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by dhammabum
Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:13 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Violent threats found in the Cula-Saccaka Sutta
Replies: 11
Views: 4538

Re: Violent threats found in the Cula-Saccaka Sutta

It might be bad form to comment on this post so long after I started it, but I wanted to thank everyone again for their thoughtful responses and to also provide a link to an academic whitepaper on the subject; it looks like I'm in good company: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/a...
by dhammabum
Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:51 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Violent threats found in the Cula-Saccaka Sutta
Replies: 11
Views: 4538

Re: Violent threats found in the Cula-Saccaka Sutta

This may solve the mystery: "Kesi, I train a tamable person [sometimes] with gentleness, [sometimes] with harshness , [sometimes] with both gentleness & harshness. "If a tamable person doesn't submit either to a mild training or to a harsh training or to a mild & harsh training, t...
by dhammabum
Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:30 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Can the Bhikkhuni Sangha be revived as per the Vinaya?
Replies: 16
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Can the Bhikkhuni Sangha be revived as per the Vinaya?

Thanissaro Bhikkhu makes mention that the Buddha didn't hand down a mechanism in which to revive the Sangha if it ever died, such as the Bhikkhuni Sangha. What structural constraints described in the Vinaya prevents its revival? http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/kee/dynamic.html The Theravadin...
by dhammabum
Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:02 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Violent threats found in the Cula-Saccaka Sutta
Replies: 11
Views: 4538

Violent threats found in the Cula-Saccaka Sutta

What is one to make of the following: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.035.than.html When this was said, Saccaka the Nigaṇṭha-son was silent a second time. Then the Blessed One said to him, "Answer now, Aggivessana. This is not the time to be silent. When anyone doesn't answer when...