Greetings,
I could debate that, but then we'd be very off-topic.
Metta,
Paul.
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- Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:36 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1136
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:32 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is the nature of the mind is ignorance?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 718
Re: Is the nature of the mind is ignorance?
Greetings Sarath, Is the nature of the mind is ignorance? Venerable Seelawimala said that the nature of our mind is ignorance and it is not possible to see it. However, we can see the angry mind and the mind with attachment. Even if you are in a highly meditative mental state you still have the igno...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1136
Re: What is this knowledge for?
Greetings, From this perspective the Christian monasticism, like the Buddhist one makes a lot more sense. If you mean sectarian distortions which have changed the structures, and changed the focus of those structures, then yes. There are many things which occur in each tradition, in their respective...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1136
Re: What is this knowledge for?
Greetings,
Metta,
Paul.
Yes.cappuccino wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:01 amYou can reach three of four stagesretrofuturist wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:39 am there's only so far you can go with it as a lay-person
Metta,
Paul.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:39 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1136
Re: What is this knowledge for?
Greetings Sarath, What is this knowledge for? The cessation of suffering. I just started to think about why I am so engrossed in Buddhism. I feel that Sutta's study is mainly for monks. Given they've dedicated their lives to the pursuit of the cessation of suffering, that would make sense. I just wo...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:11 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Should a Buddhist try to change the world for the better?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 175
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:34 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Should a Buddhist try to change the world for the better?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 175
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:00 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: European Buddhism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 439
Re: European Buddhism
Greetings Craig, Why isn’t Buddhism taking off in Europe? In "the West" broadly, Buddhism has had most success in penetrating "the Left". However, the left in Europe already has a religion, in the form of the European Union. On the right, Europe already has its religion in variou...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: What to do with 300$?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 669
Re: What to do with 300$?
Greetings, I have 300$ and like to make more money using that. Tell me some dhammic way .. Dont tell stocks as its very little money to have meaningful returns.. I am thinking about e- startup... Suggest some ideas I don't think an idea specifically connected to the $300 is a good idea. Just do what...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:26 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1602
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:03 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1602
Re: What is a dhammā exactly?
Greetings Sam, The Buddha's Noble Truth of arising leaves no room for any of this academic / Hindu / Brahmic / Abhidhammic hokum... but while there's a market for it, there will be supply. Looking for some common ground here between you and C. Do dhammas arise, and if so what are they? :anjali: Been...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1602
Re: What is a dhammā exactly?
Greetings, I am unable to see the Gethin’s argument on Dhamma is the Buddha Dhamma at all (particularly based on the core teachings of SN/SA suttas). Exactly. This isn’t a serious reply to Gethin’s argument. There's no Buddhadhamma therein to respond to, thus it actually is a "serious reply&quo...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1602
Re: What is a dhammā exactly?
Greetings, I found it very insightful, and it's quite supportive of the Classical Theravādin teaching on the subject, although disagreeing with the ontological status of the dhammas. If anything it shows that Classical Theravada is a solid millennium removed from the Buddha's teaching, and that in t...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 406
Re: Are Homosexuals allowed to ordain?
Greetings Robert,
Is it your opinion that this is what Classical Theravada endorses?
Metta,
Paul.
Is it your opinion that this is what Classical Theravada endorses?
Metta,
Paul.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:59 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Which one should I follow?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 521
Re: Which one should I follow?
Greetings colagen, I wonder what your conclusion was "Now, bhikkhus, I shall make known to you the four great references. Listen and pay heed to my words." And those bhikkhus answered, saying: "So be it, Lord." Then the Blessed One said: "In this fashion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu...