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I have a friend who seems to insist that ordaining is kind of superficial and that you can live like a monk without ordaining and you would not be missing out on anything and may even have an advantage. I don't share this opinion but I don't have hard evidence on hand to refute. There are also so m...

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I'm currently reading In the Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi.

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This, bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of dukkha. Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha. Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are dukkha. Association with the disliked is dukkha. Separation from the liked is dukkha. Not to get what one wants is dukkha. In brief, the five clinging-ag...

A very good question. IMO, a monastic should make known that they are a monastic. In real life, this is obvious as they are wearing robes, as you mentioned, and have a certain demeanor. Online, they must take the initiative to make this known. And indeed, they should IMO. In my experience, all of th...

The Buddhist Dictionary by Venerable Nyanatiloka is a great resource. You can buy a book and read it online, such as here . A good structured introduction to the Buddha's teachings in general is In the Buddha's Words by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi. You can buy the book and read much of it online. There ...

To be honest with you I do not think that Stephen Hawking is the smartest guy on earth. He might not for there's another obvious candidate for the "smartest guy on earth" title whose famous equation starts with the same letter as his last name. But there's no dispute that those 2 guys are in a leag...

Were I in your shoes, I'd stick with antibiotics for treatment before trying alternative/complementary medicine. If one antibiotic doesn't work, another may because their mechanisms of attacking the bacteria are different. There are almost certainly stronger oral antibiotics than what you're taking ...

The anthology from Bhikkhu Bodhi is a great place to start. The paper book can be purchased or see this discussion: https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=14640 I second this. There are many good places you could start to learn about the Buddha's teachings in the Pali suttas. Of all of them, this ...

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A lot of heated discussions start off discussing a topic but reach a point where it's no longer about the topic, but more about winning the argument. I have noticed that I have done this in the past as well. It occurred to me one day, "Why is it so important to prove to the other person, that I am ...

Another suggestion would be to put the sutta numbers in the file name metadata. For example, instead of "All the Taints" it could be "MN 2 - All the Taints." This makes it easier to keep the files in order when downloaded and having the sutta number linked with the name is good information anyway.

I listened to a few recordings from MN in full on my walk today. Some points: • The gong is a nice touch - keep it! • The repetition format is great, not too much and not too little - keep that up! • The sound quality is excellent - keep that up too! • The reader, Roland Kitchen, is excellent, very ...

Very clean appearing website and good design. A brief listening-skim tells me they sound like good recordings read by a pleasant and professional voice. A good selection too and I'm sure more will be added.

Many thanks for providing this resource.

For those experienced with yoga, could you list those poses you know of that lead to knee pain?

The foundation for sila for laypeople is the 5 precepts. Upholding the precepts and being mindful of them is training for sila. If they are easy for someone personally, that is great. But being easy doesn't diminish their worth, importance, and the respect we should afford to them. This is especiall...