Well, of course, everyone has their biases and any translator has to make choices. However, in several cases missing text in the Sutta Central translations has been corrected when it was pointed out and translation choices have been changed when queried. Right, what ven. Sujato has started is a gro...

How about some praise for his wonderful achievement? I think what he did is extraordinary and has far wider implications for the spread of the Dhamma than just another translation. How many times when telling people about Buddhism I was embarrassed to tell them that they need to spend $200+ just to ...

It seems that I have oversimplified a more complex matter. It looks like only cetana is used in the suttas and the vinaya but that the ancient commentators as well as ven. Thanissaro have analysed it further. Here is a relevant quote from the Buddhist monastic code, I have bolded an important part b...

Intention is the simpler mental action, the intention to kill, steal, lie etc. The motive is your reasons and explanations for why you are performing a particular intention. It modifies kamma but intention is taken as primary. Killing offensively or defensively is still killing but the kamma may be ...

A deliberate lie is when you misrepresent the truth with the intention to deceive. Speaking quickly or without reflection you might say something untrue. Or you might genuinely believe an untruth. There is no intention to deceive therefore the precept isn't broken. Misrepresenting the truth with the...

Wonderfully written. Excellent.

What is the maximum age to ordain for the forest tradition monestaries in the west?

I got bored with RW’s book 1/3 of the way through and my Sam Harris podcast phase likewise fizzled. Turns out dhamma is more interesting I can express the same sentiment. I was well versed in the suttas before I encountered Sam Harris's books and podcast of which I think I read almost every one and...

Are you able to tell us more details in what the monastery is like? Can you get a kuti in order to practice meditation in solitude? How many foreigners are in the tradition? Do you have a teacher or are left to your own devices? I'm interested in this tradition and might pay them a visit so it would...

Does anyone have any idea why Bhikkhu Bodhi's books are not free? I find his translations perfect but the fact that you have to shell out $200+ for the Nikaya's from wisdom publications still baffles me. He is soon going to release the sutta nipata which i will definitely buy, but it's going to cost...

I'm surprised the five factors of striving haven't been brought up. One of them requires a good digestion, the basis of most health, the other requires strong energy. How the individual obtains those is up to them and will vary in different cultures and people. I see in the vinaya vestiges of the Ay...