Dhamma Wheel

Polar Bear wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:26 am

I wouldn’t worry about it. Unless you’re in a hotbox for some time you’re not gonna get a contact high. I would strongly encourage you to avoid neuroticism in this regard.

I fully agree.

Do you have any idea how condescending you sound. I do, actually. Horribly so, I imagine. On the other hand, I don't think you understand how condescending it is to come to a "Buddhist forum about the Dhamma of Theravada Buddhism", make your first post proclaiming you've attained Nibbana which is t...

Do you have any idea how condescending you sound. I do, actually. Horribly so, I imagine. On the other hand, I don't think you understand how condescending it is to come to a "Buddhist forum about the Dhamma of Theravada Buddhism", make your first post proclaiming you've attained Nibbana which is t...

The "Nirvana" you think you've attained is not the Nibbana that the Buddha attained and taught the way to. This was confirmed by the way you've described how you live. Now, you can choose to learn why this is the case so you can set yourself squarely on the Path to the Nibbana the Buddha attained, t...

You might want to check out the great rebirth debate thread stickied in one of these subforums. There is a great deal of evidence there.

Friends :smile: When I was young, ontology mattered a lot more. Now that I am getting older, soteriology has taken prime importance. All the details give me a headache, and the only question I keep asking myself is: what is the way out? Have you had a similar experience? At some point, you stop wor...

It's worth noting that one of the few "universal teachings" (and by that I mean it was explicitly taught to be cultivated by both monastic and lay disciples) is the below 5 reflections, all strongly related to impermanence as one would reflect upon it reflectively, and much less to the momentariness...

Dear Venerable Bhikkhus and Vinaya Experts Some recent allegations I recently read about the sin of "revisionism" in respect to common interpretations of the Pali suttas brought to mind the actual crime of Holocaust denial and even Holocaust revisionism that exists under the laws of many nations. B...

Zhuangzi.

Sam,

You danced well on that line between moderator and regular member, contributing while refraining from the power trips that entice those who are given the opportunity to take them.

For getting started with Sutta's, many recommend Bhikkhu Bodhi's Anthology called In The Buddha's Words . He has fairly long introductions to the chapters which are helpful. (There is a beginner resource thread at the top of the beginner forum section.) Edit/Add: This esplains the factors of the Ei...

Who is the admin?

Edt: nevermind. It is rightviewftw

There is no "free unconditioned will" according to Dhamma. I think this is obvious. Though, we live in a world of illusions, where things exist by themselves and among them there is "free will", based on a sense of selfhood. I'm also wondering if there is anywhere in the Pali Canon where the Buddha...

Selling the dhamma is getting crazy... With 25,000,000 downloads, guided meditation app Calm is worth $250Million US dollars, and made a profit of $40 million last year. Meditation is BIG business! The guided meditation app Calm costs users $12.99/month, $59.99/year. The app Headspace costs $12.99/...

MrKoala wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:03 am

I feel comfortable enough with my understanding to return to my reading again.

Let us know how far you get. I think only a few people have read that entire thread, diverting as it is. I start to contribute...oh somewhere in the 300s of pages or so.