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- Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Talking is Wrong Livelihood?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 563
Re: Talking is Wrong Livelihood?
Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation uses "persuading" rather than talking. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN117.html "Scheming, persuading, hinting, belittling, & pursuing gain with gain.7" With #7 footnote as "This definition appears to refer to wrong livelihood for...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:32 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Animals lower than people for reincarnation?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2010
Re: Animals lower than people for reincarnation?
To me it seems that animals are the purest beings in the world why would they be less than humans? Generally it's just because they have more suffering and less opportunity to be free of that suffering. How do Buddhist treat animals because they are lower than humans in reincarnation realms. They t...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Contradiction of Buddhism on the value of human and non-human suffering?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 764
Re: Contradiction of Buddhism on the value of human and non-human suffering?
They would not kill far fewer as they would simply be reborn over and over again. The person would kill FAR fewer beings by practicing properly, getting enlightenment and stopping rebirth.DeadBuddha wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:00 pm However, the monk could very well kill far fewer living beings if he decided to commit suicide.
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:01 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: You can let the body sleep but the mind awake.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4944
Re: You can let the body sleep but the mind awake.
It's practiced in Tibetan Buddhism, AKA Tibetan Dream Yoga.
- Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:58 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Is it right for a monk, who lives on alms food, to spend his time petting dogs and posing with dogs on leash?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7347
Re: Is it right for a monk, who lives on alms food, to spend his time petting dogs and posing with dogs on leash?
What monks rule does walking a dog violate? Never heard of such a rule.
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Human realm and Human evolution from animals theory
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1228
Re: Human realm and Human evolution from animals theory
According to Buddhism, theory of evolution cannot be true as animals and humans live in two different realms. Animals have to die and reborn in human realm, they can't just transform or evolved to be a human. It can be true because animals did not evolve into humans in a single lifetime. The theory...
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is the Buddhist view of abortion?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2941
Re: What is the Buddhist view of abortion?
The tricky thing is, from a traditional Buddhist POV, there is no such moment when the embryo/foetus is utterly insentient. That is as I have learned also. A "sentient being" has been sentient for uncountable previous aeons, uncountable previous deaths and births and there has never been ...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:30 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 975746
Re: the great vegetarian debate
Getting back to Right Intention, if it included not causing any indirect harm how is that different to acting like a Jain? Where is there a "direct" harm in not avoiding meat that is suspected of being killed specifically for oneself? After all, the animal is already dead anyway and now i...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 975746
Re: the great vegetarian debate
There is no harm in killing animals to get meat if done appropriately. There may be harm through intensive livestock farming however. Pray tell, how does one accomplish such a feat? Tell, how do you define "harm"? What is harmed if an animal gets instantly killed? The person who is killin...
- Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:27 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Should you tell people your level of attainment?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 865
Re: Should you tell people your level of attainment?
No, claiming attainment is typically just egotism. Unless you have zero attainment level, nothing wrong with telling people that! One exception would be privately to a teacher, so they can show you how you are wrong.
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:40 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Should Buddhists point out hypocrisy?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 483
Re: Should Buddhists point out hypocrisy?
"In the case of words that the Tathagata knows to be factual, true, unbeneficial, unendearing & disagreeable to others, he does not say them. "In the case of words that the Tathagata knows to be factual, true, beneficial, but unendearing & disagreeable to others, he has a sense of...
- Sat May 21, 2022 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: sutta Request
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1108
Re: sutta Request
...you may say he is dissatisfied or you may say that he is displeased.. Yes you may say this but the Buddha does not. :anjali: Yes I said so. I think my point was get, which is that maybe the question do was about this sutta, he just did not remember exactly about the wording of the sutta. Regardl...
- Wed May 11, 2022 10:19 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Killing And Compassion.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1203
Re: Killing And Compassion.
What is the most compassionate thing to do? https://www.peta.org/about-peta/why-peta/pets/ Most compassionate things to do is keep the cat inside Many people also carelessly allow their animals to roam outdoors unattended, rather than spending time with them and walking them on a leash and harness....
- Tue May 10, 2022 10:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Killing And Compassion.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1203
Re: Killing And Compassion.
Some consider not having cats to begin with as pets is the ideal. But when there are already millions of them just sitting in tiny cages in shelters it’s not very realistic!
- Tue May 10, 2022 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Killing And Compassion.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1203
Re: Killing And Compassion.
Lot of people consider it cruel to just allow the below to happen when it could be prevented, even if only partially. Given the below, one could easily say that letting them do that is what’s cruel. Outdoor cats are the leading cause of death among both birds and mammals in the United States, accord...