In the Abhidhamma-pitaka , Katthavathu, Khanikakatha, the theravada explain that mentality arises and ceases faster then matter. [Th]: Are all phenomena as momentary as a single mental phenomenon (ekacittakkhanika)? opponent: affirmed. [Th]: Do you imply that the great earth, the great ocean, the ki...

https://suttacentral.net/mn148/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false the ChachakkaSutta: “ If anyone should say, ‘Feeling is self,’ that is not tenable. For an arising and a falling away of feeling are discerned. Since its arising and falling away are discerned, the consequence wou...

Nice one Mike.

Her name was Bhadda Kundalakesa and after she met Sariputta she joined the order and was the bhikkhuni who was foremost in quickness of understanding. https://www.buddhivihara.org/great-female-disciples/ He then taught me the Dhamma, The aggregates, senses, and elements. The Leader told me about fou...

Try this
https://classicaltheravada.org/t/nina-v ... egates/977

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html#discourse THE FOUR AROUSINGS OF MINDFULNESS "What are the four? "Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu lives contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending (it) and mindful (of it), having overcome, in this world, covetousn...

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https://suttacentral.net/an7.61/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=sidenotes&highlight=false&script=latin Numbered Discourses 7.61 6. The Undeclared Points Nodding Off When a mendicant has heard that evañcetaṁ, moggallāna, bhikkhuno sutaṁ hoti: nothing is worth i...

Wat Dhammakaya has thousands of monks at times.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/31/1241784635/meditation-vipassana-dangerous-mental-health NPR A new podcast examines the perils of intense meditation MARCH 31, 20246:00 AM ET By Andrea Muraskin And: https://www.ft.com/content/b3ec8e57-5cf9-4f96-9267-56c3bcd9c102 Financial Times In...

Thanks for the quote. Thullacaya, grave offense, is the closest to Saṅghādisesa. It is no light offense although of course not as severe as the sanghadisesa. As I read it in the Vibhaṅga (not the Commentary) it indicates that a lustful bhikkhu who mistakes a woman as a transexual - although she is a...

Who Deserves Punishment? . Thanks for sharing, venerable. It's increasingly clear to me why this text should be kept out of the Canon. Thankfully only one version has stooped to include it. I'll now make sure to whole-heartedly dissuade others from taking it seriously. If your translation is accura...

[ Are you a monk? If so I'd recommend you bite the bullet and find out. The BMC details the most important ones. Some of the Commentaries' additions are truly ruinous. For example they say that Sg 2 is not committed if there is cloth between you and the woman - i.e. you can molest her as long as sh...

MikeRalphKing wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:31 am

At Savatthi. "Bhikkhus, there are these four portions. What
four? The portion of identity, the portion of the origin of
identity, the portion of the cessation of identity, the portion of the
way leading to the cessation of identity. (SN 22.103 Portions)

Nice sutta!