Dhamma Wheel

This doesnt indicate that Asians would just be passive... Since prostitution is illegal in Thailand, lots of passivity appears to be occurring. Since 1960, prostitution in Thailand has been de jure illegal. Nevertheless, it was estimated to be worth US$6.4 billion a year in revenue (2015), accounti...

What evidence do u have that asians generally do this? Its their historical religious culture. Much of the Indian caste system is based on these beliefs. Below, an academic study from Thailand: While kathoey in Thailand have unique cultural considerations with regard to identity, social positioning...

But can a person with right view believe in death or rebirth (of Putujana)? Probably. It seems all puthujjana take "birth" ("jati"), die ("marana") and are "re-born" because the aggregates of a puthujjana are mixed with self-view. What if you applied that to me? What do you think, Friend Sarath? Do...

MN118 about breathing. Other two about Sati. You are trying to compare cheese and chalk. Isn't it? Why don't you read the sutta. When mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated, it fulfils the four foundations of mindfulness. MN 118 Fulfilment of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness “And h...

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Im a bit curious where you got the idea that generally asians do this.

Because they do. This is the general religious belief in Hindu and Buddhist countries.

Events are the result of kamma, as seen when the Sakyas were invaded and MahaMogallana tried to intervene Do you mean when the Sakyas deceived, ridiculed & humiliated the neighboring King by giving him a slave girl to marry? I think the kamma on that occasion was visible in the here & now. The neig...

U didn't show anything. U just showed theres no evidence of that. U mean i showed there is no record of the Buddha teaching it? Likewise being born jewish in Nazi Germany is the result of far different kamma than being born jewish in Britain or the US in the same time period or in Germany after the...

Paccājāta（come to a new existence）, returning back to being born again . Thanks James but I already provided many quotes that give the impression paccājāta is used differently to upapanno, upapatti. The verb for entering a jhāna state and for being reborn is upapajjati and its derivatives (upapanno...

I think we are living in an immoral world. The present world of Cultural Marxism is not the same world as the Buddha's life. Even in my childhood, adultery was not highly common. The impression from the suttas is the majority followed the family precepts. This is generally accepted even in the othe...

However Buddha allowed practicing Jhana to monks. :rolleye: "Practising" jhana is different to "enjoying" jhana. :roll: I thought: 'So why am I afraid of that pleasure that has nothing to do with sensuality, nothing to do with unskillful mental qualities?' MN 36 Enjoyment of jhana leads to rebirth ...

Perhaps this may be the case considering there seven more fetters to be eliminated. Jhana also is important for ending the tendency of craving for sensual pleasures. If a stream-enterer was expert in jhana, they would probably end the first 5 fetters. I think Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote a paper that is dif...

I highly recommend you guys read the book by Kheminda Thera "Way of Buddhist meditation"... He explains why everyone who enters the noble path, whether faith enterer or dhamma enterer from stream entry to arahant, all require at least first jhana for the mind moment it happens in. Not interested bu...

I'll also add the Thanissaro Bhikkhu citation you kindly provided which I had read as part of my background reading. Thanissaro's personal opinion sounds questionable. Personally, I would not cling to it. MN 118 sounds obviously linear in its fruition because the various stages sound more & more re...

Dear forum I just noticed for the 1st time SN 56.VII, which contains the following suttas: Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt under his fingernail, addressed the mendicants: “What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the little bit of dirt under my fingernail, or this great earth?”...

Another text with different Pali words; which may not be related to kamma: “… the sentient beings born on land are few, while those born in water are many. …” … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye thalajā ; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye udakajā. Taṃ kissa hetu … pe …. https://suttacentral...