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by SarathW
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Getting through guilt and other emotional difficulties
Replies: 2
Views: 31

Re: Getting through guilt and other emotional difficulties

One example, at the moment I have a lot of guilt about how I was towards my mum. I was difficult and could, should have been more tolerant. I can't apologise as she is no longer here, but I felt the same whilst she was still alive anyway. Good news here is that you are aware of your emotions. (this...
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 33
Views: 808

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

Is Nibbana Dhamma? What is Nirodhadhamma? For #1: ...Sankhara is subordinate to the still wider and all-embracing term dhamma (thing); for dhamma includes also the Unformed or Unconditioned Element (asankhata-dhātu), i.e. Nibbāna (e.g. in sabbe dhammā anattā, "all things are without a self&quo...
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Indra’s Pillar
Replies: 11
Views: 334

Re: Indra’s Pillar

In New Zealand, the native New Zealanders erect long posts in front of their communal houses.
Perhaps this is a very old tradition to mark the territory.

Mike might have better information about this.
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: Family Life and Relationships
Topic: Dilemma
Replies: 10
Views: 1135

Re: Dilemma

Hello all, do You think is good idea to leave My family (parents) without their permission or without telling them? Would they became sad? Is it Bad? I'm in hard problem. I think running away from home is an attitude of young people. This is very common in Sri Lanka I have seen dozens of running aw...
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 33
Views: 808

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

So, to expand on Halbfass's remarks, to describe y as x-dharma, is to say that y is something that possesses the dharma – the attribute, the quality – that is x; and in philosophical, as opposed to purely grammatical, terms, the ‘something’ that possesses an attribute (dharmin) is an underlying sub...
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What does it mean?
Replies: 3
Views: 109

Re: What does it mean?

D1W1 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:12 am Hi guys,

I am living in Bali. Some of Balinese people the other day told me, if I am jealous/envious and spite of you, I give you pressure. I am just an ordinary person, I live an ordinary life. Does anyone experience this before, what does it really mean?
Pleasure or pressure?
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:00 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Joke!!! 2.0
Replies: 143
Views: 146176

Re: The perfect meme doesnt exis...

:rofl:
by SarathW
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:20 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sucitto on refuge
Replies: 3
Views: 137

Re: Sucitto on refuge

Is this about the three refuges in Buddhism? I could not understand a word of his statement. :thinking: Apparently it is. You'd hardly know it. I'm a native English speaker, have a degree in English and it sounds like mush to me, too. It reminds me of Ani Sutta, The Peg, where the Buddha warns of h...
by SarathW
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 33
Views: 808

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

The meaning(s) of dhamma (nina van Gorkom) https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-meaning-of-dhamma-by-nina-van-gorkom/25 Conclusion: There are many meanings of dhamma as it is used in different contexts. As we have seen, the aim of the teachings is not merely knowing the texts, but the application o...
by SarathW
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Qn. on Three Refuges
Replies: 4
Views: 385

Re: Qn. on Three Refuges

I go to Master Gotama for refuge, to the Dhamma, & to the community of monks. May Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forward, for life."
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
by SarathW
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: What are the Theravada traditions that exist?
Replies: 9
Views: 13023

Re: What are the Theravada traditions that exist?

Any tradition that places the words of later elders in the context of the Suttas and Vinaya recorded by our foremost elders is teaching in line with the Buddha's advice at the end of his life. Any one who gives precedence to later elders (eg commentaries) over the suttas (which of course do not inc...
by SarathW
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:22 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Two Types of Jhāna
Replies: 9
Views: 202

Re: Two Types of Jhāna

What is "object-scrutinising Jhāna"? "Jhāna is twofold: that which (views or) examines closely the object and that which examines closely the characteristic marks. Of these two, "object-scrutinising" Jhāna examines closely the devices [e.g., Kasiṇas] as mental objects. Insi...
by SarathW
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 33
Views: 808

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

It depends on who interprets the meaning of Dhamma. In my opinion, the wrong views are the pre-Buddhist Dhamma. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.01.0.bodh.html I understand what Buddha said was that whatever arises in the mind is Dhamma. In Abhidhamma, it is described as Cetasika https...
by SarathW
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is the diffrence between five faculties and five strengths?
Replies: 21
Views: 1014

Re: What is the diffrence between five faculties and five strengths?

Ven T Chandawimal gave a slightly different version of the two differences. Saddha Indriya became Saddha strength when Sotapanna attained Phala state Veeriya Indriya become Veeriya's strength when he completes all four aspects of Veeriya Sati Indriya becomes Sati Strength with the accomplishment of ...