Dhamma Wheel

I had forgotten about this book. Good call.

There's also "The Sound of Silence" by Ajahn Sumedho, which is probably the book you'd forgotten about, Tilt.

https://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/up ... ilence.pdf

The music thread is probably the only long thread on this forum that doesn't have people getting attached to views and arguing with each other about which is better, provoking, deriding, etc. etc. The music thread is positively wholesome in comparison. Yes, definately a lot calmer than some of the ...

it's off-topic with regard to "Dhamma Wheel is an environment for the discussion of Theravada Buddhism." That's ridiculous as far as having a lounge area is concerned. At most of the non- internet Buddhist centres/groups I've been to there's always been an area to sit and chat about life in general...

...... but it's a spam thread -- any of the music being shared is sensual and impassioned; one's goal should be dispassion To my knowledge, there aren't any rules about music which lay Buddhist practitioners have to follow. How mean and extreme it would also be, if lay Buddhists refused to let thei...

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More about Refuge here:

https://www.urbandharma.org/udharma2/bds.html

There was an article a few years ago on the website of the Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies in the USA:

"A Protestant Buddhism?"

https://www.bcbsdharma.org/article/a-pr ... -buddhism/


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I agree with everything that Sam Vara has said.... and if there's a possiblity that you have an addiction of any kind, johnB, then I think there's a Buddhist organisation in the USA called "Refuge Recovery" which might be worth checking out.

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I read Sutta Central discussions occasionally and I think it would be so much better without any extra clutter in the discussions. I really can't see what the benefits are for adult practitioners, other than to accumulate fans, I suppose, and too bad for those poor folks who don't get any "likes". I...

A "no" from me - because a Dhamma group doesn't need to imitate social media sites in order to have intelligent, discussions between its members.

. Hi phil, There's some information (with sutta references) about emptiness which you might find helpful from page 196 onwards in "The Island - An Anthology of the Buddha's Teachings on Nibbana" by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Passano (In the section headed "Knowing, Emptiness and the Radiant Mind") https:...

Professor Brian Cox, English physicist.

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Tom wrote:. Also, can I help my dog toward the path to enlightenment?

Gently teach him not to kill other living things and always show him kindness.

. I think nagas also feature in Hindu mythology. In Tibetan Buddhism Nagarjuna was given that particular name because he was said to have recovered the Buddha’s teachings on the Perfection of Wisdom from the naga-king who guarded them in the naga-realm. more about nagas here: The Indian mahasiddha, ...

In other words, he might have just lied "for a good cause". I believe that is simply not compatible with enlightenment. I guess it depends on what one considers to be "lies" - but anyway, lets not argue, perkele. I'm happy with the practice advice I've had from teachers with two different tradition...

But the Buddha maintained that he had seen these things with his own eyes, according to what is taught in the suttas. And according to my firm belief at least, the Buddha was indeed a perfect and completely enlightened being, who would never tell a lie or take hallucinations for reality. I, for one...

bodom wrote:You will also hear alot of it from the Buddha himself in the suttas.

Sure, but everybody believed in other realms and a flat world in Iron Age India 2,500 years ago.

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Just a short question. It's said that if someone teaches wrong view to other people that person will be reborn in avici hell. .... I realise its going off topic, but isn't threatening others with hell realms for one reason or another what one might call "punishment - system kamma" ? I heard a lot o...

My honest opinion (which may not be popular), is that thumbs up and down for"like' and 'don't like' - or the words, or hearts, or whatever - in topics on a Buddhist discussion site looks inappropriate and rather juvenile.


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Mahayana Malcolm asserts.... As far as I know, Malcolm's main training has been in Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana). Here's an excerpt of the 17th Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje talking about emptiness in an article "The Nature of Everything is Emptiness" : We need to know why the Buddha first talked abo...