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- Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:46 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is stealing always wrong?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9701
Re: Is stealing always wrong?
One example: If I trade stocks, purely to make a quick profit, I sure know if I win someone else is loosing. So if I win, am I taking something that I am not entitled to? am i doing adinnadana? Someone loses when ... What I meant was, by trading in such a way, the so called invester has not really ...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is stealing always wrong?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9701
Re: Is stealing always wrong?
There are very subtle things in daily life which may lead to "moral conflict", specially when we find ourseles are subject of "unfair treatement". One example: If I trade stocks, purely to make a quick profit, I sure know if I win someone else is loosing. So if I win, am I taking...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is stealing always wrong?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9701
Re: Is stealing always wrong?
.. sakunagghi sutta. The actual meaning is that ones territory is tied up with darma that is then explained by lord budda. To cut a long story this sakunagghi jataka was narrated by lord budda to explain the necessity of sticking to ones territory in existence ( as required by salayatana) . Above e...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:01 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Graveyard of ships
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1918
Re: Graveyard of ships
technically speaking, death of a machine does not cause sadness, but attachment to it; illiution that "things we like will remain the same"; expectation to the uncertain future (what the life without the lamp going to be) ; It is so easy to say though, so difficult to practice, fully knowi...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:35 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: talented people and non self
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4935
Re: talented people and non self
Do I have to accept on blind faith that talents are nonself? Let me give an analogy. I suppose you are aware how champagne (sparkling wine) may taste so different, season to season, brand to brand, country to country. They may differ batch to batch, even if it is the same vinery same brand, and so ...
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: New Suttta Central Site is Live
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13466
Re: New Suttta Central Site is Live
Thank you for the OP. Very good site. Very helpful.
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma determined birth ?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7321
Re: Kamma determined birth ?
..certain roles fit better a female figure. Buddhas need to have strong presence... I have heard that only a mother can become a buddha in a future life., that is atleast one of the previous lives of a buddha must be female. Also, I have heard that, to be a buddha, one must receive blessings from h...
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:58 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If you could ask the Buddha one question
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8213
Re: If you could ask the Buddha one question
I would ask him, "Venerable Sir, if there is no self and Nirvana is attained shouldn't by interconnectedness of all beings, all of life would also reach Nirvana and samsara should cease for all at the moment of enlightenment of just one Buddha?" Then rebirth should not be able to exist no...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma determined birth ?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7321
Re: Kamma determined birth ?
if we accept that "next 'event' is born conditioned by the previous 'events'", the birth X is just another "event", conditioned by the previous "events". if we accept "it is a re-birth" that is we accept existance of past "events", then those belong ...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:41 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If you could ask the Buddha one question
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8213
Re: If you could ask the Buddha one question
...The monk smiles and slides in through the open door .. After a mile you glance at your co-passenger .. he is calmly watching the road .. a slight smile hovers around the corner of his lips .. " You gasp .. and hit the brakes .. the car skids a bit and comes to a halt .. All these sequences ...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:23 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If you could ask the Buddha one question
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8213
Re: If you could ask the Buddha one question
JamesTheGiant wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:14 pm I'd ask "What's the very best teaching to suit me?" Because he can read minds he'd look at my mind and tell me the absolute perfect teaching to fit my mind and personality. And I'd get enlightened there and then!
That is what I would ask as well!
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:21 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If I am reborn it is not me. So why I care about the rebirth?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 26165
Re: If I am reborn it is not me. So why I care about the rebirth?
I'm holding my breath right now and therefore its not just a process that takes place without a will. Does "your" breathing stop when you fall asleep?... When you're not purposefully stopping it,.... "Where is the I"? "I" itself is an ever changing set of events (a pro...
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:35 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What are you attached to?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5566
Re: What are you attached to?
Thank you. This got me thinking " what am I attached to!"..
Oops looks like i am attached to everything, seriously! including to the very post I write here..(some strange sense of wanting to be recognised!)
I am attached to myself !
thank you so much!
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If I am reborn it is not me. So why I care about the rebirth?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 26165
Re: If I am reborn it is not me. So why I care about the rebirth?
Why do we need to look at before death and after death I wonder, we can just look between just two "breaths"!. The one who breaths the next breath, is not the one who took the previous one!. Curious? for if it were the same, we would never have grown old! There are countless breaths we've ...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 2:52 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Need help on Anapanasati - short sighs
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7080
Re: Need help on Anapanasati - short sighs
Thank you JohnK, I got the book, it looks very helpful !.JohnK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:34 pm This book by Buddhadassa Bhikkhu is a thorough and clear guide to anapanasati.
https://www.wisdompubs.org/book/mindfulness-breathing