http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/ Discourses of the Buddha Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:35:20 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1911 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1911 Please visit our new forum: http://fruitofthecontemplativelife.org/forum/index.php If you engage in the contemplative life diligently you will become Wed, 01 May 2013 11:41:17 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1910 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1910 Please visit our new forum: http://fruitofthecontemplativelife.org/forum/index.php If you engage in the contemplative life diligently you will become Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:46:06 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1909 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1909 Reminder from: Discourses_of_the_Buddha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/cal Discourses_of_the_Buddha birthday Friday April Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:51:26 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1908 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1908 Please visit our new forum: http://fruitofthecontemplativelife.org/forum/index.php If you engage in the contemplative life diligently you will become Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:02:59 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1907 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1907 Please visit our new forum: http://fruitofthecontemplativelife.org/forum/index.php If you engage in the contemplative life diligently you will become Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:41:16 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1906 Reminder from: Discourses_of_the_Buddha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/cal Discourses_of_the_Buddha birthday Thursday Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:33:49 GMT Jhananda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1905 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1905 Hello Wody, I have never said that stream entry (Sotapanna) was required to experience jhana. I speak from direct experience with the ecstatic altered states Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:52:39 GMT wodyhue http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1904 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1904 ... Hello Jeff, (or Jhanananda, nice nickname btw) That's is because there is none in the sutta which says Sotapanna is required to have jhanic attainment. But Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:06:18 GMT Jhananda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1903 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1903 Hello Wody, you bring up some interesting points. While I cannot think of a sutta the specifically correlates jhanic attainment with the levels of noble Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:51:55 GMT wodyhue http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1902 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1902 Hi, If you don't mind, I'd like to comment on a few things. First, what is the Sutta which mentions jhanic attainment is required to be a stream-enterer? Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:46:20 GMT Jhananda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1901 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1901 Hello Wody, and welcome to Discourses_of_the_Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya, Chapter XI, 55 Sotapattisamyutta I Bamboo Gate "At Savatthi the Blessed One said this:" 2 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:30:51 GMT wodyhue http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1900 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1900 Hi everyone, I'm new to this group. It is interesting to read the old posts in this group. I'd like to start my first post with a question: In what case Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:02:11 GMT Jhananda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1899 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1899 Thank-you, JB, for posting your experience with meeting J. Krishnamurti. I too met him back in 1976 when he was in Ojai for his annual lecture there. I had Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:04:20 GMT J http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1898 Hello, Since I have noticed some dialogues on J. Krishnamurti here, I would share the following. The article (which I have written some years ago) was Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:45:42 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/message/1897 Reminder from: Discourses_of_the_Buddha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/cal Discourses_of_the_Buddha birthday Tuesday April