Dhamma Wheel

This was written recently for you and others. It is about the legality of alms in the USA and probably other Western countries as well. https://subhuti.withmetta.net/2018/07/12/is-collecting-alms-pindapata-legal/ Great to see you here Bhante. I've been enjoying your writings since the early days of...

When someone tells you not to disclose who gave you this information, it is another way of saying I can't defend what I tell you so don't tell anyone it was me who told you.

The Thai and western monks at the Sarasota Forest Monastery in Florida have a daily alms round.
http://www.sarasotaforestmonastery.org/ ... s-round-1/

Bhikkhu Subhuti, an American monk has lived without money for 17 years and for the last 6 months have lived off alms in Hawaii. He writes regularly on his experiences on his blog. Here, he talks about his initial experiences in Hawaii and his pindacara experiences. "This past Tuesday, someone came u...

Thanks Robert. Could you cite the sutta please? and would you know the Pali word translated as money here?

I thought that the Buddha made the rule against touching gold and silver because that was the currency of that time. But the story of the monk requesting for the kahapana indicates that money already existed then. So why did the Buddha make that rule only against gold and silver ?

Most articles regarding ordination are about bhikkhus. This video is an excellent testimonial by a bhikkhuni, the Ven Munissara and I thought it should be here to facilitate anyone searching for such info. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9J-wciYYI&feature=player_embedded Meta search tags: Nuns ord...

Logically, it is the other way round. When Avijja ceases, consciouness ceases. Hence nama-rupa ceases.

In many suttas (AN 8.83 Kim Mulaka sutta), the Buddha says Vedana-samosarana sabbe dhamma - Everything that arises in the mind is accompanied by sensation. So it doesn't matter which sense door contact arises. All contact will give rise to sensations, but some so weak that we don't notice them in ev...

In Belo Horizonte, Brazil there is a well established Theravada orgn called Nalanda.

https://nalanda.org.br/

"Since the turn of the century, various meditation practices from Theravāda traditions have also been spread to Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and then mainland China through published books, websites, and travellers.[iii] Some Buddhist monastics and lay people from China have travelled to ...

That is interesting, so if someone said: Theravadins have no ascetism, they have no jhana or liberation or path or fruition, etc. You do not think that this would beget the offense of Ariyupavadantaraya? Of course it would be. And, yes, Mahayana practitioners have insight into the Eightfold Noble P...

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Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:31 am

What if he was criticizing all of theravadins, saying ie "theravadins [taken as a group] do not have the path, their teachings are wrong" then he would be incurring the offence in your opinion?

It is still an impersonal generalisation.

I just keep falling for click-baits.

Bhante Subhuti of the Pa Auk tradition gives pretty detailed instructions on the breath meditation in his blog.
https://subhuti.withmetta.net/2018/06/1 ... editation/