Nityaprem
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Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Thich Nhat Hanh rewrote the Five Precepts as the Five Mindfulness Trainings, which are a lot more inclusive and complete for the modern man. You can read them here: […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I always loved Osho’s version of the Hotei story:
“In Japan, a great mystic, Hotei, is called the laughing Buddha. He is one of the most loved mystics in Japan, and he never uttered a single word. As he became […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Of course the rules are only shorthand here. It depends on the tradition, but ‘no killing’ is worked out further. For example, in Heinrich Harrer’s tale ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ there was a case where a truck was […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Yes, there are further sets, eg I believe there is an 8 precept set which some people keep on Buddhist holy days.
Buddhist monks live by a code called the Vinaya, which consists of between 218 and 380 rules. It […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
No, I didn’t become a monk, although I did meet a few. There was a Tibetan Buddhist temple located not very far from where I lived, and that’s where I went to study. There was quite a bit of distance learning […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Yes, that’s right, but they are things that you wouldn’t do anyway if you were reasonably sane and sober…
the five precepts are:- not killing
- not stealing
- not lying
- no sexual misconduct
- no intoxicating […] -
Nityaprem commented on the post, What a Sannyasin Can Learn from Buddhism, by Nityaprem, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Frank said: “which is mostly a seething mass of inferiority, resentment, bitterness, rancour, pique, miffed indignation, outrage and low-grade OCD”
It sounds like you don’t have a very high opinion of western […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
There certainly is good and bad in Sannyas. It’s a beautiful thing to focus on a spiritual path together with others, but it also takes you away from the life you might have lived.
It is useful to reflect from […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I’m sure you think it’s all fun and games, as long as you don’t take it seriously. But it is one of the things that nearly made me reconsider joining in, because it doesn’t speak of a lot of respect or kindness […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Goodness. And you consider this normal relations? No wonder the girls pray for a good marriage, if those are the options.
Whatever else the Upanishads have to say, this is pretty medieval. Tell […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I think this advice is madness. In Buddhism you have the Five Precepts, and one of those is to not engage in sexual misconduct. That came from India too.
What about love, respect, compassion, […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Just goes to show that the writers of the Upanishads could also be violent and perverse. It is no reason to take it seriously, and it casts a different light on the whole Upanishad because if their […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
One of my favourite poems, Arpana.
This fragment of Hakim Sanai’s Hadiqa spoke to me even more, for me it shows the whole spiritual impulse in just a few words…
We tried reasoning
our way to Him:
it did not […] -
Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I read the Susan Harfouche story. It’s interesting because she was so upset by the hierarchy that she left and didn’t want to follow Osho anymore. She essentially abandoned the spiritual search.
The […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Yes, it’s true, I did create a new article. Thought I would put a slightly different spin on things. You will have to wait and see…
But I notice discussions on here seem to take on a life of their own, taking in […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
He sounds familiar, I think I met him once or twice. I was only in Poona 1 for about three months, then we returned to the Netherlands. The trip made a big impression on me though, everything from the […]
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Why do you think @swamishanti is parroting @Arpana? It seems to me if people are independently coming up with this conclusion, it’s worth considering seriously if there is some truth in it.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Beautiful quotes, and very much to the point. Thanks, @swamishanti.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
Do you post just to make fun of people? It seems that way. There is a lot of negativity in what you say, cynicism under the guise of wit. Not really a very sannyasin attitude.
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Nityaprem commented on the post, Let’s Talk…, on the site sannyasnews 2 years, 1 month ago
I once went on a first date with a lovely young lady who professed towards the end of the date to be very much into “play rape”. What would you have said to that?
Osho was not entirely wrong, although […]
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