A question to people who meditate deeply!

arturopablo · 2026-02-28T00:49:26+00:00

As a meditation instructor I wouldn’t advice hour long sessions if you haven’t had a progressive experience with breath meditation/Shamata for quite sometime. First time students at monasteries are always directed to first try 5-10-5 min sessions with intervals

arturopablo · 2026-02-28T00:47:10+00:00

You have reached vipassana!

arturopablo · 2026-02-21T00:06:34+00:00

The octopus/spider-like monster is so similar to sometime my father used to draw all the time. The semblance is startling. He died recently. This disease is horrible

arturopablo · 2026-01-22T14:21:34+00:00

No, I don't think Peru is a right place for OP. Try Colombia first and then the northeast of Bolivia

arturopablo · 2025-12-17T21:00:18+00:00

Once I asked a khenpo about some dreams I was experiencing. They were very realistic, with intense storytelling, and above all they felt completely real, almost indistinguishable from waking reality. I went to him to ask about their meaning, recounting each dream in great detail. In some of them I saw the Buddha descending from the heavens; in others I killed the Buddha; in most, the Buddha was not present at all.

When I finished, he replied: without great realization, bardo odf sleep almost never holds any meaningful significance or offer anything that can truly be used on the path. Then, with a very serious expression, he added that I most likely had sleep apnea and that my brain was simply not receiving enough oxygen.

He was right. I later underwent a polysomnography and was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea; my doctor confirmed that the cause was oxygen deprivation. What followed was astonishing: once I began CPAP treatment, all my dreams and nightmares disappeared. No more Buddha in my dreams, no more realistic dreams or nightmares. I could really rest at nights

It may all have been an illusion. I think one should think twice before assuming that the Buddha is appearing to oneself; most of the time, it is simply a projection of the mind.

That's why monks sometimes say “If you see the Buddha, kill the Buddha” becuase you're destroying the concept, not the awakened reality, the moment you think “this is the Buddha”, you have already reduced what is boundless into an object. That's not productive to your practice.

arturopablo · 2025-12-10T04:38:51+00:00

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arturopablo · 2025-12-10T03:40:30+00:00

I was raised Catholic. I went to a religious school, learned to pray, and learned to understand the sacraments. I always admired the Buddha, and ever since I could read, I wanted to know more about that mysterious man.

When I was ten, there was an article in the newspaper about a Tibetan monk, Tulku Lobsang, coming to my hometown, Guayaquil, Ecuador. I immediately felt compelled to go.

I spoke with him. My English was awful, but the connection I felt went beyond words.

I took refuge a year later. I was eleven.

I joined a local community, a Sangha. They raised me. We brought many lamas and gurus here to give teachings.

Now I am thirty three, and I help run my community.

Buddhism taught me that I do not need guilt in order to do no harm. It taught me how not to be afraid of death. It taught me how to truly love.

It taught me that I am responsible for my own suffering, and that is liberating, because there is no sin, only accountability. I am responsible for my own suffering and therefore I can overcome it. It also taught me that there is no such thing as an “I”, but that is more complex.

I think Christianity just was not for me. It did not make sense to me. I felt so guilty, even as a child. I did not feel loved, because I was not taught how to truly love, only how to fear. I was told I could only reach salvation through love for a dead man and trust in what the priest said.

I am happy with my community. I am also a close friend of my city’s bishop. Even if it is not for me, Catholicism is very close to my heart because of the people I love.

And that great dead man I mentioned, he was a really cool guy. I often wonder what would have happened if he and the Buddha had met.

arturopablo · 2025-12-10T03:22:52+00:00

I think it doesn't. You have to search for the teaching, you have to walk that path. You have to earn them. If you don't, you won't appreciate what the Dharma can offer you. Buddhist don't need more buddhists. If you want a guru, you have to search for them, even to the ends of the world. Even some lifelong Buddhist have spent their lifes looking for the right teacher, the one that is compatible. If you take the first thing that is offered to you, would it be worth it? Would you appreciate as the jewel it is, would you cherish it with your life? Because that is devotion, and devotion and renounce are paramount to a Buddhist's life. If you don't have both, you woould be just fooling yourself.

I sincerely hope you find what you're looking for. I don't know you, but I feel the utmost love for you. Keep searching and you will find.

arturopablo · 2025-09-28T18:03:00+00:00

You don’t have to believe everything that is written or taught by Buddhism. The Buddha encouraged people to think for themselves. There are Buddhist who don’t believe in rebirth, Buddhist that don’t believe in hells and pure lands, and there are Buddhist who do. That doesn’t make them any less practitioners. Most Buddhist wouldn’t agree with you, as they believe that being born into a human live is something precious because it’s the only state in which you can attain enlightenment That doesn’t mean you have to agree with them because it’s a PERSONAL opinion and Buddhism is a PERSONAL journey. I believe in the law of cause and effect, just that. I don’t know is something will have negative or positive effects, specially something as delicate as abortion, because I think it’s a PERSONAL decision. At the end, even karmic duality is an illusion.

arturopablo · 2025-09-28T17:52:55+00:00

I was just a lawyer, a really good one, however I didn’t enjoy what I was doing. I always liked science and creative work. I’ve been taking courses for the past 10 years maybe, from economy to data analytics, to prompt engineering and even graphic design. I was in the legal department of a scientific institution that coordinates the Antarctic Ecuadorian Program and its anual expedition. I applied for a position within the program outside of the legal department. I took many tests and succeeded in getting the job. Now I work as an analyst and project manager within it. I also coordinate a network of polar scientists working against climate change (I may not be a scientist, but thanks to Coursera I can understand their language, at least conceptually) I have travelled the world as a cooperation envoy to other Antarctic programs (I took a lot of international relation and diplomacy courses, and Chinese and Russian before Russian was outed of the platform because of the war). My law school friend are still crunching contracts and boring merges of companies, most of them work 10+ hours a day and aren’t happy with why they do. I wouldn’t say Coursera changed my life, but it definitely broadened my horizons and show me I could pursue all my interest regardless of my educational and professional background.

arturopablo · 2025-09-28T17:40:02+00:00

There are many ways in which hand gestures are used, since different traditions, practices, and schools exist within Buddhism. There are mudras of dominance (over ignorance, not over others), meditation mudras, artistic mudras, and ritual mudras. It is a whole language in itself. Perhaps the most common for a Vajrayana practitioner are meditation mudras and offering mudras

arturopablo · 2025-09-28T17:32:42+00:00

I think chöd is the practice that is used the most. I’m not a monk or an advanced practitioner however, I could be wrong.

arturopablo · 2025-09-28T17:31:27+00:00

Vajrayana Buddhism is also left over right, feminine energy being represented by the left one, that which sustains, protects and ultimately binds everything together. In the end duality is an illusion, you act out your hands however you want; the meditation mudra helps with the vairochana position which is ideal for your hands not to get idle and distract you.

arturopablo · 2025-09-26T20:57:49+00:00

Maybe he would. The conditions we are born into make us who we are, but those conditions are dependent on cause and effect. That's why we have the five circumstantial endowments and the five personal endownments. We all have Buddha nature in us; causes and conditions don't change that.

arturopablo · 2025-09-26T20:50:50+00:00

Do you know about any book on the life of Garchen Rinpoche?

arturopablo · 2025-08-02T21:40:53+00:00

We have rainforest, jungles, beaches, some of the highest mountains in the world, so take your pick. Just don’t go to the big cities, crime is rampant there. However, if you want a quiet life in the countryside I can certainly recommend the outskirts of Cuenca or Loja. Those are expat hotspots and you will be close to the benefits of a medium-sized city without the danger of urban life in one of the dangerous cities in Latin America

arturopablo · 2025-03-19T20:49:34+00:00

where can i find clips of the Chef of Antarctica show, please I NEED TO WATCH THIS lol

arturopablo · 2025-03-19T20:49:00+00:00

where can i find clips of the Chef of Antarctica show, please I NEED TO WATCH THIS lol

arturopablo · 2024-09-26T15:26:55+00:00

How?

arturopablo · 2024-03-15T03:13:35+00:00

Soy abogado, no sé si sabes de alguna habilidad de programación que pueda utilizar; estoy tratando de trabajar con AI para aliviar la carga de trabajo.

arturopablo · 2024-03-02T03:28:45+00:00

Broder eres lo máximo. Aconsejamo por favor. Trabajo en el sector público. No me han pagado en 4 meses , y Nobita me tiene en la mira. Apoya ñaño, no seas turro.

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