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ST: Do you have a fear of death when your mind is still?
MF: My mind does not “still” per se. I arrive at a rhythm:
1) Relax the activity of the body, in inhalation and exhalation;
2) Find a feeling of ease and calm the senses connected with balance, in inhalation and exhalation;
3) Appreciate and detach ...
A book by Bhikkyu Kumāra, an ordained Theravadin monk, addresses the primary difference between long-time Theravadin teachings and those of the early Buddhist texts (the EBTs).
Kumāra writes that modern Theravadin teachings rely heavily on the separation of vipassana (insight) from samatha/jhana (concentration), a separation that transforms ...
Over on the Dao Bums forum site, Tommy commented:
I live and breathe. Wake up in the morning, cook myself a meal, boil water for coffee. What life is, is in front of me. When I read the saying “before enlightenment, chop wood carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood carry water”, the question arises, what changed?
The saying Tommy quoted ...