Dhamma Wheel

The Great Exposition of Kamma 15. (i) "Now, Ananda, there is the person who has killed living beings here... has had wrong view. And on the dissolution of the body, after death, he reappears in the states of deprivation, in an unhappy destination, in perdition, in hell.[7] But (perhaps) the evil ka...

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i'm not worried about having a reaction to the flu vaccine, i'm more worried about lasting effects there might be, like a pampered immune system that won't fight for me or perhaps a toxic component that will manifest years later i remain unconvinced either way covid-19 has been at least overstated e...

So the types of actions that lead to various realms are speculative? Why should I follow the five precepts if the result is speculative? no, this is a misrepresentation. the types of actions are not speculative. the role of kamma is much more than any one action. you don't know what a person did in...

this is something we can only but should not speculate about

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Hi, As the title. Do you eat anything after noon if you are a monk? Thanks It's extremely common throughout SE Asia for monastics to eat after noon. Temples where it would be prohibited are certainly abnormal from my experience. It's one of the rules the modern Sangha by majority does not follow pa...

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this is what i think is similar to a paṇḍaka from ancient india

i started getting the flu shot three years ago since i work with the public but now i'm rethinking it. it can be difficult to pin down non-politically charged facts. i get there are bad arguments against the flu shot but maybe there are some good ones? i think i have a good immune system maybe i am ...

angulimala sutta, angulimala was reborn in the holy life

can an admin correct the title of this post for me? instead of dvedhavittaka it should say vitakkasaṇṭhāna

could it also be that normal human perception just doesn't recognize these forms and that they are within this sphere in an extra dimension

i do and can

In Erakaccha's town before l lived, A wealthy craftsman in all works of gold. Incensed by youth's hot blood, a wanton, I enjoyed (lustfully) with neighbours' wives. (437) Therefrom deceasing, long I cooked in hell, Till, fully ripened, I emerged, and then Found rebirth in the body of an ape. (438) ...