Namasste bakhtisorn bikkhu
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 9:56pm
bless youi
Alan Abeberry
Report 9:56pm
thank you bikkhu
where do you live bikkhu ?
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 9:57pm
at the Buddhavihara temple England
Alan Abeberry
Report 9:59pm
o great
many temptations around though
no ?
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:05pm
have you been tempted in any way bikkhu ?
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 10:05pm
yes
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 10:13pm
in fact there are temptations everywhere
the most immportant thing is how you react with them
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:14pm
everywhere am not sure i doubt but many places i hardly doubt they enfrain sila and ahimsa isnt it ?
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 10:16pm
have you heard the mental temptation (kamavitakka)
although you stay in the forest, you can be tempted by your own thought
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:19pm
well yes might be for me i am afraid
thank you bikkhu
how long have you been bikkhu in this life bikkhu ?
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 10:20pm
since 1988
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:20pm
waaaaaoooo
congratulations bikkhu
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 10:21pm
are you thinking of becoming a bhikkhu?
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:21pm
so in vihara i guess you often do patimoksha ?
i m wuseng bikkhu warrior monk bikkhu
in tibetan we say dobdob bikkhu
my acharya is monk from Shaolin north temple bikkhu
is name is Venrable Shi Yanzhou bikkhu
you can see his picture in my albums bikkhu
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Report 10:26pm
o.k. will see later
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:27pm
yes please do bikkhu
Shaolin buddhism is very special practice but we also do quite a lot of meditatio many masters more than me i am afraid
giving up desire is very important practice for them bikkhu
but also some politics as mahayana and ancestors dao beg

sorry, I have go to go, nice chating with you
perhaps we can chat later
Alan Abeberry
Report 10:30pm
i hope so thank you so much for your wise and kind words bikkhu
o.k. sukhito hohi (may you be happy)