Dharma Treasure Community | olov | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/olov/activity/ Activity feed for olov. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e14b62e6ee039320ff171318b7d03a15 olov started the topic Some Koans in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/some-koans Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:25:45 +0000 Why don’t you emrace the rainbow? Why do you think it has to be that complicated? What if you already know? What if your teacher doesn’t know the answer himself? What if he still believes there is a question to be answered?

You know, I don’t know.

]]> 9f0f7f4f395e583ebb3256c778c30d3d olov replied to the topic Cessation events and a unified mind ; Review cycles and progress after 1st path in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/cessation-events-and-a-unified-mind-review-cycles-and-progress-after-1st-path/#post-1125 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:14:09 +0000 Blaz: I did not know about those recordings. They seem great! Thanks!

Nick: Thank you for your thorough answer. It’s definitely helpful!

]]> bd4e29ee7f2a798022534c3c9e7015ed olov replied to the topic Cessation events and a unified mind ; Review cycles and progress after 1st path in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/cessation-events-and-a-unified-mind-review-cycles-and-progress-after-1st-path/#post-621 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:09:51 +0000 Thanks for your reply Blake!

I have now taken up Samatha practice again, working with TMI. My initial goal was to do what you point out Culadasa recommends, and aim for stage 7 before doing insight practice. At the moment I’m considering bringing back some vipassana though.

I think the reason I wrote this post was that I felt I was getting close…[Read more]

]]> d944a39352a61eee72f52e8d130eb4d4 olov replied to the topic The mind illuminated as ebook? For non-americans in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/the-mind-illuminated-as-ebook-for-non-americans/#post-584 Sat, 28 May 2016 10:06:00 +0000 I tried the US site and it doesn’t even show up as available as a kindle verion. At the Canadian site the option is available but clicking on it gives: “Kindle titles are available for US customers on Amazon.com.”. (I’m guessing this might be different depending on where you are).

BUT, it got up to me that I have a very close relative living in…[Read more]

]]> e7de4175e59b34bdc1729cc1bdb82a2b olov started the topic Cessation events and a unified mind ; Review cycles and progress after 1st path in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/cessation-events-and-a-unified-mind-review-cycles-and-progress-after-1st-path Fri, 27 May 2016 20:16:12 +0000 In my practice, I have gone from alternating between samatha and dry insight á la Mahasi (inspired by Daniel Ingram and Kenneth Folk) to only doing dry insight. Here’s two reasons I stopped samatha practice: 1. I felt like it was getting harder to concentrate as I started experiencing what I thought of as “vibrations” more and more intensely -…[Read more]

]]> a0a8686bc6b913a4c2b9440e08881870 olov started the topic Cessation events and a unified mind ; Review cycles and progress after 1st path in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/cessation-events-and-a-unified-mind-review-cycles-and-progress-after-1st-path Fri, 27 May 2016 20:16:12 +0000 In my practice, I have gone from alternating between samatha and dry insight á la Mahasi (inspired by Daniel Ingram and Kenneth Folk) to only doing dry insight. Here’s two reasons I stopped samatha practice: 1. I felt like it was getting harder to concentrate as I started experiencing what I thought of as “vibrations” more and more intensely -…[Read more]

]]> 03088a8333c1bc75d38f0bc16134ba1f olov started the topic The mind illuminated as ebook? For non-americans in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/the-mind-illuminated-as-ebook-for-non-americans Fri, 27 May 2016 13:55:42 +0000 I received the book a couple of days ago – and it’s fantastic! There’s so much useful information in there. Several times I’ve wished there was a search function in the book 🙂 That’s why I’m trying to get hold of the ebook version. I tried Barnes and Nobles and Bookshout, but I couldn’t purchase it from where I am (Sweden). And I couldn’t find it…[Read more]

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