Is Arahant's suicide a GOOD completion of the Path? If it is not, then why Arahant is not the Mahayana Bodhisattva (placing Benefit-For-The Other above Benefit-For-Itself)? Among the two, the arahant expresses the highest benefit for others and for self, through his or her achievement of the highes...

Is Arahant's suicide a GOOD completion of the Path? If it is not, then why Arahant is not the Mahayana Bodhisattva (placing Benefit-For-The Other above Benefit-For-Itself)? Among the two, the arahant expresses the highest benefit for others and for self, through his or her achievement of the highes...

The Buddha himself rejected the idea infants are Buddhas and found the idea absurd: MN 78 "...When this was said, the Blessed One said to Pañcakanga: "In that case, carpenter, then according to Uggahamana's words a stupid baby boy, lying on its back, is consummate in what is skillful, for...

I'm not sure I would even try to answer questions from a fundamentalist, given they are strongly attached to their own views, and not really interested in the answers. Such people are so convinced about the rightness of their own position that they are not interested in genuine discussion. For the ...

Unfortunately, as I do not have much experience in the dharma, I would like some help here. How does one answer the following questions from Christian fundamentalists (even when they are very wrong on science and evolution)? https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/buddhism/ 1. Since souls are ...

A post from SarathW made me think: What Sotapanna assures is free from lower life. (Apaya) In other words, he will be free from the bad Kamma which he was done in the past which will take him to lower life. Since we must "own" our kamma ("I am the owner of actions [kamma]" AN 5.5...

Hi! I'm aware of the prohibitions stated in the Vinaya about sharing their fruitions and ariya status with people outside the Sangha, and I agree -in general- with the reasons for it. But since we are living in an age and time way different from the Buddha's days, where we value empirically proven ...

Hello, I'm a bit confused reading the benefits of Metta some list rebirth in happy realms,some translate to heaven and others translate to Brahma realms. If I'm understanding correctly Brahma realms are jhanic realms correct? SO their not actually heaven which is a sensous plane (sugati). Which is ...

"In what five precepts are his actions restrained? A noble disciple abstains from killing, from taking what is not given, from wrong sensual behavior, from lying, and from intoxicants that cause indolence. "And what are the four lofty mental abidings bringing happiness in the present, whi...

Sotapannas have perfect virtue and ethics ... Where is this found in the suttas? As I understand it, sotapannas - at the very least - perfects mundane and apprehends supramundane Right View. This eliminates self-view, clinging to rites and rituals, and skeptical doubt, the three hallmarks of a sota...

Hello, Sorry if this question has already been asked, but the Great Rebirth Debate thread is now so huge that it's not humanly possible to search through it... I read on the one hand that human rebirth is extremely rare. On the other hand I read that if one is rich/poor/handsome/ugly (etc.) in this...

... discussing them in a public context, which should not be done. Agreed ... a public announcement is unskillful speech, but IMO one should also keep in mind Right Speech if asked in a personal context, where one abstains from lying, speaking at the right time, truthfully, beneficially, and withou...

There's also a question that so far I seem unwilling to let go. It goes something like this: What is the common stage of attainment (is that how to call it?) for Buddhists? Both among monastic communities, and among lay people? Nobody seems to talk about it. Like, people don't say "Hi, I'm Ali...

grumpyfreyr wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:58 pmhow do aryas find each other?

Through long personal association (AN 4:192) & knowledge - supernormal (AN 3:40) or ordinary.

This topic reminds me of something I read (in the Buddha and His Teachings by Narada Thera) about laymen who are also true monks: "Concerning a minister who attained arahantship while seated on an elephant decked in his best apparel, the Buddha remarked: Even though a man be richly adorned, if ...