Dhamma Wheel

point 1 looks wrong 43. "Then, Ananda, I answered Mara, the Evil One, saying: 'I shall not come to my final passing away, Evil One, until my bhikkhus and bhikkhunis, laymen and laywomen, have come to be true disciples — wise, well disciplined, apt and learned, preservers of the Dhamma, living accord...

i was compelled to donate but i had concerns about the site; any way you could alleviate them?

all conditioned phenomena are subject to decay

yes, i disagree with that

at least you recognize that 'this' occurs to your mind, which indicates that it is not an existing reality

i disagree

in what way did you think it was not an answer to your question?
self and soul are not both translations of atta?
anatta: without self or without soul

As a partly anonymous being on this forum, I would like to admit that I feel quite addicted to sexual sensuality, and that it appears radically different from my practice, because I will go and say wholesome things but then I will shut my door and look at or even say ridiculous things. So, I don't h...

"'This body, sister, comes into being through food. And yet it is by relying on food that food is to be abandoned.' Thus was it said. And in reference to what was it said? There is the case, sister, where a monk, considering it thoughtfully, takes food — not playfully, nor for intoxication, nor for...

The kammic consequence of generosity & giving is wealth. No one has ever nor will ever become poor from giving. If you have debt you should give more. Even if you have just $100 you could give it all away & your debt will not be a bigger burden as a result, wealth will come to you. Through generosi...

nibbedhika sutta (AN 6.63)

thats pretty cool!

And what are the teachings that I have taught and declared to be non-categorical? [The statement that] 'The cosmos is eternal' I have taught and declared to be an non-categorical teaching. [The statement that] 'The cosmos is not eternal'... 'The cosmos is finite'... 'The cosmos is infinite'... 'The...

I've read some good stuff (stuff that appears to match early buddhist texts) in places like the diamond sūtra And I've read a lot of bad commentarial exegesis, and it's often mixed in with the dhamma, so that a serious practitioner eventually has to unlearn what they've learned as the dhamma for tru...