Dhamma Wheel

Jātaka book, the kernel of the whole, the verse. Each of these has a separate history. The oldest form in which we find any Jātaka is, as might be naturally expected, the simple fable or parable itself, without the outer framework at all, and without the verse. Thus in one of the Nikāyas[Footnote: ...

the birth stories occur in the suttas, they aren't the same as the 'jataka tales', apart from the other suttas the suttas used to be grouped together according to that format, i.e., birth stories, verses, amazing events, etc. you should be more careful calling things 'dhamma', especially when you're...

i dont know the answer to this one, but you can make an offering to your dead relatives. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
compare with day of the dead celebration.

heedfulness, health http://obo.genaud.net/dhamma-vinaya/pts ... rn.pts.htm

is she killing chickens

There is a sutta where the Buddha says that there are 3 people when hearing the dhamma. - Those that accept the Dhamma regardless of hearing the dhamma or seeing the Buddha - Those that don't accept the Dhamma regardless of hearing the dhamma or seeing the Buddha - Those that only accept the Dhamma...

feeling is conditioned, not unconditioned
being conditioned, it arises, it changes while persisting, and is subject to fading away

I'll eat dinner occasionally for social reasons, but for the most part I have ate just the one meal around lunch time. don't do it :( they're not worth your time if they encourage you not to be virtuous Sometimes I get hungry in the evening and I'll have a little fruit or carrot juice, which I assu...

"Whereas some brahmans and contemplatives, living off food given in faith, are addicted to watching shows such as these — dancing, singing, instrumental music, plays, ballad recitations, hand-clapping, cymbals and drums, magic lantern scenes, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, elephant fights, horse f...

i will be your friend

8. Uccasayana-mahasayana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami : I undertake the precept to refrain from lying on a high or luxurious sleeping place. Is this precept concerns only sleeping time, or its about restraining from lying at any moment on any king of hight/luxirious places? For exemple, is the r...

week of may 26 - june 1, when do i keep it? should the eighth day not always fall on a quarter? the full moon is always the 15th day? does a day begin at midnight or is it different? i'd like to be as faithful as possible to the observance times but i am not sure how to do this definitely want more ...

can talk to me

maybe

what is a 'hard jhana'?