Dhamma Wheel

binocular wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:49 pm

Ceisiwr wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:37 pm

Does anyone else experience joy and happiness when reading the suttas?

Usually. But the happiness fades when I consider that maybe none of what is said in the suttas is meant to be actually taken seriously.

it is

my meditation is better than nothing i reckon

“I have seen, reverend Sir, the Gracious One comfortable, I have seen, reverend Sir, the Gracious One bearing up while sick, and my body, reverend Sir, became faint as it were, and although I could not see straight, and things were not clear, it appeared to me, reverend Sir, that the Gracious One w...

Laurens wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:58 am

Does anybody have any links to where people can donate to aid those affected by the virus?

to me, this is an example of spoon not tasting the flavor of soup. stop killing bugs if you want to advance in dhamma, period

Heretic opinion here: The sutta either means something different to what we read it, (maybe the Fire of passion, the Poison of hate, and the Sword of ignorance?) ...or it's just nonsense propaganda like other religions have. Christianity has a thing about god protecting believers from poison snakeb...

i'm not convinced by your explanation
not what the metta nisama sutta appears to say

It’s impossible not to kill something at some point when living as a householder. Fleas on children being a perfect example.

this is false. all the stream enterers who were householders in the suttas did not kill

hi, i am wanting to know why if mettā protects you from fire, poison & sword, how is it that mahā moggallāna was murdered (by swords)?

if you care about keeping the first precept enough, if you understand the renewed kamma of killing is worse than anything a bug could do to you, you'll figure it out or just endure it
develop mettā and karuṇā and upekkhā for them

same way you delete a post

rohitassa sutta