You will know when its time when your mind says so. You just ask yourself - is there more? Or have any relief experiences pretty much stopped. If in doubt just go back to Metta and use the forgiveness as a tool to use for disturbing emotions.
@@davidjohnson8218 Hi, David, I am practicing Forgiveness meditation and have a question which needs your help. While I am using the phrase "I forgive myself for hurting other people", a memory comes up, if I "see" the people I hurt before, what shall I do? I have read the meditation guide, it says "don't ask for forgiveness", if so, what shall I do next? Thank you.
You might be aware of this or not but the Buddha ate meat. He ate anything put in his bowl as long as it wasn't killed for him or he didn't suspect that. Historical fact. The schism that happened in the later years of his teaching was Devadatta demanding the Buddha stop eating meat. He and other monks split off from the Order. later, after the Buddha died, Mahayana Buddhism came about and went with the local Indian culture as well as their own opinions and decided that all Buddhist shouldn't eat meat. Many facets to this issue. The Buddha described the issue in sutta MN 55. Jivaka Sutta.
mahayana buddhism did not do that, it was influential monks in both mahayana and theravada. the buddha lived in different times in a different community all of which he chose when he descended from the tushita realm. it would be wise to let go of the dichotomy of mahayana vs theravada because enlightenment/wisdom is self evident or we wouldn't recognize it; and there are/were enlightened beings in both traditions. people are only sour towards bhante v because he's very american and not trying to uproot the culture. as bhante has described himself as somewhat a rebel most milquetoast buddhists can't seem to get over their own pride and see bhante does teach authentic buddhadharma from the suttas but instead see him as controversial and thus tarnished. these are the same people who believe everything the government tells them unless their guru says otherwise then they're not sure how to react.
