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    meditaters gonna meditate
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    so then who goes to silent retreats?
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    https://youtu.be/ad6A9JH-Ug8

    Who likes to talk about their feelings?
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    Wait, does riding the lift alone count?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tippster View Post
    Wait, does riding the lift alone count?
    Yes.

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    I don't live that far from nova Scotia.. Pema chodron has a Buddhist village there. Thinking about visiting some time

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    This place is about 2 miles from my house, but I've never been inside. It's some kind of a big deal in the Tibetan Buddhist scene apparently. I've been through some of the outdoor stuff, the prayer garden and the contemplation trail or whatever the name is, pretty wild. They've been praying 24/7/365 non-stop since 1985. What exactly they are praying for I don't really know. Compassion I believe.

    Interesting but long hstory of it here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    This place is about 2 miles from my house, but I've never been inside. It's some kind of a big deal in the Tibetan Buddhist scene apparently. I've been through some of the outdoor stuff, the prayer garden and the contemplation trail or whatever the name is, pretty wild. They've been praying 24/7/365 non-stop since 1985. What exactly they are praying for I don't really know. Compassion I believe.

    Interesting but long hstory of it here.
    I had some Hippie buddies in college (late 80's) try to convince me to go "help" them to stop Reagan's "aggression in Granada." I still slow down every time I pass that place just to look at the flags. The shrubbery is pretty high now, however.

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    I think if you have to ask you are not far enough along on the path to spritual enlightenment

    How about a Tibeten super hero jumping into the action yelling "Namaste Mofo'ers!"
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    Any time is a good time to bee on the path.
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    Meditation changed my life. It increases grey matter, too.

    I posted a year ago here, but reading back on that now really puts my practice into perspective. The perspective you need is that I still meditate. That's the truth people need to hear... people who meditate with discipline don't stop. It works, for whatever it is.

    For years I heard I needed to practice. I just couldn't. I didn't know how. The Wim Hof Method helped me connect with "something" during my 30 minutes of breathing. It worked for me and I don't miss a day now.

    I'm now the guy passively holding my advice to people around me who are begging for any help they can get in "getting their life together." They're always the same-- want to level up their lives but are the first to dismiss others' advice.

    I'll just put this here-- "Breathe, Motherfucker." /google it.

    If you're asking people for advice in meditation... take it. Try. But try with the understanding that you'll fail your first time(s).

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    put well

    I might add that if it benefits the one it benefits the many.

    and for those that can be helped this may be valuable asset
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    I have dabbled with Zen for the last five years (see my avatar). I always benefit greatly when I sit regularly. I haven't sat in months and am all twisted up. It's not a coincidence.

    Gonna challenge myself to start sitting daily again.

    Contemplating going on a 3 day vipassana retreat in May in NYS.

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    Anyone ever done one?

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    Just going to put this here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian View Post
    I have dabbled with Zen for the last five years (see my avatar). I always benefit greatly when I sit regularly. I haven't sat in months and am all twisted up. It's not a coincidence.

    Gonna challenge myself to start sitting daily again.

    Contemplating going on a 3 day vipassana retreat in May in NYS.

    http://www.wondharmacenter.org/

    Anyone ever done one?
    i did a 10 day vipassana retreat several years ago. i would say it benefited me as much as anything i've done but sitting stationary so much brutalized my dysfunctional and damaged body. i was ready to go for a month on day 10. but reintegration, so to speak, was not pleasant. i tried to do another 10 day and my back had worsened to the point i didn't last 24 hours. o think it is awesome if some aspects don't detract from it for you. it's also difficult to maintain, of course, and the maintenance state is not as clear as the post-retreat state. that said, i have adapted what i learned and experienced and i'm glad i did it. i was just barely starting to clear things out after 3 days. probably not until day 7 when i felt som clarity to go deeper. then i also immediately confronted with the hilarious clique/social status aspect of sometime long-time, well-traveled attendees at the end. it was a shocking but probably perfect realization after so much work.

    i definitely recommend it.

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    GF runs a retreat every year some one has to lead/manage/collect money for these events and there are always issues

    this year some hornets have built a nest in some prime accomadations and the Buddhist who owns the place can't harm them

    maybe I will go up tomorrow and stuff that nest in a paper bag IF its ok with the Buddhist
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    One time I was at the bar closest to that retreat I mentioned up there^^^. It was right before Thanksgiving. Turned out the guy sitting next to me was a buddhist monk. Looked perfectly normal, you never would have known. Turned out he drove a Volvo in fact. But anyways it was right before Thanksgiving so I asked him what Buddhist monks eat for Thanksgiving. He was like, ya know, the regular...turkey, stuffing, cranberry.... and I said, wait, how can you have turkey? You're not supposed to kill anything.

    He looked at me for like 10 seconds and asked, did you kill your turkey this year? And I said, no, not personally. And he said, well I didn't kill mine either.

    So I guess it's more flexible than you might think. Bagging up some hornets should be fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wyeaster View Post
    i did a 10 day vipassana retreat several years ago. i would say it benefited me as much as anything i've done but sitting stationary so much brutalized my dysfunctional and damaged body. i was ready to go for a month on day 10. but reintegration, so to speak, was not pleasant. i tried to do another 10 day and my back had worsened to the point i didn't last 24 hours. o think it is awesome if some aspects don't detract from it for you. it's also difficult to maintain, of course, and the maintenance state is not as clear as the post-retreat state. that said, i have adapted what i learned and experienced and i'm glad i did it. i was just barely starting to clear things out after 3 days. probably not until day 7 when i felt som clarity to go deeper. then i also immediately confronted with the hilarious clique/social status aspect of sometime long-time, well-traveled attendees at the end. it was a shocking but probably perfect realization after so much work.

    i definitely recommend it.
    Whatever you did, seems to be working. Good for you and enjoy the journey.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    One time I was at the bar closest to that retreat I mentioned up there^^^. It was right before Thanksgiving. Turned out the guy sitting next to me was a buddhist monk. Looked perfectly normal, you never would have known. Turned out he drove a Volvo in fact. But anyways it was right before Thanksgiving so I asked him what Buddhist monks eat for Thanksgiving. He was like, ya know, the regular...turkey, stuffing, cranberry.... and I said, wait, how can you have turkey? You're not supposed to kill anything.

    He looked at me for like 10 seconds and asked, did you kill your turkey this year? And I said, no, not personally. And he said, well I didn't kill mine either.

    So I guess it's more flexible than you might think. Bagging up some hornets should be fine.
    Buddhists aren't vegan... Don't know where that came from. Nepalese and Tibetan food is pretty nice!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wyeaster View Post
    i did a 10 day vipassana retreat several years ago. i would say it benefited me as much as anything i've done but sitting stationary so much brutalized my dysfunctional and damaged body. i was ready to go for a month on day 10. but reintegration, so to speak, was not pleasant. i tried to do another 10 day and my back had worsened to the point i didn't last 24 hours. o think it is awesome if some aspects don't detract from it for you. it's also difficult to maintain, of course, and the maintenance state is not as clear as the post-retreat state. that said, i have adapted what i learned and experienced and i'm glad i did it. i was just barely starting to clear things out after 3 days. probably not until day 7 when i felt som clarity to go deeper. then i also immediately confronted with the hilarious clique/social status aspect of sometime long-time, well-traveled attendees at the end. it was a shocking but probably perfect realization after so much work.

    i definitely recommend it.
    There are a few masters who allow and even recommend savasana position ,and you can always sit on a chair
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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    One time I was at the bar closest to that retreat I mentioned up there^^^. It was right before Thanksgiving. Turned out the guy sitting next to me was a buddhist monk. Looked perfectly normal, you never would have known. Turned out he drove a Volvo in fact. But anyways it was right before Thanksgiving so I asked him what Buddhist monks eat for Thanksgiving. He was like, ya know, the regular...turkey, stuffing, cranberry.... and I said, wait, how can you have turkey? You're not supposed to kill anything.

    He looked at me for like 10 seconds and asked, did you kill your turkey this year? And I said, no, not personally. And he said, well I didn't kill mine either.

    So I guess it's more flexible than you might think. Bagging up some hornets should be fine.
    He wasnt really a buddhist monk
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    Quote Originally Posted by delco714 View Post
    Buddhists aren't vegan... Don't know where that came from. Nepalese and Tibetan food is pretty nice!
    Yeah no doubt, somehow I was under the impression that the monks are vegetarians, but I guess not.

    Quote Originally Posted by jon gaper View Post
    He wasnt really a buddhist monk
    Certainly a strong possibility. He was pretty convincing though, we talked for a while. But he could've been talking shit, hell I thought the monks were vegetarians, what do I know?

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    He wasnt really a buddhist monk
    He could have been a "House Monk". They don't take a full set of vows. It allows them to eat meat, kill hornets and still rightfully claim to be a monk.
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    House Monk, wasn't that a TV show?
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