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Accept this priceless gem from Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw It is worth taking the time to read and taking to heart. Few are more skilled than he in the Practice of understanding the Brahma Viharas in this sense. And should you have the opportunity please read Compassion and Emptiness by Venerable Anal...

If you read the Sutta I linked it goes to the form of nothingness which is a formless Jhānā which if you did not know, Jhāna goes up beyond four, and the Buddha says the Apex is the formless Jhānā of nothingness.

Mettā is a power so sublime it leads to non-return and encompass entire world systems and beyond going to some of the highest Jhānā.

If by death you mean the death of anger, the Buddha says yes, kill anger, but that's not what you meant. We are supposed to lead to the end of greed, hatred and delusion and that itself is the end of suffering.

MN 1 Mulapariyaya Sutta

And Ud 1.10 Bahiya of the Bark Cloth

And SN 35.95 Maluṅkyaputta Sutta

I kind of get what they mean but when I tried to make vocab cards for them I was at a loss for differentiating them

I feel like a fool for asking, but what are the nuanced differences between diṭṭhe, diṭṭho, diṭṭhi, diṭṭhaṃ, diṭṭhato sute, suto, suta, sutaṃ, sutato mute, muto, muta, mutaṃ mutato viññāte, Viññāta, Viññātaṃ Viññātato and I don't just mean grammatically (but that is also helpful) but in view of tran...

A wonderful source. Many thanks Venerable, Sir.
May your days bring you ultimate bliss.

so we don't actually add "a" in front all the time when using the aorist. So what's the normal way to make the aorist?

When doing the Aorist form and a word begins with an "a" like "akkosati" do we change the a to ā?

Mount Meru is figurative language to describe the kind of lives Devatā live. It is both beautiful and pristine and entirely distant from all things worldly to the point where leaving it seems inconceivable. As such most stories referring to Mount Meru are often stories to show unfathomable distance ...

They don't really have much discussion and I am loathe to point out that they have a specific section in their discord to solicit donations. Seems more like an attempt to make money, but I would be happy to be proven wrong. There's also people who openly declare to have Sotapanna and Anagami attainm...

Hello Sarath, I hope your day is filled with ease. The reason they are not typically mentioned is that Brāhmā are actually a type of Deva. It would be like saying "why are you not mentioning Nepalese as human, they are clearly human too." When we say Devānussati we mean recollection of the qualities...

Thank you Venerable, Sir! This is absolutely a pleasure to read. I am just so fascinated by the many realms and was surprised by the many qualities of Utarakuru and the Chakravartin Emperor. Is there a similar texts that elucidate examples of Devatā whose qualities we should be recollecting when we ...

What are some of the cool non human non animal entities in Buddhist Cosmology and what are the names of those Gods that play the most important roles in the 32 realms of Saṃsāra? I know Tavatimsa should have 33 but I don't know which 33 they are and I know they mentioned a few Gods like Brāhma Saham...