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Should we have a special assembly for the Devas here?

The Devas can be members of the sangha, too.
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Manopubbangama wrote: Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:14 pmShould we have a special assembly for the Devas here? The Devas can be members of the sangha, too.
If Devas are mere "members" of the Sangha, why a "special" assembly for them? I think in the suttas we will find the Buddha attempted to make the Devas comprehend they are not so special at all.
Good sir Moggallana... When I (Sakka, king of the gods) had won that war and returned from it as a conqueror, I had the Vejayanta Palace Built. Good sir Moggallana, the Vejayanta Palace has a hundred towers, and each tower has seven hundred upper chambers, and each tower has seven nymphs and each nymph has seven maids. Would you like to see the loveliness of the Vejayanta Palace, good sir Moggallana?

Then the venerable Maha Moggallana considered thus: "This spirit is living much too negligently. What if I stirred up a sense of urgency in him?" Then the venerable Maha Moggallana performed such a feat of supernormal power that with the point of his toe he made the Vejayanta Palace shake and quake and tremble.

https://www.dhammatalks.net/Books9/Bhik ... _Sutta.htm
And when the Blessed One had passed away, simultaneously with his Parinibbana, Sakka, king of the gods, spoke this stanza:

Transient are all compounded things,
Subject to arise and vanish;
Having come into existence they pass away;
Good is the peace when they forever cease.

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Greetings,
Manopubbangama wrote: Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:14 pm Should we have a special assembly for the Devas here?
We have no distinction in this regard at Dhamma Wheel between the male/female, ordained/lay assemblies - it's all the same access, with the same forums.

That said, if we get enough demand from devas for a special assembly, we'll seriously consider it.

:alien:

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retrofuturist wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:14 am Greetings,
Manopubbangama wrote: Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:14 pm Should we have a special assembly for the Devas here?
We have no distinction in this regard at Dhamma Wheel between the male/female, ordained/lay assemblies - it's all the same access, with the same forums.

That said, if we get enough demand from devas for a special assembly, we'll seriously consider it.

:alien:

Metta,
Paul. :)
Paul, do you think devas can type on keyboards and post on the internet?
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Manopubbangama wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:47 amdo you think devas can type on keyboards and post on the internet?
Yes. They are just people; but with supernormal psychic powers or, otherwise, of great social power & influence (such as Kings, Presidents, Oligarchs, etc). Unfortunately, psychic powers can only send thought messages (but cannot type).

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I think you guys are a bit mistaken.

There is nothing in the suttas to suggest that the devas can type on keyboards.....

Really, thats a silly idea, isn't it?


I mean a place for us to placate the assembly of devas.

Surely this is something that the suttas condone as wholesome?
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Greetings,
Manopubbangama wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:25 pm I mean a place for us to placate the assembly of devas.

Surely this is something that the suttas condone as wholesome?
Create a topic in the Shrine Room then?

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retrofuturist wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:36 pm Greetings,
Manopubbangama wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:25 pm I mean a place for us to placate the assembly of devas.

Surely this is something that the suttas condone as wholesome?
Create a topic in the Shrine Room then?

:shrug:

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Paul. :)
Paul....

Do you really think the devas would appreciate that?
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Why would they stoop to surfing the Internet?
What is the Uncreated?
Sublime & free, what is that obscured Eternity?
It is the Undying, the Bright, the Isle.
It is an Ocean, a Secret: Reality.
Both life and oblivion, it is Nirvāṇa.
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Manopubbangama wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:15 pm
retrofuturist wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:36 pm Greetings,
Manopubbangama wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:25 pm I mean a place for us to placate the assembly of devas.

Surely this is something that the suttas condone as wholesome?
Create a topic in the Shrine Room then?

:shrug:

Metta,
Paul. :)
Paul....

Do you really think the devas would appreciate that?
Well, shrines are how you generally venerate them.
What is the Uncreated?
Sublime & free, what is that obscured Eternity?
It is the Undying, the Bright, the Isle.
It is an Ocean, a Secret: Reality.
Both life and oblivion, it is Nirvāṇa.
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Coëmgenu wrote: Sat Feb 16, 2019 2:15 am Why would they stoop to surfing the Internet?
They wouldn't.
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Manopubbangama wrote: Sat Feb 16, 2019 2:48 pm
Coëmgenu wrote: Sat Feb 16, 2019 2:15 am Why would they stoop to surfing the Internet?
They wouldn't.
Yeah, I misread your post and thought you wanted a forum to commune with devāḥ in.
What is the Uncreated?
Sublime & free, what is that obscured Eternity?
It is the Undying, the Bright, the Isle.
It is an Ocean, a Secret: Reality.
Both life and oblivion, it is Nirvāṇa.
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