Posts Tagged ‘Info’

A perennial favourite, this question.
Last year, I said I wasn’t going to stay at Wat Thai, any Wat Thai, and now here I am in Thailand about to go to a Wat Thai board meeting to talk about starting a meditation department at Wat Thai. See, they bought a piece of property near Wat [...]

‘Brethren, if outsiders should speak against me, or against my teaching, or against my disciples, you should not on that account either bear malice, or suffer heart-burning, or feel ill-will. If you, on that account, should be angry and hurt, that would stand in the way of your own self-conquest. If, when others speak against [...]

I was recently asked whether the word Ajaan can be used for people who are not ordained, and rather than limit the answer to one person, I thought I would share it with all of you who might be interested in the subject.
The word Ajaan, or actually “Aajaan” (อาจารย์) as the Thais pronounce it, comes [...]

Great to hear, though I’m a bit skeptical… I’ve quoted him before as saying he didn’t believe it humanly possible to follow the Buddha’s path, which is perhaps the reason he fell off it in the first place? Anyway, here’s the quote of the day:
Part of following this path for me is Buddhism, which [...]

Something interesting I found today at:
http://www.palikanon.com/english/timetable.htm
THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM 

Chronological Table of Important Events
Prepared by Olcott Gunasekera – Director,
Buddhist Information Centre. 

There are many problems in preparing a
chronological table for a period of 2525 years. The fixing of the actual year of
occurrence of an event is the chief among [...]

http://wanderingdhamma.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/comparing-international-meditation-centers-wat-chom-tong-wat-rampoeng-and-wat-prathat-doi-suthep/
A pretty good, unbiased description of all three Int’l meditation centres in Chiang Mai under Ajaan Tong… having taught at all three, I’d say it’s pretty accurate, though I would question some of the background information like “the technique of Wat Rampoeng is the same as Ajahn Tong had established it before he left. [...]

So, let’s see… the Internet went down this weekend, that’s why I’ve been out of touch… oh, and the fact that I spent last night in a jail cell on charges of indecent exposure… but I suppose that’s just par for the course at this point.
I went to the beach yesterday; actually, I never set [...]

Before my last post garners any more response, I thought I’d clear it up a little…
My purpose in writing is not to whine, just to explain. Please don’t write to me offering constructive criticism on how to improve my relationship with cultural Buddhism. It’s a dysfunctional relationship that will never be repaired. [...]

Just got meself a skype number: +1 818 824 6654… not to be an unpaid advertisement for the sky people, but it costs my students $5 a month to get me a telephone number and unlimited calling to anywhere in North America. And now I have an excuse when people try to offer to [...]