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- Wed Oct 05, 2022 9:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why did Anathapindika give away all of his money?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 471
Re: Why did Anathapindika give away all of his money?
cappucino your comment is misleading , you are implying as if Anathapindika gave stuff for worldly benefit alone , by quoting a sutta (and underlying part of it) that does not talk about him and his reasons but just writing about (some) of the effects of giving to others You didnt do a quote from a ...
- Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:40 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
Thepea i would like to sum up with this : First and foremost you should be honest , not be sneaky and try to distort words of others in the conversation Honesty of asking questions you actually want to get answers to , so you should be ready to actually "listen" to what is replied (you can...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
will be able to make up your own mind... That i am wasting my time and his purely trolling and this is idle chatter by me ? Hey PP, Please don’t call me a troll just because we disagree. Ohh, i literally started editing it right after i wrote it (because i thought it might be too harsh) , didnt thi...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
You wrote "My practice stems from Goenka Vipassana. " so i gave you quotes of goenka himself answering the questions You asked , but you dismiss it and guess the reasoning behind why he said what he said The reason i decided to enter this talk was 100% because you wrote dishonest posts ! n...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
will be able to make up your own mind...
That i am wasting my time and his purely energy stealing and this is idle chatter by me ?
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
Wow , you again do it , you distort what i write It is not even a matter of who is wrong and right about X topic ... you distort the conversation itself ! Now you again dishonestly trying to ignore and avoid the point im making which is you distort the conversations did you see the examples i gave ?...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
Here we go again. Some dhamma for you, if you can put aside your own ideas and ambition for a moment: "A man may plunder as long as it serves his ends, but when others are plundered, he who has plundered gets plundered in turn. A fool thinks, 'Now's my chance,' as long as his evil has yet to r...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:24 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
You are ignoring the points made by me and other people and distort it to other things , and than "answer" the things you have distorted them to (like you asking "what this table is made of ?" than someone answers you "wood" and than you respond "you are wrong this...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
I just checked this fourm itself and i see david quoted to you goenka himself - and goenka himself says a reason not to eat fish : Why is vegetarian food helpful for meditation? Mr. S. N. Goenka: When you eat meat or something, then this being - animal or fish or whatever it is - for its whole life ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
The pea you dont follow the suttas ? what you do follow ? because from my point of view you are asking what is X and people quote to you were X=2 and than you write " i dont see where X=2" - so why you ask the question in the first place ? In a theravada forum you ask why killing is wrong ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
What is the consequence? You reduce chances to advance in the "path" , you increase bad factors (aversion ,greed , wrong view etc) and yes increase your bad kamma which will result in bad effects in worldly life So it is not just some "worldly" effect it also effects you "s...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ambition vs. the dhamma
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1587
Re: Ambition vs. the dhamma
How do we know what is wholesome vs unwholesome? The Buddha left us some handy lists, such as the one in MN 41: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.041.nymo.html Reading that, I do not see where it says killing fish to eat them is unwholesome? It says loosely translated One killing livin...
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Explaning advancing in the path - karma wise ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 342
Re: Explaning advancing in the path - karma wise ?
Another reason (i add in new post cause i cant edit anymore) which is a big reason for me to inquire about this question is encoutering many monks who emphasis continues practice , like ven Ajahn Chah for example so it made me wonder how much are separate single moments are "wasted" how ma...
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Explaning advancing in the path - karma wise ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 342
Re: Explaning advancing in the path - karma wise ?
Another thing i remembered now that made me ask this question is other spiritual traditions and how they refer to at least some part of thier advancment for example castaneda talks about gathering energy and taoism talks about a body change that eventually leads to enlightnment that is another reaso...
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Explaning advancing in the path - karma wise ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 342
Re: Explaning advancing in the path - karma wise ?
Another though after reading about Moggallāna who reached enlightenment but suffered bad karma and was killed , and than thinking about angulimala who killed many people but reached enlightenment and also the buddha not living to be a billion years old ... .... shows that its not so simple and not c...