Dhamma Wheel

Where do you live? There are Sri Lankan temples in many nations, that serve ex-pat Sri Lankans in the U.S., Australia, the UK, etc. You could check some of those out in the country you live in. afaik, most don't put any demands on the monks for learning, studying Abhidhamma so that wouldn't be an is...

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i know this exists - can someone give me a citation/quote I don't believe there is one in the Vinaya because the Vinaya was recited at the First Council in approx. 483 BCE and at that time it was the "pre-sectarian" period of Buddhism of Dhamma-Vinaya; the various sects hadn't fully developed yet. ...

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Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:02 pm

DO as observed in the present moment:

Good find.

The Buddha said "my gosh"?

I wrote an article on the appeal of Buddhism . I would say my favorite things on that list are: *A meditation technique beyond relaxation, but also for wisdom. There is a clear path for spiritual and personal development. *Compatibility with biological evolution. In my opinion, the single greatest, ...

Yes, perhaps "strategy" is a better term. The Buddha was interested in Dhamma propagation. He was not interested in self-enlightenment only and did teach the masses and advised his monks to do Dhamma propagation. “Wander forth, O bhikkhus, for the welfare of the multitude, for the happiness of the m...

That link did not work. I'll try it again tomorrow morning. It was in German. Here is the google translate rendering to English: Saw him in the terrace shade, the highest, go up and down, I slowly went to him, greeted him, the highest man. "Cover my robe first, and I fold my hands under her, Will I...

Never heard of that one. Where is it in the Suttas? In the Khuddakapatha, Sutta Nipata and Theragatha. Here is a passage from Theragatha (sorry couldn't find it in English, sprechen sie deutsch?) https://suttacentral.net/thag7.4/de/sass The last part mentions taking ordination at age 7 and wearing ...

There could not be a Child Lama, right? In the Suttas, nothing like that was ever said. In Theravada, there is no tulku system where elder monks seek out the rebirth of a famous or semi-famous monk. During the time of the Buddha there were a few very young monks who attained enlightenment. One of t...

Okay, I updated it again and now we have all or at least most of the possible options. The system limits it to no more than 10 options, so I removed one of the 2 lives models as that had zero votes anyway from previous polling.

Time to vote again!

PS Could you please add "multiple lives model" to the OP poll? That will reset all the numbers back to zero, which is okay, but before I do that, let's here if there are any other options that should be added. So as I see it, we could have the list above plus: Option 8: Timeless/Atemporal/Structura...

The goal in the Nikayas isn’t the worldly improvements above One of the goals in Nikayas *is* wordly improvements. Buddha keeps saying again and again: 1) happiness in this life 2) in future lives 2) of nibbana. but even though I can say the goal is Cessation Of Existence, I’m not really sure where...

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Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:54 pm

The Buddha was born 566BC, attained Enlightenment 531BC, and passed away in 484BC. Just for your information. (Yes he died at the age of 82. Don't worry about how I know this. It's true.)

I noticed you changed the birth year from the OP. Does this change the May 21 date too?

And the Abhidhamma discusses momentary mental events in detail, which makes sense from our own analysis of thoughts and their fleeting nature. I think there is reference to mind moments, but not to a moment-to-moment interpretation of DO. I believe it is there in the Vibhanga or Patthana; not 100% ...

Ven. Nanananda's interpretation does however involve notional/conceptual and ontological (mereological) dependence much like we find in madhyamaka and yogacara, which is hardly surprising giving his regard for Ven. Nagarjuna. The terminal insight he describes in at least one passage (going on memor...

That would be most closest to the 'moment-to-moment only' option . . . or perhaps momentarianism Doesn't the moment-to-moment-only teaching try to circumvent the old problems about rebirth and "what is it that gets reborn"? Could be, especially among some modern-secular-types. I'm not an advocate o...

Option 8: Timeless/Atemporal/Structural David, I take the flagrant rejection of this model as a personal insult. :tongue: For those unfamiliar with this model, see Ven.'s Nanavira, N. Nanamoli and Ariyavamsa. As I understand it , instead of attempting to explain a sequence - whether it be over the ...

This is the problem that keeps popping up on buddhist forums. People reading just the first sutta of the higher dhamma section of the nikayas (chapter 2,3 and half of chapter 4 of SN) and trying to figure it all out just by using this single page out of 1500. Who is doing that? I don't see anyone q...

My opinion is that DO has nothing to do with 1-2-3 lives or moment-to-moment-ness. It just shows generally how and why suffering exists, without any kind of precise details. Key to such opinion is Upanisa sutta: That's how I understand it. I don't know why all the fuss about it. Buddhaghosa (Therav...