Dharma Treasure Community | neko | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/neko/activity/ Activity feed for neko. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 17449aa330ca45351dddce7895c7cfe3 neko replied to the topic Culadasa is now offering private consultations online in the forum Dharma Treasure Community Information http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/culadasa-is-now-offering-private-consultations-online/page/2/#post-2351 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 06:18:49 +0000 Sorry for bringing up this defunct thread, but it has been brought to my attention that what I wrote above:

Why do overly expensive private consultations make this a cult?

sounds like an unfaithful representation of Samuel’s original concerns, which was that others might think that this is a cult. I am sorry, because I understand that having…[Read more]

]]> daaea147de9e60a1914a6d66e7d29555 neko replied to the topic Vipassana Mediitation Center -- very confused in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/vipassana-mediitation-center-very-confused/#post-2336 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:11:51 +0000 Allen, I’ll go straight to the point: Just do TMI. Having tried both approaches, and talked with people who practice Goenka-style exclusively, TMI is much better from practically every point of view. More complete, more healthy, less dogmatic, more scientific, more pleasant, more fun, less dark-night-inducing, more conducive to the Big E. My…[Read more]

]]> 2539d7b52ce3eff256b9ee6a1e476875 neko replied to the topic No moments of attention vs. attention fused with awareness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/no-moments-of-attention-vs-attention-fused-with-awareness/#post-2096 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 18:00:28 +0000 Now, back to practice. Ivan adds:

The Jhana meditations are much more fixed concentration where thoughts have been temporary suppressed. It is like diving deep into a lake. First you start on the surface, where there is much activity, and slowly dive down, deeper and deeper…..

Meditation on the mind/fusing of attention/awareness if more like y…

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]]> 6b13771fca67df4211612b1bcdd0d91b neko replied to the topic No moments of attention vs. attention fused with awareness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/no-moments-of-attention-vs-attention-fused-with-awareness/#post-2095 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:47:48 +0000 [edited out. not useful]

]]> 76a5f1c7d6ee26691462599dee9398a4 neko replied to the topic No moments of attention vs. attention fused with awareness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/no-moments-of-attention-vs-attention-fused-with-awareness/#post-2088 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 08:58:16 +0000 Hello Michael, thanks for your reply!

I think two different topics got mixed up a bit: dullness on the one hand (gross and subtle, stages 4-6) and what happens to attention during higher stages of concentration (2nd jhana, stage 9). Of course it is extremely important not to mix up the two things, because it can be extremely easy to confuse…[Read more]

]]> 57ff35ff5d34279992462aff7424d2fe neko replied to the topic Culadasa is now offering private consultations online in the forum Dharma Treasure Community Information http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/culadasa-is-now-offering-private-consultations-online/#post-2077 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:14:39 +0000 Hello Samuel!

Premise: I am in no way associated with Culadasa or this community, except for the fact that I have signed up for this forum.

Three questions:

1) Why do overly expensive private consultations make this a cult? If a famous musician charges 1000$ for a private concert is he founding a cult? What if a medic charges that much for his…[Read more]

]]> fe4cd1e86590dfddaa3898592ea5f44a neko replied to the topic No moments of attention vs. attention fused with awareness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/no-moments-of-attention-vs-attention-fused-with-awareness/#post-2076 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:51:21 +0000 Hey Mr. T, thanks for your reply!

Dullness is, I agree, the central issue for me right now, and I have made it the central focus of my practice. I have almost vowed not to enter jhana anymore until I have defeated it (though I am not very rigid with vows). So eyes open, energise continuously, increase peripheral awareness to the max, increase…[Read more]

]]> 6531d9c87ad7379abda80c82186a224b neko started the topic No moments of attention vs. attention fused with awareness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/no-moments-of-attention-vs-attention-fused-with-awareness Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:53:47 +0000 Hello all,

I have a question that is both theoretical and related to my own practice.

From the theoretical point of view, what is the difference between:

1) What happens inside 2nd jhana (when sufficiently deep), in which with the fading away of vitakka and vicara, “no moments of attention at all” happen anymore, and only awareness is left.

2)…[Read more]

]]> 68d527b6a67388f362deb0786c19741c neko replied to the topic Meditating on the Mind - sadness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/meditating-on-the-mind-sadness/#post-1802 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:21:57 +0000 What do you mean by ‘natural state’

The natural state is a technical term from Mahamudra. I am not a Mahamudra expert in any sense of the word, so I will try to explain this from the point of view of my very limited understanding.

Some background: Mahamudra practice is roughly divided into sections:
0) preliminaries.
1) First yoga, Mah…[Read more]

]]> 1d305b1a9b7dab778c8ccb0cf7b2524a neko replied to the topic Meditating on the Mind - sadness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/meditating-on-the-mind-sadness/#post-1802 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:21:57 +0000 What do you mean by ‘natural state’

The natural state is a technical term from Mahamudra. I am not a Mahamudra expert in any sense of the word, so I will try to explain this from the point of view of my very limited understanding.

Some background: Mahamudra practice is roughly divided into sections:
0) preliminaries.
1) First yoga, Mah…[Read more]

]]> e9ef4280b5cbf8acd12202ae95e95748 neko replied to the topic Meditating on the Mind - sadness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/meditating-on-the-mind-sadness/#post-1799 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:59:40 +0000 My experience with Mahamudra (which meditating on the mind is a form of) is very limited, but sadness does not seem to me like an expected outcome of it…

…This being said, I did experience it while practicing Mahamudra. In my case, it was a kind of reactivity to the idea of the self “going away”. Like missing an old friend. Longing. That…[Read more]

]]> 0e9a52a06a33e791a15d67daac08968c neko replied to the topic How Did Your Awakening Cease Suffering? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/how-did-your-awakening-cease-suffering/#post-1748 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 07:24:02 +0000 Ted: at stream entry, the keenness of your interest in stories drops a _lot_. So when something happens, a story doesn’t pop up to carry it.

I would rather describe my experience as:

1) Something happens.

2) A story pops up to carry it.

3) “I” do not feel embedded in / identified with the story. The story is seen with relative clarity as s…[Read more]

]]> 3948be118f5414d92fbdd623ce2bb91c neko replied to the topic Distinguishing Between Jhanas in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/distinguishing-between-jhanas/#post-1705 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:39:57 +0000 Addendum. I realise I haven’t answered your question fully.

Nelson Satoru I’m not sure I’m entirely clear I know what the answer is, or how to distinguish the second whole body jhana from the first pleasure jhana in terms of their phenomenology.

About the difference between whole-body jhāna and pleasure jhāna: this is related to the object of co…[Read more]

]]> bdd71c5f7dd3d63b110a5d4a7f4383a8 neko replied to the topic Distinguishing Between Jhanas in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/distinguishing-between-jhanas/#post-1705 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:39:57 +0000 Addendum. I realise I haven’t answered your question fully.

Nelson Satoru I’m not sure I’m entirely clear I know what the answer is, or how to distinguish the second whole body jhana from the first pleasure jhana in terms of their phenomenology.

About the difference between whole-body jhāna and pleasure jhāna: this is related to the object of co…[Read more]

]]> 6b53cd9065a3806be6806b1fd48ab1fb neko replied to the topic Distinguishing Between Jhanas in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/distinguishing-between-jhanas/#post-1702 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:20:48 +0000 Nelson Satoru: I’m not sure I’m entirely clear I know what the answer is, or how to distinguish the second whole body jhana from the first pleasure jhana in terms of their phenomenology.

First jhāna (of any flavour) has vitakka, vicāra, pīti, sukha, ekaggatā.

Second jhāna (of any flavour) has pīti, sukha, ekaggatā, but no vitakka and no vicāra.…[Read more]

]]> 6e15de05d9596da781c7577423602e6d neko replied to the topic Distinguishing Between Jhanas in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/distinguishing-between-jhanas/#post-1702 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:20:48 +0000 <b>Nelson Satoru</b>: I’m not sure I’m entirely clear I know what the answer is, or how to distinguish the second whole body jhana from the first pleasure jhana in terms of their phenomenology.

First jhāna (of any flavour) has vitakka, vicāra, pīti, sukha, ekaggatā.

Second jhāna (of any flavour) has pīti, sukha, ekaggatā, but no vitakka an…[Read more]

]]> 1d556618f0effe22f429611005de0f5c neko replied to the topic Distinguishing Between Jhanas in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/distinguishing-between-jhanas/#post-1702 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:20:48 +0000 I’m not sure I’m entirely clear I know what the answer is, or how to distinguish the second whole body jhana from the first pleasure jhana in terms of their phenomenology.

First jhāna (of any flavour) has vitakka, vicāra, pīti, sukha, ekaggatā.

Second jhāna (of any flavour) has pīti, sukha, ekaggatā, but no vitakka and no vicāra.

S…[Read more]

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