Gerard

I wish someone could change the registration process to make sure everyone uses their real names instead of nicks. This measure would cause the following:

1. Improve the quality of the forum.

2. Stop users from "pretending."

3. People would think twice before writing nonsense, trolling and personal attacks.

4. Promote the release of objective information rather than facts resulting from an emotional imbalance, which is rife in Tao Bums, unfortunately.

5. Stops bad karma.

Etc.

Thanks.

In the borderlands of Thailand's Golden Triangle, a rugged region known for its drug smuggling and impoverished hill tribes, one man devotes himself to the welfare of the region's children. A former Thai boxer, turned Buddhist monk, Phra Khru Bah Neua Chai Kositto travels widely on horseback, fearlessly dispensing prayers and tough-love. With his Golden Horse Temple he's built an orphanage, school and clinic - a haven for the children of the region, who see him as a shaman, father figure and coach.

*Winner Best Spiritual Film & Best Spiritual Documentary at the European Film Festival, Paris March 2009.

Nice documentary about Wudang mountain.

Enjoy!

I remember studying in high school the philosophy of the presocratics, in particular the philosophy of one particular Greek sage, Heraclitus, who stated that, 'The sum of things flows like a stream.' Those wise words stroke me deeply and made me think a lot about the true nature of reality and our existence. As a side note the Buddha was born not long after him and developed the concept of citta-santana or mindstream, the stream of mind: A continuum in which all phenomena (including all sentient beings) are interrelated in a web-like structure but in constant movement and for eternity until the state of nibbana or cessation is attained.

Hinduism has placed a great importance to this fact and has adopted a very significant ritual by which the soul of the deceased person is offered to the river Ganges so it can continue its journey towards nirvana.



Don't be fooled by the physical (ego, pleasure and gratification) or astral (emotions, desires) bodies, most of you are aware of this anyway as the true mind doesn't reside in either of them. Your task is to find out its exact location and then continue working with the true mind until the door to the is finally opened, once and for good.

The true mind can be clearly observed in babies who are mature or old souls, they have a lot of wisdom behind and still retain clearly in their consciousness a vision of nibbana. The last baby of this kind I came across was just a couple of days ago, held by its mother in a busy shopping centre, I looked into the baby's eyes and the thing did the same. I saw nibbana in those amazing and wise eyes.

At the moment of death and right before your new rebirth your original mind is instantly exposed to nibbana and then as quickly as you saw it you'll be reabsorbed again in the mindstream, back again into karmic conditioning, it feels like entering again into the tunnel, the darkness of reality.

Getting to that point isn't easy but if you do get there then reaching enlightenment is only a matter of time. But before that there are other factors that must be removed for good and that includes the ego.

Posted ImageI remember studying in high school the philosophy of the presocratics, in particular the philosophy of one particular Greek sage, Heraclitus, who stated that, 'The sum of things flows like a stream.' Those wise words stroke me deeply and made me think a lot about the true nature of reality and our existence. As a side note the Buddha was born not long after him and developed the concept of citta-santana or mindstream, the stream of mind: A continuum in which all phenomena (including all sentient beings) are interrelated in a web-like structure but in constant movement and for eternity until the state of nibbana or cessation is attained.

Hinduism has placed a great importance to this fact and has adopted a very significant ritual by which the soul of the deceased person is offered to the river Ganges so it can continue its journey towards nirvana.



Don't be fooled by the physical or astral bodies, most of you are aware of this anyway as the  true mind is only connected to them but work must be done at this level, you can't work directly with it. Your task is to find out its exact location and then continue working on a one-on-one level until the door to the is finally opened, once and for good. The all coditioned existence will vanish automatically and...your task is to find out what it is like.

Getting to that point isn't easy but if you do get there then reaching enlightenment is only a matter of time and in one lifetime only if care and perseverance is maintained, don't just settle for "sakadagami" and "anagami" states. But prior to that other mental factors must cease as well but removing the ego is in my experience the hardest goal to attain.

I am due to buy a decent meditation cushion (preferably inflatable) I can use when I meditate in the forest. I have seen some on eBay (zafus) but I am not sure about their quality.

Can anyone recommend me one?

Thanks.