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by rolling_boulder
Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: sutta Request
Replies: 17
Views: 1067

Re: sutta Request

bodom wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:59 pm ...

:anjali:
Thank you
by rolling_boulder
Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:18 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: sutta Request
Replies: 17
Views: 1067

sutta Request

Hello can someone give me a sutta reference for when the Buddha said that when a bhikkhu does not follow his instructions, he is displeased?

Thank you
by rolling_boulder
Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:23 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Buddhism & NFT/metaverse/blockchain
Replies: 6
Views: 516

Re: Buddhism & NFT/metaverse/blockchain

asahi wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:48 am Does buddhism has anything to do with these thing ?
No
by rolling_boulder
Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sutta where buddha refused to step on a carpet
Replies: 1
Views: 176

Sutta where buddha refused to step on a carpet

Hi can anyone help me track down the sutta where the buddha refused to step on a carpet that was rolled out for him?

Someone told me today that monks are not allowed to step on white cloth, which sounds made up to me.
by rolling_boulder
Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:46 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nanamoli's sanhkara
Replies: 33
Views: 2650

Re: Nanamoli's sanhkara

SDC wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 11:41 pm
@11:00 starts the relevant portion, though the entire talk is worth a listen.
Thanks, this is good
by rolling_boulder
Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:30 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Meat processing job
Replies: 13
Views: 672

Re: Meat processing job

In terms of the Suttas, I think it falls under wrong livelihood just to be in the business of handling meat. It also seems to be risky with the pandemic. It is smelly work with lots of stress and not much pay. If I had to take a job like that I'd do it, though, because I have my people I take care ...
by rolling_boulder
Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:33 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nanamoli's sanhkara
Replies: 33
Views: 2650

Re: Nanamoli's sanhkara

Hi I have done more study and I now have a fair degree of certainty that when Ajahn Nyanamoli refers to sankhara, he is referring it in the way that Ven. Nanavira did; the word sankhāra, in all contexts , means 'something that something else depends on', that is to say a determination (determinant).
by rolling_boulder
Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Essence of buddhas teaching diagram
Replies: 1
Views: 263

Essence of buddhas teaching diagram

Hello

There is a lot of confusion about Buddha dhamma in my opinion.

I just wanted to offer this little diagram that attempts to sum up Buddha dhamma in a simple way.

In the hope that it might be useful to at least one other person

RB
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by rolling_boulder
Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:56 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The awareness itself is the unconditioned
Replies: 190
Views: 9409

Re: The awareness itself is the unconditioned

A particular, very senior scholar monk once replied to me when i asked him this question thus : The “one who knows” or citta is really just the experience of knowing, there is no construct there. A verb and not a noun. It is only to be considered conditioned in that it is part of samsara. It is not ...
by rolling_boulder
Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:40 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Saddhānusārī or Dhammānusārī
Replies: 19
Views: 1104

Re: Saddhānusārī or Dhammānusārī

I guess you should have included "Sotapanna" as one of the options, lol.

As for myself, I suppose I am a dhammanusari.
by rolling_boulder
Tue Sep 21, 2021 11:34 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nanamoli's sanhkara
Replies: 33
Views: 2650

Re: Nanamoli's sanhkara

SDC wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:49 pm

Can you post the talk where he uses that definition? Out of context it sounds a bit different than what I’ve gathered from his work.
I think it's in this one, somewhere in the beginning. Among others of course

by rolling_boulder
Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dhamma appreciation, (e)x hippy
Replies: 5
Views: 518

Re: Dhamma appreciation, (e)x hippy

Yeah, buddhism being open about such things makes it much more accessible to the western mindset. Almost everyone I know , when I mention being buddhist, says something like, "Oh, buddhism is cool, it's more of a philosophy than a religion right? " And I just say "Sure, yeah," ha...
by rolling_boulder
Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nanamoli's sanhkara
Replies: 33
Views: 2650

Nanamoli's sanhkara

To the Esteemed Sutta Experts here,

sankharas = nothing other than dhammas that you've taken to be yours?

That is my understanding of how Ajahn Nanamoli ( the Younger, that is, of Hillside Hermitage) translates "Sankharas"

Is that supportable in the Suttas?

Thanks
by rolling_boulder
Sat Sep 04, 2021 3:23 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: a little poem
Replies: 10
Views: 609

Re: a little poem

Ontheway wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 3:21 pm ...
We mean the same thing but it is just a language thing. To speak more precisely "mind" is just mind.

I only say "your mind" because nobody else but you is subject to "your" mind as such