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A discussion of a Dharma teacher.

  • False Dhamma teaching and fake monks

    I have noticed of late several “monks” spreading very strange teachings online. Upon investigation, I have found no lineage, no ordination, and almost zero qualifications re. Dhamma. And yet they have managed to penetrate quite deeply into the upper echelons of monastic life. One such person is a man going by the name of Ajahn Tri Dao, who has become wildly popular on TikTok, is not affiliated with any sangha or monastery, is not ordained, and seems to be teaching concepts very far removed from the canon. Another is someone called Vasu Bandhu (the name says it all).  Have you heard of these people? Should we just keep quiet and let these people be?

    kind regards,

    CM Long

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  • teacher

    can not find a teacher, not available in soto temple, monasteries without ordination?

    Live in Central CA.  trying to practice Thai forest vipassana now, and have practiced Soto,

    Rinzi, but still find difficulty at best, getting communications for a good practice from most?

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  • practice

    practiced Mahayana, now Theravadin, experience in tai chi Kung fu, healing acupressure.

    Is there a teacher in forest type of practice, that can be assisted and accessed from central CA?

    Have not found one in Mahayana, Soto temples and feel that I need to look elsewhere or move to Thailand, next to Penang where i have a home?

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  • Phra Ajahn Sao Kantasilo Mahathera

    Phra Ajahn Sao Kantasilo Mahathera (1861-1941)

     

    Ajahn Sao and his student Ajahn Mun established the Kammatthana tradition. A true forest-dweller, Ajahn Sao left no written records of his teachings. Fortunately for us, another of his students — Phra Ajahn Phut Thaniyo — recorded “Ajahn Sao’s Teaching: A Reminiscence of Phra Ajahn Sao Kantasilo”, which offers us a glimpse of Ajahn Sao’s terse but powerful teaching style.

    https://www.forestmeditation.com/teachings/forest_tradition/sao/ajaan_teaching.html

    With Respect to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha.

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  • Phra Ajahn Mun Bhuridatto

    Phra Ajahn Mun Bhuridatto (1870-1949)

    Ajahn Mun was born in 1870 in Baan Kham Bong, a farming village in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand. Ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1893, he spent the remainder of his life wandering through Thailand, Burma, and Laos, dwelling for the most part in the forest, engaged in the practice of meditation. He attracted an enormous following of students and, together with his teacher, Phra Ajahn Sao Kantasilo Mahathera (1861-1941), established the forest meditation tradition (the Kammatthana tradition) that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad. He passed away in 1949 at Wat Suddhavasa, Sakon Nakhorn province.

    The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas
    The Ever-present Truth
    A Heart Released: The Teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera

     

    With Respect to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha.

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  • The Birth of…

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  • Who eats time? By Bhikku Buddhadasa

    Who eats time? By Bhikku Buddhadasa

    The Buddha is recorded as saying that anyone who gets rid of tanha (ignorant desire) is someone who eats time. Usually it's time that devours; it devours people and all other living things. Would anyone who puts an end to desire, that one turns around and eats time, which means that time becomes a small matter, something to smile at, an inconsequential matter that can't eat or bite us." Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikku

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  • Noble Conversation

    Noble Conversation

    In pursuit of more skillful speech, especially with teachers and members of the Sangha, yesterday I downloaded the freely available book Noble Conversation, by Ajahn Thanissaro.

    https://www.dhammatalks.org/ebook_index.html

    It’s amazing to have these free books available and I am very thankful to have found them at this time.

    On a 10 day retreat in 2013, I wasn’t really supposed to read books but one book that went with me was Right Mindfulness, by Ajahn Thanissaro (Thanissaro Bhikkhu at the time). It was worth taking with me. These books are distributed free of charge.

     

     

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