One interesting fact is only males are permitted to be near this Golden Rock, its out of bounds to all females. The pagoda or stupa was attached on it by people suggested by a monk who had this dream, in his dream he was instructed to place a Stupa on the rock. Initially he hesitated worrying that the rock might fall off or people will attempt to do that will fall off. But miraculously, nothing of that happen when they attached the stupa to it. It has become one of the most famous buddhist pilgrimage destination & tourist attraction, You can see People from all over the World praying, lighting candles and putting thin gold leaves on the boulder, which however is only permitted for males. Legend has it that the boulder keeps itÂ’s balance due to a Buddha hair. It is said this Golden Rock is literally floating on air which you can see a gap between the ground & the rock. You can even push a string through it, many people put a money bill under it as a symbolic offering to bring them wealth & prosperity. These rocks are one of the few Mysteries of the World.
Blessed Be,
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Originally posted by OCEANOS:
Wow truly amazing and inconceivable
[b]Merry Meet To All,
This is at Myanmar. There are a few of these in various places. One interesting fact is only males are permitted to be near this Golden Rock, its out of bounds to all females. The pagoda or stupa was attached on it by people suggested by a monk who had this dream, in his dream he was instructed to place a Stupa on the rock. Initially he hesitated worrying that the rock might fall off or people will attempt to do that will fall off. But miraculously, nothing of that happen when they attached the stupa to it. It has become one of the most famous buddhist pilgrimage destination & tourist attraction, You can see People from all over the World praying, lighting candles and putting thin gold leaves on the boulder, which however is only permitted for males. Legend has it that the boulder keeps itÂ’s balance due to a Buddha hair. It is said this Golden Rock is literally floating on air which you can see a gap between the ground & the rock. You can even push a string through it, many people put a money bill under it as a symbolic offering to bring them wealth & prosperity. These rocks are one of the few Mysteries of the World.
Blessed Be,
Oceanos[/b]
Thanks for sharing... have been trying to find that info 
Now will show my friend who was asking me about it..
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Originally posted by OCEANOS:
Que pasa?
[b]Merry Meet Cutey,
Why? You want to be robinhood again?
Blessed Be,
Oceanos[/b]
If you want peace, then you must use everything in your power to preserve it, including violence. -
Merry Meet Ah boy,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Wow truly amazing and inconceivable Thanks for sharing... have been trying to find that info Now will show my friend who was asking me about it..
p.s have you visited it b4?
Express Reply today, thats very fast. Well to add on my personal view, the rock is actually hold on by Pure Light from Heaven, the stupa as a symbolic receiver fo this Pure Light Ray thats explain why its literally floating from a metaphysical view.
Myanmar not really my kinda place, Remember i went Laos last year, lots of relics too, more of tiring than fun to me...
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
Merry Meet Cutey,Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:Que pasa?
If you want peace, then you must use everything in your power to preserve it, including violence.
Thats natural at times.
Your definition of Peace may not represent that of Masses. Preservation of what or whom you love by all means is understandable to some but not to all. Violence would be the last option. Make love not war... Hahaha
Such late reply is very disappointing...
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
Originally posted by OCEANOS:
Oh I see... hmm if I visit there I will check it out.
[b]Merry Meet Ah boy,
Express Reply today, thats very fast. Well to add on my personal view, the rock is actually hold on by Pure Light from Heaven, the stupa as a symbolic receiver fo this Pure Light Ray thats explain why its literally floating from a metaphysical view.
Myanmar not really my kinda place, Remember i went Laos last year, lots of relics too, more of tiring than fun to me...
Blessed Be,
Oceanos[/b]
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Merry Meet Ah boy,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Oh I see... hmm if I visit there I will check it out.
Well have fun then. Harsh weather, harsh condition not suitable for old folk like me. Not very safe too.
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
Originally posted by OCEANOS:
I rather prefer to refer violence as an open option to choose when it can provide the most benefit.
[b]Merry Meet Cutey,
Thats natural at times.
Your definition of Peace may not represent that of Masses. Preservation of what or whom you love by all means is understandable to some but not to all. Violence would be the last option. Make love not war... Hahaha
Such late reply is very disappointing...
Blessed Be,
Oceanos[/b] -
Just now I was quite angry in my dream and felt the situation was so real. Then... funny, I suddenly remembered something I saw yesterday and I woke up.Originally posted by paperflower:i had a funny incident recently when sleeping.
it was like the moment i fell asleep i woke up again and a hand appeared beside the bed facing me. looking at the hand i decided to hold it cos i didn't believe it to be real and so i held it and i could actually hold it
and it felt warm to the touch but i still wasn't convince enough that it was real and so i further decided to pull it to see what happens. as the thought was going on of pulling the hand, it began to use one of the fingers to press against my skin and i could actually feel the pain when the nails sunk into my skin and the pain seemed like getting stronger and stronger but i still not convinced it was real and went ahead and pulled it. i pulled it hard with strength and at the same woke up from my sleep and there i was holding the tip of my pillow and was actually pulling it instead. i giggled and went back to sleep. 
in dream we cannot really grasp anything to be real although they appear as what we see in daily life? then in our awake moment can we grasp anything to be ultimately real like the hand one might perceive to be real in the dream? or maybe if it wasn't the pillow it could be my hubby's hand but it was still not the same hand in the dream. the hand did resemble my own hand. it was like a moment i had a face to face with my ego.
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hhmm... wanting to pull it to see what happens is also an illusive thinking, right? it was trying to convince me that it was real by feeling it's warmth and pain when the nail sinks into my skin and behind the back of the thought i noticed a faint sense of fear trying to creep in when the 2nd part was happening and it fastened my intention to pull it to find out what happens further and how far it goes. but i woke up instead to see pillow instead. frankly, disappointed as it may seem to me which is common in daily life when we can also get disappointed in some things when they don't happen to be true or what we expected at times. but the pillow brought me to the actual moment of what was.
anyone got anything to share?
"Good sons, this 'ignorance' actually lacks substance. It is like a man who is dreaming. At the time of the dream, there is no non-existence. But when he awakens he finds that there is nothing for him to hold on to. Similarly, when the sky-flowers disappear from the sky, you cannot say that there is a definite point of their disappearance. Why? Because there is no point from which they arose. All sentient beings falsely perceive arising and ceasing within the unarisen. Therefore they say that there is 'transmigration through life-and-death.' "
"Good sons, in the practice of Perfect Enlightenment of the causal stage of the Tathāgata one understands these 'sky-flowers,' thus there is no transmigration, nor body/mind to undergo life-and-death. But they are not caused to be non-existent. It is because they lack original nature. Now, this [prior] awareness is in itself void, like empty space. Yet since this awareness that perceives it to be like empty space is none other than the appearance of sky-flowers, you also cannot say that there is no nature of awareness. Existence and non- existence both being dispelled is called 'according with pure enlightenment.' "
"Why? Because its nature is completely empty; because it is eternally changeless; because there is neither arising nor ceasing within the matrix of the Tathāgata, and because there are no fixed points of view. Like the nature of the reality-realm it is totally complete and perfect, pervading the ten directions. Therefore it is called the 'reality-practice of the causal stage.' Bodhisattvas, relying upon it arouse their pure mind within the Mahayana. Sentient beings of the degenerate age who practice relying on this will not fall into erroneous views."
Somehow when I remembered seeing this last night (bohiruci posted it), I knew it was an illusion and stopped attending to the story and just woke up. -
the other day i had a dream and as i was waking up i saw the reality in my mind (the dream) splitting and making way for the reality in real life. then i woke up and made this thread http://sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=209678&page=0
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Emptiness alone, only and all, with an edge of extremely faint yet luminous bliss. That is how the subtle feels when it emerges from the causal. So it was early this morning. As the gross body then emerges from this subtle luminous bliss it's hard to tell, at first, exactly where its boundaries are. You have a body, you know that, but the body seems like the entire material universe. Then the bedroom solidifies, and slowly, very slowly, your awareness accepts the conventions of the gross realm, which dictate that this body is inside this room. And so it is. And so you get up. And so goes involution, yet again.
But the Emptiness remains, always.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwY4VU7zhsw&mode=related&search=
~ An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore is such a nice guy.... Americans should have been wise enough to vote for him earlier. Now they regret having voted Bush... regretted having voted for Republicans... and now Earth is hurting. -
summary plzOriginally posted by An Eternal Now:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwY4VU7zhsw&mode=related&search=
~ An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore is such a nice guy.... Americans should have been wise enough to vote for him earlier. Now they regret having voted Bush... regretted having voted for Republicans... and now Earth is hurting. -
global warming is happening at a phenomenal rate and will cause catastrophes in the near future (much worse than 9/11 terrorist attack) and people aren't doing enough about it yetOriginally posted by Cenarious:summary plz -
It's really a good and interesting documentary.. do watch the whole thing if possible.
Watching part 8 now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEC11sKGH8&mode=related&search= How certain minority groups denied scientific facts and lie to the public about the truths about global warming... and totally confused people about what is fact and what is false.
Update: Watching part 9 now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqJxWAVOO-s&mode=related&search= Al gore truly knows how to speak.. and very convincingly. To solve global warming is not impossible.. it all boils down to willingness. -
how does that relate to al gore?
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Huh? al gore is the speaker.Originally posted by Cenarious:how does that relate to al gore? -
http://www.globalpagoda.org/test/stonedonate.aspx
Interesting If people are up to practising some Dana (generosity), do consider donating to this organisation.A Dhamma monument is gradually reaching out to the skies in Mumbai - among the most populated cities of India. It presents an opportunity for each Vipassana meditator to earn merits by participating in a historic structure that will serve as the beacon of Dhamma for centuries to come - The Global Pagoda project on the Essel Plateau in Gorai in Mumbai. The construction of the first stage including the foundation was completed last year. Work on the crucial second stage is progressing at full speed and is expected to finish within months.
Minimum donation: $2
The great monument will have a huge meditation hall and a display gallery giving information about the life and the teaching of the Buddha. In external appearance, it will resemble the ShweDagon Pagoda of Myanmar (Burma).
In addition to its functional utility, the Global Pagoda will be an expression of our gratitude: towards the Buddha, towards the chain of teachers who preserved the Dhamma in its pristine purity, towards the country of Myanmar, and towards Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
It is Acharya Shri Goenkaji's wish that every meditator takes part in the construction of the Pagoda. The amount one donates is not important - the volition to contribute is.
The Global Pagoda is being built in stone. You can now choose to make a donation for any number of stones, even one stone. Every meditator in the family can feel joyful that he or she has donated for this great monument.
Donations qualify under Section 80.G of the Income Tax Act in India. The foreign donors should contact the Treasurer for clarification on tax concessions in their countries.
With Metta,
Trustees
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New Activity Rating: 58.078Originally posted by An Eternal Now:This month Activity Rating: 53.491 -
Just now I went to meditate... I was very tired today and when I am tired, I enter into a dream like state and starts "dreaming" (although not completely asleep), slowly losing awareness of my surroundings, like falling asleep. Initially I try to maintain a 'witnessing' even though the dreams are going on, it worked well at first, but eventually, I lost it. Then I sort of 'woke up' and thought... since I can't really put a stop to the 'dream'.. maybe I should try something else... since visual images pops up in my mind.. I must as well use it...
And then I did a visualisation meditation of dissolving into light (details I will not describe here) and merging with the Buddhas.... it worked quite well.
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Here are some meditation advises which I found useful, by Dharma Dan:
If you can perceive one sensation per second, try for two. If you can perceive two unique sensations per second, try to perceive four. Keep increasing your perceptual threshold in this way until the illusion of continuity that binds you on the wheel of suffering shatters. In short, when doing insight practices, constantly work to perceive sensations arise and pass as quickly and accurately as you possibly can. With the spirit of a racecar driver who is constantly aware of how fast the car can go and still stay on the track, you are strongly advised to stay on the cutting edge of your ability to see the impermanence of sensations quickly and accurately.
Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, Adobe/.pdf version, by Arhat, Dharma Dan
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These meditation objects and postures are not that important, but understanding impermanence directly is.
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I sometimes meditate when reclining before sleep, when reclining in the morning
before I have to get up, when I wake up in the middle of the night, before catnaps on the couch, during boring lectures and meetings, and in the lounge of the school I attend before afternoon classes. I have come to the conclusion that five minutes of really engaged, clear and focused practice in poor circumstances can often produce more benefits for me than an hour of poor, vague and distracted practice in “optimal conditions.” -
I have found that if I repeatedly ask those who start talking with me about dharma practice the questions, “What do you really want and why?” and, “What would you be willing to do to get that?” I usually come to the conclusion that they are not really interested in the things I am interested in (i.e. the things mentioned in this book), and thus I can turn the conversation to other topics and avoid wasting our time. Those few who do share some of my interests are my dear companions in what I call The Dharma Underground, and for them I am extremely grateful.
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I want to be God.