Hi, an interesting question. I am not knowledgeable in pali, however: I suspect that, like the other mental hindrances to meditation, it's a negative quality of mind to be abandoned, whereas hiri-otappa (moral shame & fear of consequences of wrong-doing) are said to be positive qualities, 'guard...

Dear friends, I am not 100% perfect in moral disciple but recent week i took lets do intact sila with no lust thought, no angry, follow truthfulness, ponder on 3 charecterisitc, radiate good thoughts on anyone as per ur wish.. even thought i did have some slight angry and lust thoughts i removed th...

Before deodorant became common in the 1800s, body odor was a thing which people didn't bother about, and many people washed just a couple of times a year, or once a month. It's a modern conceit that we shouldn't be smelling the body. It's natural. Just like animals, we smell. In other words, our bo...

during a talk, he appeared to be sitting next to a nun, ie, on the same raised platform, they sat approximately one metre apart I'd estimate. It depends on 2 key questions: 1. Were they together all by themselves in one room? 2. If there were other people in the room, were the other people within h...

during a talk, he appeared to be sitting next to a nun, ie, on the same raised platform, they sat approximately one metre apart I'd estimate. It depends on 2 key questions: 1. Were they together all by themselves in one room? 2. If there were other people in the room, were the other people within h...

I wasn't sure if my eyes were deceiving me, but I think I saw a well-known monk - please, I do not want any names mentioned, let's keep this impersonal - but during a talk, he appeared to be sitting next to a nun, ie, on the same raised platform, they sat approximately one metre apart, I'd estimate....

I could go on. But it seems clearer and clearer to me that morality and living by the "rules" and believing that someone is watching and keeping an account of what we do might make us mentally sick. I used to think kamma worked like that, but I now believe no-one need be watching, for kam...

manas To be a bit more clear, instead of getting lost in the vast maze of concepts, views and obsessions the Buddha teaches the Dhamma via the middle. Its good to bear in mind what Nama-rupa is: “And what [monks] is name-&-form? Feeling, perception, intention, contact, & attention : This is...

I'm only interested in the pali suttas, have read enough of other religions & sects over all these years to no longer be interested in getting more confused. However: while reading this topic - and noticing how we all have different points of view regarding this, also noticing how my own view c...

I'm only interested in the pali suttas, have read enough of other religions & sects over all these years to no longer be interested in getting more confused. However: while reading this topic - and noticing how we all have different points of view regarding this, also noticing how my own view co...

after enlightment buddha was physically capable but mentally incapable because he dont delight in any pleasure so without mental intention he cant do that act. i want to be like him. i dont want to cut my part that produce semen but i want to cut the mind that craves for it only to lose it and feel...

I just read the relevant sections in "A History of Mindfulness" by Bhikkhu Sujato. He disagrees about the conclusions drawn by some on the Sutta Nipata and finds that there are some suttas that are earliest and a collection that is earliest: ...all of the texts identified as earliest disc...

updated article with cool images showing difference between EBT and vism. https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2020/02/v-vitakka-vicara-simile-of-bird.html I tried in vain to find the entire sutta being referred to; could someone please provide a link to it? Here is the excerpt: and just as a wing...

Because I live in a society where reverence and even basic good manners are often lacking, I strive to be respectful at all times towards the Buddha, whether in body, speech or thought. I can see how our modern minds might chafe somewhat at the notion of reverence, and that makes me suspect that it'...

(or a special keyboard, to make it even simpler) For Mac-users there's the Easy Unicode keyboard layout. http://www.palitext.com/subpages/EasyUnicode5.zip Just download and open the zip file, place the keyboard in the keyboard folder of your system library and then open keyboard preferences and sel...