Dhamma Wheel

in any case, spiritual liberation should always come above health. it's fine not to be a monastic if you have a legitimate reason. does anyone know if the tonics are good for or commonly used to treat symptoms of diabetes, like hypoglycemia? https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-bhikkhus-rules...

Two meals a day 'effective' to treat type 2 diabetes https://www.bbc.com/news/health-27422547 the buddha eats one meal a day http://obo.genaud.net/dhamma-vinaya/pts/mn/mn.070.horn.pts.htm all bhikkhus and bhikkhunis ideally should eat one meal a day, if they are training to become arahants. in my op...

no, consciousness is conditioned

skepticism is different from not immediately accepting what information is given to you

wearing white is a good idea anyway, at least on uposatha days

Refrain: 1."I undertake the training-precept to abstain from onslaught on breathing beings." (Pali: Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.) 2."I undertake the training-precept to abstain from taking what is not given." (Pali: Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.) 3."I undertake the trai...

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does the buddhavamsa not contradict the earlier suttas which list seven buddhas

i was asked to print off some resources for someone at a middle school reading level. anyone have any preferably free and also that could fit perhaps in a 8-page letter? i might just print off a few suttas

there is no such thing as no other choice. one may just be heavily inclined to making a particular choice. you don't have to kill, and we should inspire others not to kill.

heaven is a conditioned state of being, nibbāna is unconditioned. in heaven, contacts are usually pleasant, nibbāna is the cessation of contact

https://suttacentral.net/dn32/en/anandajoti wrote:“May you revere Aṅgīrasa,
the glorious son of the Sakyans,
he who preached this Dhamma,
which is the dispelling of all suffering.

could this be what you're looking for?

they can be taken without food so i'm taking them without food

In Mv.VI.34.21, the Buddha allows bhikkhus to consume five products of the cow: milk, curds, buttermilk, fresh butter, and ghee. Apparently, cheese—curds heated to evaporate their liquid content and then cured with or without mold— was unknown in those days, but there seems every reason, using the G...