Dhamma Wheel

I think this Sutta is pretty interesting as it talks about how we objectify things and then imagine our relationship with them. Anything, including Nibbāna can be falsely imagined into existence and personalized so that the experience feels real, but the real thing is not actually experienced. It is...

Vipassanā is a floodlight and samādhi is a laser

What are some unique cultural practices in Theravadin Countries you know about that the average layman might not be familiar with? I can think of a few things I know about for example of Phra Mae Thorani is the witness to the Buddha's rout of Mara's army, and that the Four Heavenly Kings are guardia...

So far I'm able to identify what the fetters to Stream Entry are: Sīlabbata-parāmāsa and Sīlabbata-upādāna How does one define it, what are some examples? What are the kinds of things that qualify as pointless rites and rituals so that I can be cautious to know what are pointless and how does one re...

There's a decent amount if one interprets miccha sati to be attention to wrong things. Think of a thief preparing for a great heist. They have plenty of their awareness to attention to all things around them, for all the wrong reasons, as it's all in the pursuit of a wrong goal. So yeah, technically...

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks everyone!

Thank you so much Bhante!

Both men and woman are in the fourfold assembly of the Ariya Mahasangha.

The Sallekha Sutta is one of my favorite suttas in the Majjhima Nikaya as the refrains "others will be x we will be y" are wholesome and motivational goals. I was hoping maybe someone can help me grammatically change them from first person plural as a Self Motivator for me before I begin meditation....

I once remembered there was a book that detailed a lot of the Buddha's teachings for a layman which was not like the Patimokkha but it was also very instructive about the Buddha's positions on the morals and good character required of people in lay life. I know of the Sigalovada sutta but that is on...

I remember a Venerable saying If one urges another to kill, condones killing, or speaks in praise of it, and if someone else kills that person due to one’s speech, then one is guilty of killing, just as if one had done it with one’s own hand. The actions are Doing the killing oneself. Prompting or t...

I recall hearing about the impact of kamma in some text but I have forgotten the kinds of kamma in referral to both the pali terms for them but also the kinds of kamma and I'm hoping for a refresher. This is not asking about the niyamas (because I remember those), but about the measure of kammic imp...

Nibbana or death.

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