From http://buddhism.org/Sutras/BuddhaTeachings/page_20.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Two conditions are necessary to complete the evil of covetousness: -- namely, i. another's possession, and ii. adverting to it, thinking ? 'would this be mine!' The inevitable conseq...

I've been bothered by this (insecure to some sense). How would frivious talk lead you to be born in hell? Could someone shed some lights on this? If you could have an example, that would be great. I can see that lie, slander, or rough speech toward others are bad, but I just don't see how casual con...

This "evil effect" is actually taken from "The Buddha and His Teaching" book by Venerable Narada Mahathera. http://buddhism.org/Sutras/BuddhaTeachings/page_20.html So my question is really, if we do small talk or cracking jokes not in a harmful way to anyone, would that bring abo...

From http://www.purifymind.com/KammaTheory.htm The evil effects of frivolous talk are:- defective bodily organs and incredible speech. Does anyone know which sutta this is referenced from? Would it be OK to do small talk and crack jokes for a lay person? Most of us have friends, family, co-workers w...

Bhikkhus, in the peninsular of India there are a few pleasant orchards, forests, outstanding sites, stretches of water but many irregular blocks of land, irregular rivers flowing disorderly, forming uneven shapes. In the same manner a few humans who leave the human corpse are born among humans many...

Aloka wrote:Hi andyn,

Perhaps it isn't meant to be interpreted literally ?

Kind regards,

Aloka

The Buddha's word are said to be of absolute truthfulness and he knows all. I'm so depressed when reading this though.

In the Sutra, Buddha said "Those whose in human form die and reborn as human can be compared to the dirt in my finger, while those in human form die and reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts, animals, and hells can be compared to the dirt in of the whole earth". If this is to understand lit...