Dhamma Wheel

In my experience (and that of many others I think), there is absolutely no point battling. This is mind trying to fight against itself/ rejecting the actual circumstances of life. Instead, just notice that you are sleepy, notice that you are more distracted, notice even that you just nodded off for...

The four levels of Awakening are defined by the extent to which they cut the ten fetters by which the mind binds itself to conditioned experience. .. .. .. "In this community of monks there are monks who, with the total ending of [the first] three fetters, are stream-winners, steadfast, never again...

Greetings, If time is not unconditioned, it is conditioned. It therefore arises with all conditioned phenomena. Dependently. Or.... "time" is just a concept, and it only arises (in its capacity as a concept) when somebody conceives of it. Metta, Retro. :) Thanks, Retro. I also understand 'time as a...

According to the Pali Commentary, six types of defilement would be abandoned by a Sotāpanna: 1.Envy 2.Jealousy 3.Hypocrisy 4.Fraud 5.Denigration 6.Domineering it seems a rare person ideed who has given up these. Hi, Superstar - I only have learned from the suttas that Stream-winners have eradicated...

Hi, friend Dai Zhi Qiang -

Can you give me a clue about 'Angkhara Khom (ancient form of Cambodian script)' and why was it used for writing 'Katha in Pali in Thailand'?

Thanks.

When I spoke with my sister about some relationship trouble, I wanted to say something about Not-self. But of course she isn't Buddhist, she's christian, which would make such a statement pretty unsettling to her. What I did say was that, if she defined herself by what was past, that she'd poison t...

PeterB wrote:There is one possible answer to your question in my reply Dhamma Spoon.

So, please kindly advise ... what is that answer, Peter?

Hi, all - I hope my thought below does not sound too sarcastic to you. A weight-loss ad reads : 'How to stop eating, once and for all?" It doesn't make sense to educate an overweight person : 'Who eats? There is no one eating.' How would such empty "no-self" philosophy help a fat person who wants to...

Are you suggesting that time is unconditioned ? No, Peter, I did not. But this question you asked is a separate issue from the one I had asked you earlier! [i.e. How do you know and can you show that "time arises dependently with all dhammas"?] All I know about time is that it is a concept that is ...

Brilliant. And of course where he has ended up is the same position as Ajahn Buddhadasa or Lung Por Chah. That questions of after death states or Rebirth or " eternal life" only come about when we lose sight of the fact that in reality there is only now. That questions about Rebirth or Non Rebirth ...

I need my Native speakers again!! First: How do you call a relationship that is only about sex? (sorry, I'm translating a website about relationships :embarassed: ) ... ... Can I say it like this? :? We call it : Put somebody in a drawer. You can 't get out of a drawer anymore. . Thanks! :anjali: H...

Dear Dhamma friend TMing (and other readers) - I found myself nodding often as I was reading through your Dhamma-wise comment. Yes, I totally agree with your suggestion. :thanks: TMing: "Perfect renunciation is one cause of liberation. Disenchantment is one cause of perfect renunciation. Disenchantm...

I think there is a big difference in looking for the TRUTH of suffering (understanding, insight based) as opposed to the EMOTION of suffering (mood, feeling). One leads to letting go, the other, perhaps worsening of the problem, perhaps understanding its roots. with metta RYB Thank you for making t...

Vepacitta wrote:Hey Dhamma
Spoon - you put that post in the wrong thread - I opened up a new thread for this

V.

Hi, Vepacitta -

Where do I find that "new thread", friend?

Hey Asura, -

Thank you for setting up a new thread for that topic, my friend.

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