http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/ Ecstatic Buddhism Tue, 05 May 2009 20:23:36 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/225 While studying creative writing at the University of Arizona, I took many literature classes. One of those classes was on Asian poetry in translation. In Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:20:54 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/224 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/224 Samadhi is commonly translated as `concentration' in most translations of Buddhist literature; however it is NOT concentration. Concentration is a cognitive Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:23:32 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/223 If we examine Siddhartha Gotama's prophesy of the future Buddha, we may find evidence that he was predicting the life of Jesus the Nazarene. Siddhartha Gotama Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:01:01 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/222 If your religion does not recognize that the holy life, the righteous life, is the contemplative life, then your religion is a farce. Abraham was a Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:48:46 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/221 Michael Hawkins recently posted a link to Millican Dalton, who seems to have been a true mendicant. Too bad it is very difficult these days for mendicants to Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:44:06 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/220 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/220 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:36:36 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/219 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:44:50 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/218 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:13:41 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/217 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/217 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:52:06 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/216 Kimo's questions on the JSG in regard to the out-of-body (OOB) and the erotic, and his living in Hawaii have reminded me of a poem that I wrote some years ago Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:23:18 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/215 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/215 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:11:17 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/214 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:21:21 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/213 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/213 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:08:30 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/212 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/212 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:43:04 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/211 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ecstatic_Buddhism/message/211 Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats.