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- Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:41 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Nisidati pallankam abhujitva ujum kayam panidhaya...
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Re: Nisidati pallankam abhujitva ujum kayam panidhaya...
Another good occurrence of pallankam posture, meaning something rather firm and needed to be "split up" to release from. In the Mahāgosiṅga Sutta Buddha speaks about a monk determined to attain the final goal: na tāvāhaṃ imaṃ pallaṅkaṃ bhindissāmi yāva me nānupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimuccis...
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:29 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are ther any Buddhist rites for Exorcising Demons?
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Re: Are ther any Buddhist rites for Exorcising Demons?
From Ajahn Thanissaro's notes on the Vinaya - I've not located the primary source in the Vinaya though. Anyone care to try? Hello! It is from Pārājika of Vinayapitaka: Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhūtavejjako bhikkhu yakkhaṃ jīvitā voropesi. Tassa kukkuccaṃ ahosi…pe… ‘‘anāpatti, bhikkhu, pārāji...