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by Aleksandra
Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:18 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Samatha and Vipassana question
Replies: 44
Views: 19743

Re: Samatha and Vipassana question

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by Aleksandra
Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:10 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: is this considered a wrong occupation
Replies: 4
Views: 1332

Re: is this considered a wrong occupation

I have spent much time in the past trying to figure out the same thing. I've gone into a great length to find a job which I thought will cause least harm to any living beings and so on, but the environment is so difficult and challenging, that if I am not careful, I will keep creating bad kamma by t...
by Aleksandra
Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:35 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Arahants
Replies: 150
Views: 55982

Re: Arahants

Youth Thunder, sorry about late reply, I don't visit this forum often. Why all Buddhas and arahants don't teach? I think because some of them can't, Pacceka Buddhas (silent Buddhas) for example. I think this is where 'silent' comes from. Initially the Lord Buddha, the one we are learning from now, a...
by Aleksandra
Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:10 pm
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: What does "arising & passing away" mean?
Replies: 9
Views: 8575

Re: What does "arising & passing away" mean?

"Samudaya - seeing of arising of phenomena, passing away of phenomena, and also the stage of udayabbaya-ñana, the knowledge of arising and passing away of phenomena, all those are spoken of as if they were the same thing. Many people, when they experience the phenomena of arising, and the pheno...
by Aleksandra
Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:35 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Arahants
Replies: 150
Views: 55982

Re: Arahants

To M.G.A Ven. Sumathipala was a Sri Lankan monk who established the meditation centre in Delgoda (nr. Kanduboda), not far from Colombo. Apparently, prior to this arrival to the village of Delgoda was a village where not too many would like to stop and was well known for dangerous and mean people eng...
by Aleksandra
Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:37 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Arahants
Replies: 150
Views: 55982

Re: Arahants

Dear Bhikkhuni, I can understand why you may want to find an Arahat, but I don't think you will. Not because I think there aren't any, but because I believe that an Arahat is not likely to declare that they are an Arahat. Not all the Arahats will teach either, the same as all the Buddhas didn't teac...