Dhamma Wheel

Ah the fun of cultural diffrences. I was told by a monk at a vihara I attended regularly that the Sangha had requested that the secretary should request ( we're getting there ) that the the laity bring only vegetarian food when possible. A few weeks later a group of lay folks laid on a special Dana ...

My off-the-cuff response is: Because there is nothing to be enlightened. Buddha nature seems to imply some kind of underlying true self. Enlightenment illuminates the anatta nature of phenomena. Maybe someone else can give a more precise answer. Indeed. "Buddha nature" doctrine it seems to me , is ...

Being an Arahant is no big deal, but do heed Luang Por Chah's advice on the matter. :) Best wishes in all. I dont see how anyone could rightly judge that who was not an Arahant, unless you are saying......? I think FA is referring to one of Ajahn Chah's many iconoclastic statements from "No Ajahn C...

floating_abu wrote:Being an Arahant is no big deal, but do heed Luang Por Chah's advice on the matter. Best wishes in all.

I dont see how anyone could rightly judge that who was not an Arahant, unless you are saying......?

Hello Dazzlebling, you dont say whether you are a boy duck or a girl duck.. :smile: I guess from your reference to an escort you are a woman. If so then you need to take particular care not to offer to put any gift into the Ajahn's hands directly, as you say, he will indicate where to put things. Ju...