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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Momentariness
- Replies: 16
- Views: 212
Re: Momentariness
There is no permanent existence, nor are the constituent elements eternal; the elements of existence [aggregates] arise, and pass away repeatedly. Knowing this peril I am not concerned with existence, being detached from all sensual pleasures. I have gained the annihilation, Of the āsavas. - Uttara...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Enlightenment is genetic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 159
Re: Enlightenment is genetic
Just as there are different levels of consciousness for trees, ants, cats, whales and humans, each of those species including humans have their own layers of consciousness too determined by genetics. Those born with a high enough level of consciousness have been called "enlightened" by th...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: An Anāgāmi‘s Asmimāna
- Replies: 4
- Views: 152
Re: An Anāgāmi‘s Asmimāna
Does an Anagami still have a subtle self? From Ven. Bodhi's note: This passage clarifies the essential difference between the sekha and the arahant. While the sekha has eliminated identity view and thus no longer identifies any of the five aggregates as a self, he has not yet eradicated ignorance, ...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: SAT stress.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 250
Re: SAT stress.
Hey guys, My SAT test is right around the corner and I am feeling pretty stressed out about it. Do you guys have any dhamma related ways of dealing with this? Think of it as a gradual training, a gentle taste of what the real stress to come once you've got a real job in the real corporate world. Ac...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:36 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Transmigration
- Replies: 3
- Views: 159
Re: Transmigration
No sutta about this? Logically it looks so. Then in that case father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, any other relationships are all fake. There is no relation, what to feel proud about? This world is made up of fu*rs, what's there to respect for? If such is the case then only task or wort...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Two eight fold paths
- Replies: 5
- Views: 214
Re: Two eight fold paths
I just read majjhima nikaya 117, it seems like there is an 8 fold path with effluents siding with merit and a noble 8 fold path that is transcendent. What makes them different? They aren't really 2 separate paths. Instead, it's the same path but with different degrees of maturity or purity dependin...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:35 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Panathi patha
- Replies: 1
- Views: 77
Re: Panathi patha
A father of 3 kids in a bushy area kills a serpent that enters the house instead of his knowing it is a sin. His motive or cetana is the safety of the children. What is the outcome or weight of his papa karma or cetana. Need the view as the motive seems to be safety of the kids. Probably of the typ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Three watches of the night and Uposatha sutta
- Replies: 2
- Views: 117
Re: Three watches of the night and Uposatha sutta
Venerables and Friends, Is there any relationship between the three watches of the night where the Buddha attained the three true knowledges and the three types of Uposatha that are described in AN3.71, that is: 1- The Uposatha of the cowherd 2- The Uposatha of the Jains 3- The uposatha of the nobl...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is the difference between ignorance and wrong view?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 341
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:23 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1633
Re: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
There are more than 8 nice cabins on the monastery, but no other monks wanted to stay for very long, so it was a one-monk monastery for years and years. Well, if the dude's a bad monk, that's exactly his plan all along, making it so hard and unbearable for fellow monks so that they all would move t...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ before or after kāye kāyānupassī ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 875
Re: vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ before or after kāye kāyānupassī ?
Hello all, I have a pali question. In Satipatthana suttas it says " Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī [alex: and other 3] viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ [/u]" Does " vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ " refer to what happens prior to kāye kāyā...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: How to gain energy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 339
Re: How to gain energy
Hello every dhammawheel member around the world, i want to tell you how to regain strenght if you feel weak. 1-.To recover energy, in the morning you can drink a juice blend of fruits and vegetables, prepared in the blender, you can use whatever you have on hand and make sure you use all colors. Fo...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1633
Re: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
thanks for this. I don't know who this monk/lay person is, and I'm always interested in how/why senior monastics choose to disrobe. It should be fairly simple, for at the most fundamental level, the only thing that separates lay life from monastics is the Patimokka 227 rules. So if a monk's not abl...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Do we need to make an effort to control or should we not try to control our breathing during meditation?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 742
Re: Do we need to make an effort to control or should we not try to control our breathing during meditation?
Some people say, in meditation we need to make an effort to make our breathing subtle, deep and slow, while others say we shouldn't try to control our breathing, we should just observe it. What is your opinion on this? Different people use different methods, so treat it like a scientific experiment...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: What makes Theravada conservative?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 278
Re: What makes Theravada conservative?
Maybe not in the political sense, but what makes it conservative compared to other sects like Zen? we can only speak in very general terms, cuz ultimately it really depends on the individual practitioner. There could be Zen practitioners that adheres much more strictly to the Buddha Dhamma and Code...