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by D1W1
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Self-Love or Self-Compassion
Replies: 14
Views: 485

Re: Self-Love or Self-Compassion

Interesting question. If everything is determined and we have no say in what happens, then the question is moot, because the self-love would also be determined. It would either happen or not happen according to old kamma . The question of "use" would be redundant, as a feeling of usefulne...
by D1W1
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What does it mean?
Replies: 5
Views: 164

Re: What does it mean?

cappuccino wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:24 pm
D1W1 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:12 am I am just an ordinary person, I live an ordinary life. Does anyone experience this before, what does it really mean?
Buddhists are expected to keep calm and carry on
That's what I do. I don't mean to sound superstitious but a lot of people here using spells and dark magic believe it or not
by D1W1
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What does it mean?
Replies: 5
Views: 164

Re: What does it mean?

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? It's a r, pleasure ...
by D1W1
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:12 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What does it mean?
Replies: 5
Views: 164

What does it mean?

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?
by D1W1
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Self-Love or Self-Compassion
Replies: 14
Views: 485

Re: Self-Love or Self-Compassion

Hello all, Can someone enlighten me what is the use of self-love? What is happening to us, not in our control. What is the use of self-compassion when so called higher power or karmic power decides suffering for us or makes us experience certain things in life? Is self-love not futile? What is the ...
by D1W1
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Paritta chanting
Replies: 8
Views: 329

Paritta chanting

Hi all, Pali language has vowels, consonants that are different from English they normally have ¯, ~ sign above the letter (not sure how do you call that sign). The signs already decide how to read the letter for example how long or short the vowel is. So if you chant a paritta uses tones as we norm...
by D1W1
Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Before do any chanting
Replies: 9
Views: 349

Before do any chanting

Hello all, We or some people were taught they need to brush their teeth, take a shower and clean themselves before they do chanting, making offering to Triple Gem. We prepare ourselves. We don't chant when our mouth is full of food, dirty, etc. The question is, soon when we wake up in the morning, c...
by D1W1
Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Self-Love or Self-Compassion
Replies: 14
Views: 485

Self-Love or Self-Compassion

Hello all, Can someone enlighten me what is the use of self-love? What is happening to us, not in our control. What is the use of self-compassion when so called higher power or karmic power decides suffering for us or makes us experience certain things in life? Is self-love not futile? What is the u...
by D1W1
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Gambling and precept
Replies: 16
Views: 746

Re: Gambling and precept

As far as I know, gambling is not breaking the precepts. However, gambling is considered a way to lose your wealth as per Parabhava Sutta. Also, this is an unwholesome mental state. In Sri Lanka lot of killing happening kin gambling places. My uncle got killed in a gambling place. Gamblin places ar...
by D1W1
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Gambling and precept
Replies: 16
Views: 746

Re: Gambling and precept

As far as I know, gambling is not breaking the precepts. However, gambling is considered a way to lose your wealth as per Parabhava Sutta. Also, this is an unwholesome mental state. In Sri Lanka lot of killing happening in gambling places. My uncle got killed in a gambling place. Gamblin places are...
by D1W1
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Gambling and precept
Replies: 16
Views: 746

Gambling and precept

Is gambling breaking any precept guys?
Is it forbidden in Buddhist teaching? Maybe only when we break the precept when we gamble or is it when it becomes an addiction?

Some people say when you trade stocks in stock market without knowledge in trading, it is basically gambling. What's your thought?
by D1W1
Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma
Replies: 23
Views: 647

Re: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma

Yes, I think so. Intention is intention, results are something else. If we know about unpleasant results and deliberately intend to ignore them, then that's a different type of dark kamma, it would seem. There's no cosmic calculating machine which works out how much suffering your actions objective...
by D1W1
Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma
Replies: 23
Views: 647

Re: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma

Which vipaka are you talking about? harming the chicken? Yep, need to see the whole process now because your activity cause the whole chain. See whether you demand cause suffering of the chicken which usually happen. Because i haven’t seen current human can talk to chicken yet. 😁 Seeing the whole c...
by D1W1
Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma
Replies: 23
Views: 647

Re: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma

I don't own chicken but I think most people know how farm animals are treated. Let's not get into vegetarian topic :) If you own a cake shop most people will buy eggs from supplier not a supermarket. You buy regularly in a large amount. But it sounds like it's not bad karma in your reply, am I corr...
by D1W1
Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma
Replies: 23
Views: 647

Re: Cakes, eggs and bad kamma

I would have thought that, kamma being intention, it depends on the intention of the baker. Normally, their intention in running a bakery is not to make hens suffer. The suffering of hens might be an unintended result of his or her business practices, but that's not kamically significant. But if th...