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right now it's getting colder and been raining never knew myself to have allergies before but my pharmacist suggests it is post-nasal drip from increased mold spore count (i often take walks outside?) i would just pull the extra long nose hairs out with my fingers might try the raw ginger but what i...

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non-returners attain nibbāna without ever returning to the human world

the website logs me out after a few days and it appears to be spaced apart at different intervals Same here. This happens while at the same desktop computer, not using any other devices or other desktops, nor changing any browser or forum settings in the meantime. It just logs me out mysteriously; ...

i have been getting sore throats more frequently, like a month apart, with congestion but no cold or flu symptoms i dont know why it happens now but i was in the habit of plucking nose hairs for a while. i would also use my fingernail in the shower to cleanse my nose of mucus, maybe i damaged my sys...

virtue improves memory by eliminating the blockage of remorse
so too charity, stinginess
this practice makes for a very clear and pure mind, by which you could see quite clearly

the website logs me out after a few days and it appears to be spaced apart at different intervals

i would rather stay logged in unless i log out manually

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16. ‘And then, after the creepers had disappeared, rice appeared in open spaces,832 free from powder and from husks, fragrant and clean-grained.833 And what they had taken in the evening for supper had grown again and was ripe in the morning, and what they had taken in the morning for breakfast was...

Did the Buddha ever taught in the sutta that there are situations where there is ok to lie? So there are Buddhists who defend lying to some extent. They say it's sometimes necessary to lie. To spare people's feelings, to avoid trouble, even to save someone's life. And that it shouldn't be a problem...

nāma (name):
- feeling
- perception
- intention
- contact
- attention

I would like to understand whether the typical Western understanding of no self is the same as the traditional understanding. Does anyone have suggestions for which texts I can begin with to understand what is traditionally meant by no self? categorical 'no self' i have not heard the buddha declare...

So what IS happening outside the mind with your interpretation? how would i know? And what IS the source of sense-objects with your interpretation? Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 09.47.07.png https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.045.than.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/...

The view that sights, sounds, tangibles, tastes and odours derive from form is also in line with contemporary worldly science if we replace 'form' with 'materiality': sounds derive from vibrating matter, tastes and odours from molecules (matter) connecting to material receptors, sights and tangible...

The four great elements and the form derived from the four great elements: this is called form. I've been thinking about this definition of form which comes from a link on the first page of this topic. If one looks at the logic of this there seems to be an error. It is clear (at least to me) that t...

Sorry but I'm struggling to see the relevance of your post to the discussion. I didn't say rupa was eternal or whatever, I said it wasn't mind-made. Have another look at the nidana "definition" for nama-rupa in SN12.2, where the rupa aspect is straightforwardly described as the four great elements ...