Dhamma Wheel

The Arahant has the tenth of the Ten Special Powers of a Tathāgata — a Fully Enlightened Buddha. Some Arahants have the other powers to some extent, but none to the fullest extent of a Buddha.

The oral tradition is more reliable than writing, that is why the Buddha used it. Think for one minute, would a fully enlightened Buddha who wished to preserve his teachings for as long as possible not use the most reliable method available? Writing was certainly known in his time. Those who are ign...

They are different things. Anuttara Sammāsambodhi = Incomparable Perfect Enlightenment. Only a Sammāsambuddha like Gotama Buddha realises this. It is called Awakening because it dispels ignorance and delusion by realising the truth regarding the mental and material processes, causes and effect, and ...

This video by Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu is helpful to explain the purpose of the mental noting.

Just the other day I was listening to a dhamma talk by a respected monk and he said the Buddha is always in first jhana no matter what. I shook my head and disqualified that teacher. Don't be so quick to judge. There is much truth in the statement. The Buddha Never Neglected Jhāna Hemavata asked wh...

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Blood Pressure tests should be done when relaxed. It is recommended to sit and rest for five minutes before starting the test. Test both arms. For more accurate results, test twice and average the readings. Blood Pressure varies throughout the day. It will be lower in the morning after a good rest, ...

Monks and nuns should be mindful, and teach the practice of mindfulness. It is OK to advise others how to live in harmony with others, and how to work for the greater good of society. Politics looks outwards at society in general and at the behaviour of other people in particular. It thinks that suf...

Not-self (anatta) is not a theory. It is a description of reality, an explanation of how rebirth is possible according to the doctrine of dependent origination. See Four Points to Bear in Mind about Dependent Origination. Mind and matter are governed by laws of cause and effect. The so-called self i...

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The Dhamma is timeless (akāliko). As soon as one stops clinging to something, suffering caused by that clinging ceases. To abandon all clinging is difficult, but any wise person can abandon at least some of it. Abandon a little to have a little less suffering; abandon a lot to have a lot less suffer...

Kamma just means action - it's the fruit of the action which you should be concerned about. In other words thoughts are just thoughts you can choose to act upon them or not. Are you sure about that? Urr, yes. You say so yourself below. Perhaps I should have gone into more detail but I have a beginn...

A Discourse to Dīghanakha (on not clinging to views).

One key passage on this topic is at the end of the Sangārava Sutta: M.ii.213. 485. Evaṃ vutte, saṅgāravo māṇavo Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca — “Aṭṭhitavataṃ bhoto Gotamassa padhānaṃ ahosi, sappurisavataṃ bhoto Gotamassa padhānaṃ ahosi; yathā taṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. Kiṃ nu kho, bho Gotama, atthi devā...

Six ways of killing that result in defeat: The Vibhaṅga defines taking life as “cutting off the life faculty,” and the Commentary’s discussion of this point shows clearly that this means interrupting the continuity of life before it would reach its “timely” end through the exhaustion of the victim’s...