tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post7543111810785730504..comments2024-03-14T06:26:00.182+00:00Comments on Reflections: Ajahn Sucitto: Out of This WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post-3571840918319899442016-02-29T07:36:06.593+00:002016-02-29T07:36:06.593+00:00In general I can't undertake to offer guidance...In general I can't undertake to offer guidance on practice in this blog; this is a matter for direct consultation with a teacher. This blog medium is more remote, but I can offer occasional comments on matters that arise on reading it. <br />To respond to Robert: you can consider jhana in that way as this may help with the practice. Actually and more subtly, content doesn't really disappear, it just changes from fast-moving thoughts and tangling emotions to less-sharply defined perceptions of breathing or images or pleasant space. Time may also seem to slow down.<br />As far as student loans go, it's best to discuss this with the loan authority. I've known the loan to be suspended on occasion. But it's always good to clear it sooner or later.Ajahn Sucittohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302243600533653954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post-66699477454109944332016-02-27T12:21:33.433+00:002016-02-27T12:21:33.433+00:00Dear Ajahn, thanks for an inspiring post. I have a...Dear Ajahn, thanks for an inspiring post. I have a question which you might be able to answer. I would like to commit to a noble tradition like this and ordain. However, i have one issue - a student loan which requires me to pay it back if I am earning over 15,00 pounds per year, which I wouldn't be were I to ordain. However, I know entering the monk hood requires one to be debt free. Is my loan consider as a debt? Any thoughts would be grateful. I have found contradicting answers so far from various monks...rph https://www.blogger.com/profile/02937978930504255073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post-7346507621900597872016-02-27T00:52:09.046+00:002016-02-27T00:52:09.046+00:00Thank you Ajahn. Your blog posts, talks and writin...Thank you Ajahn. Your blog posts, talks and writings always help me deeply in the study and appreciation of Dhamma. I was recently reading through some of your earlier blog posts and this statement hit me like lightning: "The surest result is not measured in terms of content, but of capacity." (Empty Chairs, Saturday, November 30, 2013) Have been carrying that around inside me like a precious jewel! Return to it with great joy moment by moment. If I may ask a question, Venerable, that keeps coming into my mind in somewhat in relation to this: Can the path of Jhana and (samatha meditation in general) be considered a gradual and successive removal of content from the mind? Metta. Robert M.anonymous poetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958958971122552085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709844700034298584.post-55491624619198257282016-02-19T00:31:54.552+00:002016-02-19T00:31:54.552+00:00Dear Ajahn,
Is this an appropriate forum for discu...Dear Ajahn,<br />Is this an appropriate forum for discussing personal practice? And if not, would you be able to direct me to the appropriate place? <br />Best wishes and many thanks for all your teachings,<br />OliOlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973031119917912350noreply@blogger.com