Dhamma Wheel

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i saw a monk post on facebook looking for a ride, is that allowed

confusedlayman wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 10, 2019 12:17 am

salayatananirodha wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:31 pm

don't get married or be single

u mean I need to be in secret relation so not single and no married?

no

don't get married or be single

hitler should have read assalāyana sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn93/en/horner

don't be afraid to go alone https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html

Is there any chance these terms were used just for illustrating the deleterious effects of attached action? Zero chance that the Buddha was a liar about such things. Oh no not a liar, merely that modern humans misinterpret. If there is one thing I have learnt about the Ancients is that they often e...

https://suttacentral.net/sn32.57/en/sujato “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why sometimes it rains?” “Mendicant, there are what are called gods of the rainy clouds. Sometimes they think: ‘Why don’t we revel in our own kind of enjoyment?’ Then, in accordance with their wish, it becomes ra...

the buddha and other ardent meditators have transcended human perception and can see beings outside that limitation (not all ardent meditators can, however, and i dont know why). it's much like a 2-dimensional being learning to see beings in 3 dimensions. don't forget we are cousins to apes and what...

it's fake news, right? i have never encountered direct evidence of the practice in the early buddhist texts but there is one quote from MN 99 Iti uddham-adho tiriyaɱ sabbadhi sabbattatāya1 sabbā-vantaɱ lokaɱ mettā saha-gatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena avyāpajjhena pharitvā vihar...

uposatha is supposed to be kept the 14th and 15th of the lunar fortnight, so according to my calendar that is september 12 and september 13 That's just your opinion. The Theravāda understanding of cātuddase pannarase aṭṭhamiyā ca is that uposatha falls on the fourteenth day when it's a 14-day half-...

even if they can, better to be content with what is offered

1. it's impossible for an arahant to deliberately kill a living being
2. it's impossible to kill a sammāsambuddha
i can cite scripture if requested, sorry for not immediately doing that

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