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- Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:00 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Ven. Katukurunde Ñāṇananda Maha Thera 1940-2018
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12181
- Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Too much tech around us?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5312
Re: Too much tech around us?
Why drive to a store, when you can walk?
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:16 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
- Replies: 150
- Views: 52209
Re: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
Good point. Thanks for sharing your experience here.JamesTheGiant wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:32 am Off topic!
Go start a new thread to argue about whatever you want,
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:38 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
- Replies: 150
- Views: 52209
Re: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
Sure, but I'm curious as to why you quoted the section about escape. You were looking for sutta reference about the dangers of sensuality and other things mentioned earlier right? The danger is obviously what is escaped. If the escape is abandoning craving & lust then obviously these are the da...
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:53 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
- Replies: 150
- Views: 52209
Re: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
This sutta speaks of the gratification, danger, and escape of sensual pleasures, as well as other things. http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/middle-length-discourses-buddha/selections/middle-length-discourses-13-mahadukkhakkhandha-sutta OK. Thanks. And what, bhikkhus, is the escape...? It is the remova...
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:10 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
- Replies: 150
- Views: 52209
Re: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
There is gratification in lay life that you enumerate in your post with many examples - sensual pleasures that give much joy and satisfaction Which sensual pleasures that give much joy and satisfaction? Thanks but then there is the danger as well: old age, sickness, death, the impermanence of all a...
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:05 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
- Replies: 150
- Views: 52209
Re: I disrobed and returned to "normal" life
Greetings, Imo, young monks should not call themselves Bhante nor should be called Bhante. Technically bhante is a term of address akin to "sir", so should only be used when actually speaking to a bhikkhu, not about one. Thus, the name "Bhante [such-and-such]" doesn't really mak...
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:59 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Ven. Dhammanando Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5348
Re: Ven. Dhammanando Appreciation Thread
Thank you Bhante.
- Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:59 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The crux of Buddhist practice - where and how do we cut the chain of Dependent Origination?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7357
- Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The crux of Buddhist practice - where and how do we cut the chain of Dependent Origination?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7357
Re: The crux of Buddhist practice - where and how do we cut the chain of Dependent Origination?
To escape this endless cycle, we must cut this chain, so the question becomes: where and how do we cut it? The Four Noble Truths contain the answer. Dukkha is clinging to the aggregates as "me, mine myself". The cause for this clinging to the aggregates is craving, which is the second Nob...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:53 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Ajahn Chah Facebook page
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8710
Re: Ajahn Chah Facebook page
Thanks Bodom. I'm a fan of the other page that doesn't post as often too. Nice to see the new page.
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ajahn Sumedho at PFOD tonight
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2931
Re: Ajahn Sumedho at PFOD tonight
Awesome, thanks for recording and posting this! What a time to be alive. Dhamma from thousands of miles away at the click of a button.
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:44 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy Birthday Ven. D!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2711
Re: Happy Birthday Ven. D!
Happy birthday!
- Sat May 20, 2017 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: supernormal powers
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15510
- Thu May 18, 2017 1:33 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings from U.S.A, quit job, ordaining soon
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7938
Re: Greetings from U.S.A, quit job, ordaining soon
Cool, thanks for the update.