Comments for Walk the Path - blog http://walkthepath.wordpress.com dedicated to inspiring people to find greater happiness in their lives Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Practicing Vipassana: Meditator Experiences – video by AS http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/practicing-vipassana-meditator-experiences-video/#comment-148 AS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:56:16 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=651#comment-148 Just as I was watching this video, I had tears of joy and satisfaction in me. I just returned back yesterday by completing my first course in Jesup, GA (USA, DHAMMA PATAPA). I feel as if part of me has opened up and feel little liberated from my own bondages. We all are in our own shackles and only each individual can break his/her own. I did Vipassana own my own for almost a year by listening to Goenka ji on Aastha (Indian spiritual channel) and after a year I got the confidence that I can stay put for 10 days and I made it and this was not as difficult as I was predicting, just because I was doing it on my own. I feel like part of me is watching me for any defilement before it manifest in verbal or physical activity. Now mind can catch this as soon as any defilement starts in the other part of the brain. Now I can see how Buddha must have reached to the ultimate by using this technique by making his mind sharp and clear. All the love to Buddha and rest of humanity. AS Just as I was watching this video, I had tears of joy and satisfaction in me. I just returned back yesterday by completing my first course in Jesup, GA (USA, DHAMMA PATAPA).
I feel as if part of me has opened up and feel little liberated from my own bondages. We all are in our own shackles and only each individual can break his/her own.
I did Vipassana own my own for almost a year by listening to Goenka ji on Aastha (Indian spiritual channel) and after a year I got the confidence that I can stay put for 10 days and I made it and this was not as difficult as I was predicting, just because I was doing it on my own.
I feel like part of me is watching me for any defilement before it manifest in verbal or physical activity. Now mind can catch this as soon as any defilement starts in the other part of the brain.
Now I can see how Buddha must have reached to the ultimate by using this technique by making his mind sharp and clear.
All the love to Buddha and rest of humanity.

AS

]]> Comment on love, sex and celibacy by Jaak http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/love-sex-and-celibacy/#comment-147 Jaak Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:01:37 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=369#comment-147 I was reading your post and because I have been in your situation myself also I would like to point out that don’t give any attention to the thoughts – If you do that, they will just overpower you. Thoughts are the manifestation of reacting to defilements. In my own case it is just the habit of controlling things. Controlling is not accepting. Do not try to get control over it – that is craving/aversion. Just focus on sensations without labeling or contemplating over them. Some of the very strong defilements come to the surface in situations where there is a lot at stake – like exams or very important work, decisions. It is just another old habit pattern :) The key is to keep trying and trying and trying with right motivation. The motivation of developing thorough experiental understanding of Anicca. May you be successful! Jaak from Estonia I was reading your post and because I have been in your situation myself also I would like to point out that don’t give any attention to the thoughts – If you do that, they will just overpower you. Thoughts are the manifestation of reacting to defilements. In my own case it is just the habit of controlling things. Controlling is not accepting.

Do not try to get control over it – that is craving/aversion. Just focus on sensations without labeling or contemplating over them.

Some of the very strong defilements come to the surface in situations where there is a lot at stake – like exams or very important work, decisions. It is just another old habit pattern :)

The key is to keep trying and trying and trying with right motivation. The motivation of developing thorough experiental understanding of Anicca.

May you be successful!
Jaak from Estonia

]]> Comment on share your experiences by JanisB http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/share/#comment-145 JanisB Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:37:18 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?page_id=209#comment-145 When we (meditators) come to a Vipassana meditation center one of the first thing that we do is chanting of 'I take refuge in Buddha, Dhamma and Sanga.' However I had said these words (in Pali) for few times only recently did I realize their true meaning. And coming to this realization happened like this... I was riding my scooter as I had done it for many other early mornings when I had to deliver newspapers. And then happened the worst thing that can happen to someone who rides a scooter while on duty- it started raining. It didn't take long for me to get completely wet. And I knew that I have to deliver the newspapers no matter what so I would have to remain in that unpleasant state for few more hours. And this was the moment when I started to think: 'It would be grate if I was at home completely dry and warm' Then I continued my chain of thoughts: 'But it won't be enough... I would start eating for pleasure. When it would be too much I would watch movies, when I'd get bored I'd listen to music and so on, so on...' Where would it end?- Nowhere. It starts with a single wish and goes on forever. And then I saw that my home, that I desire so much, doesn't protect me at all. Yes, it gives me protection from rain and wind but it doesn't protect me from my own unsatisfactoriness. And does anything else do?- Nothing else but Dhamma. With Dhamma I can stop my own suffering (craving and aversion) here and now and it is me who make this shelter strong or weak. And Dhamma protects me not only from rain and wind. Time will pass and people I know will pass, my good conditioning will pass, I might not have place to live or food to eat. I might and I will lose a lot of things and abilities. But it won't bother me as long as I take a refuge in Dhamma. Indeed- refuge of Dhamma is the best of all the refuges. So let us be wise and begin to live in this shelter just as I began to do that on my scooter on that early morning... When we (meditators) come to a Vipassana meditation center one of the first thing that we do is chanting of ‘I take refuge in Buddha, Dhamma and Sanga.’ However I had said these words (in Pali) for few times only recently did I realize their true meaning. And coming to this realization happened like this…
I was riding my scooter as I had done it for many other early mornings when I had to deliver newspapers. And then happened the worst thing that can happen to someone who rides a scooter while on duty- it started raining. It didn’t take long for me to get completely wet. And I knew that I have to deliver the newspapers no matter what so I would have to remain in that unpleasant state for few more hours.
And this was the moment when I started to think: ‘It would be grate if I was at home completely dry and warm’ Then I continued my chain of thoughts: ‘But it won’t be enough… I would start eating for pleasure. When it would be too much I would watch movies, when I’d get bored I’d listen to music and so on, so on…’ Where would it end?- Nowhere. It starts with a single wish and goes on forever.
And then I saw that my home, that I desire so much, doesn’t protect me at all. Yes, it gives me protection from rain and wind but it doesn’t protect me from my own unsatisfactoriness. And does anything else do?- Nothing else but Dhamma. With Dhamma I can stop my own suffering (craving and aversion) here and now and it is me who make this shelter strong or weak.
And Dhamma protects me not only from rain and wind. Time will pass and people I know will pass, my good conditioning will pass, I might not have place to live or food to eat. I might and I will lose a lot of things and abilities. But it won’t bother me as long as I take a refuge in Dhamma.
Indeed- refuge of Dhamma is the best of all the refuges. So let us be wise and begin to live in this shelter just as I began to do that on my scooter on that early morning…

]]> Comment on Practicing Vipassana: Meditator Experiences – video by sai des http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/practicing-vipassana-meditator-experiences-video/#comment-144 sai des Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:24:14 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=651#comment-144 Really nice video, thanks for linking! Also, looking forward the DVD... and my first 10 days reatreat of course, hopefully I can make in sometime in the next summer. Cheers! Really nice video, thanks for linking! Also, looking forward the DVD… and my first 10 days reatreat of course, hopefully I can make in sometime in the next summer.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Vipassana in prisons by william http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/vipassana-in-prisons/#comment-143 william Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:57:24 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=638#comment-143 This is so cool, this shall be introduced in more and more prison in the world. It's better than punishing them physically, if any. This is so cool, this shall be introduced in more and more prison in the world. It’s better than punishing them physically, if any.

]]> Comment on smiling towards the suffering within by walkthepath http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/smiling-towards-the-suffering-within/#comment-142 walkthepath Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:47 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=584#comment-142 Dear Rahul, I strongly recommend you ask an Assistant Teacher (AT) these questions. I am by no means a teacher of Dhamma, but simply someone who has tasted the sweet nectar of Dhamma and wants to spread the word. Contact your local center and they will help you contact an AT. May you be liberated! Metta, walkthepath Dear Rahul,

I strongly recommend you ask an Assistant Teacher (AT) these questions. I am by no means a teacher of Dhamma, but simply someone who has tasted the sweet nectar of Dhamma and wants to spread the word.

Contact your local center and they will help you contact an AT.

May you be liberated!
Metta,
walkthepath

]]> Comment on share your experiences by walkthepath http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/share/#comment-141 walkthepath Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:03 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?page_id=209#comment-141 Dear Miska, I strongly recommend you ask an Assistant Teacher (AT) these questions. I am by no means a teacher of Dhamma, but simply someone who has tasted the sweet nectar of Dhamma and wants to spread the word. Contact your local center and they will help you contact an AT. May you be happy! Metta, walkthepath Dear Miska,

I strongly recommend you ask an Assistant Teacher (AT) these questions. I am by no means a teacher of Dhamma, but simply someone who has tasted the sweet nectar of Dhamma and wants to spread the word.

Contact your local center and they will help you contact an AT.

May you be happy!
Metta,
walkthepath

]]> Comment on share your experiences by miska http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/share/#comment-139 miska Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:57:36 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?page_id=209#comment-139 Hi There, I just finished a 10 day course and am back home. In my practice I scan my body, but in the process feelings of frustration, anger, panic, worry come up. Are we meant to observe these feelings? are these sensations? thank you, yours, confused Hi There,

I just finished a 10 day course and am back home. In my practice I scan my body, but in the process feelings of frustration, anger, panic, worry come up. Are we meant to observe these feelings? are these sensations?

thank you,

yours, confused

]]> Comment on smiling towards the suffering within by Rahul http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/smiling-towards-the-suffering-within/#comment-137 Rahul Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:39:35 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=584#comment-137 Hi. Is it necessary that I meditate in open space? When I meditate during night and in a room it is like I slowly drift into a dream and it gets darker and darker. Whereas when I meditate during day I am more comfortable. Is it advisable to meditate during night, then? Pl guide me. Thanks. Hi.
Is it necessary that I meditate in open space? When I meditate during night and in a room it is like I slowly drift into a dream and it gets darker and darker. Whereas when I meditate during day I am more comfortable. Is it advisable to meditate during night, then? Pl guide me.
Thanks.

]]> Comment on love, sex and celibacy by Mark http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/love-sex-and-celibacy/#comment-136 Mark Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:36:29 +0000 http://walkthepath.wordpress.com/?p=369#comment-136 Hi there and thanks for this post. I don't know much about meditation techniques, but lately I've been meaning to find out more about it, because there's this feeling it might somehow open the floodgates for my development right now. Just now I heard of Vipassana for the first time, googled it and found some sites and videos on youtube, including yours. Thank you for sharing. Hi there and thanks for this post. I don’t know much about meditation techniques, but lately I’ve been meaning to find out more about it, because there’s this feeling it might somehow open the floodgates for my development right now. Just now I heard of Vipassana for the first time, googled it and found some sites and videos on youtube, including yours. Thank you for sharing.

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