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by steve19800
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:58 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is it appropriate (relevant) to teach the Dhamma to laypeople which are mainly meant for Buddhist Monks?
Replies: 68
Views: 3698

Re: Is it appropriate (relevant) to teach the Dhamma to laypeople which are mainly meant for Buddhist Monks?

Or maybe question is not really welcome or some people ask too many questions. We listen to Dhamma nevertheless, the Dhamma for who? For lay people. From whom they listen the Dhamma? From lay people. Why would lay people give Dhamma talk for another lay people? To teach them about virtuous deeds I ...
by steve19800
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:30 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is it appropriate (relevant) to teach the Dhamma to laypeople which are mainly meant for Buddhist Monks?
Replies: 68
Views: 3698

Re: Is it appropriate (relevant) to teach the Dhamma to laypeople which are mainly meant for Buddhist Monks?

Is it appropriate (relevant) to teach the Dhamma to laypeople which are mainly meant for Buddhist Monks? I just started to wonder whether Buddhist monks are teaching the wrong Dhamma to lay people. From my understanding, use your common sense. Sigalovada Sutta is one of the lay people's Sutta. It t...
by steve19800
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:24 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dealing in poison?
Replies: 18
Views: 1399

Re: Dealing in poison?

if you want to avoid GMO food, recycle, drive an electric car, put solar panels on your house, etc, that can be good, but dont mistake it for essential. dont deliberately kill any beings, and dont worry about all of the beings who might come to die as a result of your actions. it is impossible to a...
by steve19800
Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dealing in poison?
Replies: 18
Views: 1399

Re: Dealing in poison?

This fact is made clear with Vanija sutta by naming the 5 wrong sales as sale of humans as slaves , meat, weapons, poison and intoxicants also as against samma ajiva. In fact another meaning ofsamma ajiva is promoting life or living. "slavery" is not the correct translation of sattavaṇijj...
by steve19800
Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:38 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dealing in poison?
Replies: 18
Views: 1399

Re: Dealing in poison?

I assume you will be okay as well with GMO foods. Let's not get into it too much, it is a very controversial topic. Nobody knows exactly if it will do good or bad to humanity in the long run. Will you sell food or beverage products that may contain GMO in it? Reading your previous reply I think you...
by steve19800
Thu Apr 01, 2021 2:26 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dealing in poison?
Replies: 18
Views: 1399

Re: Dealing in poison?

Although there may be some components in electrical equipment and lighting materials that are poisonous on their own, the intention of their production, sales and use is not to poison people. So this doesn't apply to the Buddha's discussion of right livelihood and poisons. I don't see any problem t...
by steve19800
Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:06 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Reaching the brahma world
Replies: 7
Views: 790

Re: Reaching the brahma world

In sutta .. one can wield powers even up to brahma world witg his body In jhana, one who do form jhana is said to be in state of brahma.. Are above two same? No, not the same at all. The majority of jhana meditators don't have supernormal powers, ability to levitate, ability to travel to different ...
by steve19800
Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:31 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dealing in poison?
Replies: 18
Views: 1399

Re: Dealing in poison?

poison is something you intend to cause harm to or kill another being with even if you have something that might cause harm if its intended purpose is not to be poison its ok shouldnt extrapolate too much I assume you will be okay as well with GMO foods. Let's not get into it too much, it is a very...
by steve19800
Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:45 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dealing in poison?
Replies: 18
Views: 1399

Dealing in poison?

Hi all, One of the livelihood Buddha told us to avoid is dealing in poison. In Eight Mindful Steps To Happiness Pg.135 (underlined) it says: https://i.ibb.co/5B0Qbtx/2.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ZGPg67c/buku-eight-noble-path.jpg Working for a radio talk show that broadcasts hateful speech should be consid...
by steve19800
Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:38 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Isn't mindfulness absurd?
Replies: 59
Views: 6721

Re: Isn't mindfulness absurd?

:namaste: Nothing can be observed in real time. We observe everything after the event. For example, you observe anger AFTER it has occurred, which is why there is regret. You observe the thought AFTER it's occurred, which is why there's frustration is not being able to control it. So point is: we n...
by steve19800
Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:23 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Sexual intercourse with other woman with the consent of wife
Replies: 58
Views: 21123

Re: Sexual intercourse with other woman with the consent of wife

being prohibited by law. I find this term is tricky, what does women who are "protected by law" mean? If the local laws prohibiting your sexual behavior, for example, no sexual intercourse outside marriage but you do it, does it mean you have sexual intercourse with those who are "pr...
by steve19800
Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:58 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is right Livelihood?
Replies: 37
Views: 13954

Re: What is right Livelihood?

Just came across this thread. However, if you owned and ran the business yourself it would be a wrong livelihood. But previously Bhante, you said this: A quick and free translation: In the seventh sutta, "trading" means the work of buying and selling. A lay disciple means one who has taken...
by steve19800
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:45 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Sexual intercourse with other woman with the consent of wife
Replies: 58
Views: 21123

Sexual intercourse with other woman with the consent of wife

Hi guys, There is a true story where a couple just got married. Soon after marriage, the wife is diagnosed with certain illness by the doctor. To make it short, because of the illness, the wife is not allowed to have sexual intercourse. The husband, however, got permission from his wife that, if nee...
by steve19800
Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Children and parents
Replies: 11
Views: 2585

Children and parents

Hello all, In Buddhist teaching, it's said that if children do unwholesome deeds to their parents, the children are sowing great bad kamma. Children are encouraged not to do unwholesome deeds to their parents. What if the parents who do the unwholesome deeds to their children, will they reap bad kam...
by steve19800
Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:31 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Understanding the fourth precept
Replies: 405
Views: 61574

Re: Understanding the fourth precept

In a way, it is deceit, but everyone knows almost all women wear make-up, so it is kind of "fair game" you could say. I think whether other people know women wear make up or not is not relevant because the doer is not "other people" but the women themselves, right? Well, the int...