Good vipaka.
Search found 157 matches
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:28 am
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Ajahn Sumedho moving back to England permanently?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5062
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:38 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: incline the mind to deathless? what?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4582
- Sat May 30, 2020 2:34 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: shocked to see sariputta is a reincarnation of Hindu god Krishna
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3529
Re: shocked to see sariputta is a reincarnation of Hindu god Krishna
in jakata tales in wikipedia, Krishna a famous god or avatar after death actually born as sariputta and acheived enlightment under buddha. I thought story of krishna was written after buddha parinibbana but now its a thing happended even before buddha was born. It's a good sectarian ploy. Or a bril...
- Sat May 30, 2020 1:46 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: shocked to see sariputta is a reincarnation of Hindu god Krishna
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3529
Re: shocked to see sariputta is a reincarnation of Hindu god Krishna
You forgot the Ghata Jataka. (“Kanha” being Pali for “Krishna”.)Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 7:16 pm The Jātaka Commentary mention several of Sāriputta's Previous Lives, but none mention the Hindu god Krishna.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/j4/j4018.htm
- Mon May 18, 2020 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The goal of Buddhism
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3151
Re: The goal of Buddhism
The goal of Buddhism is guarded by Mara the goalie.
- Sat May 09, 2020 12:17 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Dhamma Wheel Zoom temple?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 29162
Re: Dhamma Wheel Zoom temple?
Is this the beginning of Zoomavada Buddhism?
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: God in the suttas?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2710
Re: God in the suttas?
See the Majjhima Nikaya 1 : Mulapariyaya Sutta. As I understand it, in this Sutta the Buddha states that to presume that there is a "source" from which all things arise is to make an unfounded assumption not based on direct experience. What can be experienced is the end of dukkha, or Nibb...
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: God in the suttas?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2710
Re: God in the suttas?
See the Majjhima Nikaya 1 : Mulapariyaya Sutta. As I understand it, in this Sutta the Buddha states that to presume that there is a "source" from which all things arise is to make an unfounded assumption not based on direct experience. What can be experienced is the end of dukkha, or Nibba...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:53 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: was jesus an arahant
- Replies: 130
- Views: 26819
Re: was jesus an arahant
Sounds like he practiced a form of meditation & ethical conduct but also sounds like self-view. I don't think there can be real attainment with self-view. I'll have to find his material from other sections of the Philokalia to get into whether or not Christianity has something analogous to not-...
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:14 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: was jesus an arahant
- Replies: 130
- Views: 26819
Re: was jesus an arahant
Perhaps off topic: jesus was not a christian and buddha was not a buddhist. chownah Buddha did not call himself a "Buddhist" because the term "Buddhism" didn't exist yet. He followed the Dhamma-Vinaya which he rediscovered, in a line of past samma-sam-buddhas. Did the Buddha tak...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:50 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Mahayana Buddhism & Individual Karma
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5370
Re: Mahayana Buddhism & Individual Karma
The only real disagreement I have with Theravada Buddhism is its lack of recognition for Buddhas other than Shakyamuni Buddha. In the Mahapadana Sutta, the Awakened One speaks of six Buddhas of the past… Yes, but these Buddhas are not seen as existing in the present according to Theravada Buddhism,...
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:24 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Stoicism and Buddhism
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13279
Re: Stoicism and Buddhism
Another interesting (and practical) Stoic text is:
Irvine, W. B. (2009). A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
He also describes his comparison of Stoicism with Zen Buddhism, and why he chose the former.
Irvine, W. B. (2009). A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
He also describes his comparison of Stoicism with Zen Buddhism, and why he chose the former.
- Tue May 23, 2017 12:44 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why can we just let go?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2379
Re: Why can we just let go?
On the other hand, it was only because that same engineer had let go of some other job, that the original poster could ask this question.Luca123 wrote:If the engineer who created the chip of the computer you are working with now had let go his job, you would not ask this question
- Mon May 22, 2017 1:16 am
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Why did the Buddha choose not to live of Light?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16993
- Sun May 21, 2017 4:08 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Buddho Mantra
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9573
Re: Buddho Mantra
Focus your attention on the breath, keeping watch over it until you're clearly aware that, "This is the in-breath," and "This is the out." Once you can see clearly in this way, call to mind the virtues of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, gathering them into a single word, "B...