SDC wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 9:13 pmWell perhaps someone with as many years and as much knowledge as you have should try encouragement and guidance with an arm around the shoulder rather than just a kick in the ass and/or face. Give it a try. You might actually enjoy it.
Thanks SDC. I was providing guidance from my many years of knowledge. One of the first things taught to monks is the life of a monk is different to a life of a layperson therefore monks ideally should avoid imputing their aspirations & code of conduct onto laypeople. My understanding is ordination is not an evangelical recruitment drive.
retrofuturist wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 10:01 pmIt is one thing to share "tips for new players" that might help them bypass potential pitfalls that lie ahead.It is another thing altogether to pre-emptively relish in the prospect of their potential failure, mocking them as they try.
Thanks Paul. My post was made merely from the view of cause & effect. Regards.
For a person endowed with virtue, consummate in virtue, there is no need for an act of will... 'May I realize the knowledge & vision of release.' It is in the nature of things that a dispassionate person realizes the knowledge & vision of release.
AN 11.2 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
Dhammarakkhito wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 9:41 pm potaliya and magandiya suttas. sensual pleasures are inconstant and stressful whether you are an upasaka or a bhikkhu
The suttas appear to teach when impermanence (
anicca) and unsatisfactoriness (
dukkha) are realised, dispassion (
viraga) occurs. Therefore, how can the dispassionate mind masturbate?
O monks, the well-instructed noble disciple, seeing thus, gets wearied of form, gets wearied of feeling, gets wearied of perception, gets wearied of mental formations, gets wearied of consciousness. Being wearied he becomes passion-free.
SN 22.59 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .mend.html
User1249x wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 10:00 pmTrust me in that if i could, id be ordained, not rotting away here. It is causing me a lot of stress not being able to train in a supportive enviroment and having to endure the lay-state as it is. There is 1 monastery in my country and they required me to allign myself, i am fixed in view i cannot do... It is truly comforting to know how little you know about my plans, where i will be ordaining and who my preceptor will be.
OK. Good luck then. May the training bring
you benefits.
User1249x wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 10:00 pm64. Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup.
65. Though only for a moment a discerning person associates with a wise man, quickly he comprehends the Truth, just as the tongue tastes the flavor of the soup.
Indeed. The wise man posted below and the wise student lends ear to the Dhamma of the Lord Buddha. Therefore, if you do become a bhikkhu and if one day you are allowed to teach laypeople, I suggest to answer as I have done below, from the Lord Buddha's lips.
DooDoot wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 3:35 am The Buddha taught a successful relationship will happen when two people share four same qualities. Refer to the Samajivina Sutta and also AN 4.53 and AN 4.54 for guidance. My impression is both of you were not compatible with each other. Relationship is more than just indulgent feelings but two people sharing the same long term goals, vision & morality, as the Buddha taught in the Samajivina Sutta.