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Approaching Infinity:
--- Quote from: whitecoast on July 22, 2011, 04:56:41 AM ---In addition to our regular practice, we also got to do some guided meditations and breathing techniques on our own in our rooms and such with some new friends we made. I taught some of the Eiriu Eolas techniques to a friend of mine who couldn't make it to the Vancouver EE event with, and some others joined in too for the guided audio pipe-breathing and bioenergetic breathing exercises. I think it stuck; some of them asked me to send them a link to the video of the program, which I said was online. :cool:
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Whitecoast, it sounds like you need another reminder? http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,26066.msg310927.html#msg310927
If you want to give other people the DVD, that's fine, but please refrain from attempting to teach others the techniques if you have not received certification to do so.
Edit: Whoops, just noticed that even though this post appeared as "new" in my feed, it's a year old! Apologies for the noise.
Wu Wei Wu:
--- Quote from: Approaching Infinity on March 26, 2012, 01:18:10 AM ---Whitecoast, it sounds like you need another reminder? http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,26066.msg310927.html#msg310927
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Not so. The original reminder you linked to was made on December the 9th, 2011.
This post was initially made on July 13th, 2011.
While I have no desire to stir the pot, please do not chastise him for an issue that is (presumably) well in the past and no longer relevant.
And please check post dates too next time. I'm positive nobody desires needless disagreement over misunderstandings of a dated post. I certainly wouldn't.
anart:
--- Quote from: Wu Wei Wu on March 26, 2012, 01:56:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: Approaching Infinity on March 26, 2012, 01:18:10 AM ---Whitecoast, it sounds like you need another reminder? http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,26066.msg310927.html#msg310927
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Not so. The original reminder you linked to was made on December the 9th, 2011.
This post was initially made on July 13th, 2011.
While I have no desire to stir the pot, please do not chastise him for an issue that is (presumably) well in the past and no longer relevant.
And please check post dates too next time. I'm positive nobody desires needless disagreement over misunderstandings of a dated post. I certainly wouldn't.
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Wu, if anyone is chastising, it is you in this post. There is no reason to get snippy, so please keep that in mind.
Wu Wei Wu:
Not the intention, my apologies Infinity on Today. I hope you did not take any offense, none was intended.
whitecoast:
That's funny timing for that odd forum bump, ApproachingInfinity, considering I'm actually going up again to the same Monastery again in a few days. :lol:
--- Quote from: Wu Wei Wu on March 25, 2012, 11:35:34 PM ---Fascinating! I had no idea there was a monastery so close to home. Fellow west coaster myself, which one did you go to? I might check them out.
Also, did you find the monastery to be particularly dogmatic? Your definition makes them appear rather rigid in their practices and environment.
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It's called Sitavana, but it's in the interior. There's a few of other monasteries closer to Vancouver too, some large and some small.
I never "tested their mettle" as far as dogmatism is concerned, since it didn't feel externally considerate to the functions we were performing ("please observe right speech, noble silence, etc.") But I did get the impression from the Ajahn that he was required to stick to the Theravada Buddhist canon like glue. He was its highest representative at the Monastery, and so was responsible for representing it as accurately as possible. I can appreciate that. I mean, as long as he does agree with all the precepts and whatnot, since it's a little soul-destroying to defend something you don't believe in yourself.
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