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- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:03 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: I encourage you to practice 8 precepts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 123
Re: I encourage you to practice 8 precepts
:goodpost: However, I suggest at least try one whole day not half a day. Indeed. Otherwise you could be abstaining from eating at the wrong time exclusively at the right time, and abstaining from sexual intercourse except when you're in bed with your wife. Thanks. You got the point. :twothumbsup:
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:01 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 335
Re: What is this knowledge for?
Further considering my question I wondered whether the knowledge is to increase Saddha.
Normally we read the contract or get a solicitor to check it before we sign it.
Perhaps a deeper investigation of Dhamma may increase your faith.
Normally we read the contract or get a solicitor to check it before we sign it.
Perhaps a deeper investigation of Dhamma may increase your faith.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: a news
- Replies: 2
- Views: 51
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Gavampati Thera
- Replies: 1
- Views: 68
Re: Gavampati Thera
Perhaps in some sort of Jhana.confusedlayman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:48 pm he use to stay in heaven in human body due to agreeable climate..??
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Patisambhidamagga specifically anapanasati
- Replies: 3
- Views: 118
Re: Patisambhidamagga specifically anapanasati
Good topic.
You can start with your opening opinion.
You can start with your opening opinion.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 335
Re: What is this knowledge for?
Thanks. I think many of us are doing is safeguarding the truth. This is not a phenomenon in Buddhism. This may apply to many other religions too. Caranki Sutta is about this problem. We all know that teaching is so valuable so should be protected for the future generation. However, putting it into p...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Popularity of Mahāyāna
- Replies: 7
- Views: 214
Re: Popularity of Mahāyāna
My opinion was. - Exotic religion associated with some Shangrilla or something - Expelling Dalilama from Tibet and the political rivalry with China - Mahayana is more appealing as Nibbana is a reality similar to the God concept - Bodhisattva ideal. You enjoy this life and postpone the Nibbana on som...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:15 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1236
Re: What is a dhammā exactly?
This makes sense.On that occasion, friend, I was percipient: ‘The cessation of existence is nibbāna.
This is the emptiness.
Knowing that you do not have Dukkha anymore (cessation of suffering) is the Nibbana.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:22 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: I encourage you to practice 8 precepts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 123
Re: I encourage you to practice 8 precepts
However, I suggest at least try one whole day not half a day.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is Adhiseela (high virtues)?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 97
What is Adhiseela (high virtues)?
What is Adhiseela (high virtues)? I hear the above term in usage in Sri Lankan Buddhist circles. Is there any reference to support this? This means avoiding unwholesome but practising wholesome. Say for instance you abstain from stealing but practice generosity. However, this is practice without cra...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Ven. Dhammapāla on Nibbāna
- Replies: 5
- Views: 202
Re: Ven. Dhammapāla on Nibbāna
Yes. It sounds like Buddha's nature as taught by some Buddhist sects. I will not call this Buddha's nature but I would say this is the Bodhisatta nature. We all living beings are trying to find a solution for suffering. Many follow the wrong path only an enlightened Buddha can show them the Noble Pa...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 335
Re: What is this knowledge for?
What is this knowledge for? Is the exploration of Buddhism any different to the exploration of otherworldly pursuits? What do you think is the purpose of the Buddhist teachings? Yes, I am talking about the Buddhist teaching. I see this even in many Sri Lankan Buddhist monks. They resort to politics...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 335
Re: What is this knowledge for?
What is this knowledge for? I just started to think about why I am so engrossed in Buddhism. I feel that Sutta's study is mainly for monks. I just wondered whether there is much practical usage for laypeople. You say this now, after you have read all or most of the tipitaka and have over 21,000 pos...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is this knowledge for?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 335
Re: What is this knowledge for?
In the Anguttara Nikaya, Book of Tens, Anathapindika and Vajjiyamahita, both lay followers teach the Dhamma by refuting the wrong views of a group of wanderers. At the end of the discourse, the Buddha praises Anathapindika for defending the teaching against misrepresentation. (AN 10.93) The househo...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: On Ekaṁsikā and Anekaṁsikā
- Replies: 1
- Views: 53
Re: On Ekaṁsikā and Anekaṁsikā
They are perhaps, asking the wrong question.The questions listed above then are "uncertain". You can't know for sure if they are true or false.
Say if I ask "How many different types of ornaments can be made using a play daw?"