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by santa100
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:23 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
Replies: 15
Views: 627

Re: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife

There are more than 8 nice cabins on the monastery, but no other monks wanted to stay for very long, so it was a one-monk monastery for years and years. Well, if the dude's a bad monk, that's exactly his plan all along, making it so hard and unbearable for fellow monks so that they all would move t...
by santa100
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ before or after kāye kāyānupassī ?
Replies: 7
Views: 143

Re: vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ before or after kāye kāyānupassī ?

Hello all, I have a pali question. In Satipatthana suttas it says " Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī [alex: and other 3] viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ [/u]" Does " vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ " refer to what happens prior to kāye kāyā...
by santa100
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: How to gain energy
Replies: 2
Views: 112

Re: How to gain energy

Hello every dhammawheel member around the world, i want to tell you how to regain strenght if you feel weak. 1-.To recover energy, in the morning you can drink a juice blend of fruits and vegetables, prepared in the blender, you can use whatever you have on hand and make sure you use all colors. Fo...
by santa100
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
Replies: 15
Views: 627

Re: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife

thanks for this. I don't know who this monk/lay person is, and I'm always interested in how/why senior monastics choose to disrobe. It should be fairly simple, for at the most fundamental level, the only thing that separates lay life from monastics is the Patimokka 227 rules. So if a monk's not abl...
by santa100
Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:16 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Do we need to make an effort to control or should we not try to control our breathing during meditation?
Replies: 7
Views: 132

Re: Do we need to make an effort to control or should we not try to control our breathing during meditation?

Some people say, in meditation we need to make an effort to make our breathing subtle, deep and slow, while others say we shouldn't try to control our breathing, we should just observe it. What is your opinion on this? Different people use different methods, so treat it like a scientific experiment...
by santa100
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: What makes Theravada conservative?
Replies: 4
Views: 167

Re: What makes Theravada conservative?

Maybe not in the political sense, but what makes it conservative compared to other sects like Zen? we can only speak in very general terms, cuz ultimately it really depends on the individual practitioner. There could be Zen practitioners that adheres much more strictly to the Buddha Dhamma and Code...
by santa100
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:11 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is the nature of the mind is ignorance?
Replies: 23
Views: 422

Re: Is the nature of the mind is ignorance?

Is the nature of the mind is ignorance? "nature of the mind" is probably too abstract a term to be used. To be more concrete, lets call it modes of operation. The mind's default mode of operation is ignorance. It also possesses the "enlightened" mode of operation, but this is so...
by santa100
Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The Right to Refuse Donation
Replies: 13
Views: 248

Re: The Right to Refuse Donation

I remember reading that a monk can and must refuse food that is offered at the wrong time and also if it is one of the forbidden meats, for example, lion, elephant, human, etc. What’s wrong with lion, elephant, non registered human flesh? human flesh meat? Yum yum ... those poor monks don't know wh...
by santa100
Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife
Replies: 15
Views: 627

Re: Ajahn Chandako to James - Transition to Laylife

thanks for this. I don't know who this monk/lay person is, and I'm always interested in how/why senior monastics choose to disrobe. It should be fairly simple, for at the most fundamental level, the only thing that separates lay life from monastics is the Patimokka 227 rules. So if a monk's not abl...
by santa100
Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Supernormal power and gold coins
Replies: 15
Views: 228

Re: Supernormal power and gold coins

I am bit childish but if i create gold coins using jhanic power, i sell it and make money, do i break 4th precept of stealing? Bad karma for deception? Problem is high level of jhanic power is attained by deep concentration, which in turns possible only with pure moral virtues. If for some reason, ...
by santa100
Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dhamma Copyright
Replies: 7
Views: 315

Re: Dhamma Copyright

I have seen previous discussions on this issue Most of it was about distribution or copying In case of a Copyright infringement I wonder it's wrong to read such things Sutta, Atthakatha, teachings of a teacher There are many things on the Internet :thinking: Think about it, the only Dhamma copyrigh...
by santa100
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā
Replies: 13
Views: 375

Re: sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā

...Not that I am convinced that there even could be a helpful summarization in just one sentence. Obviously from a practical perspective, a summarization of the Dhamma in 1 sentence won't do anybody any good. Ultimately, the point of describing any discipline in 1 sentence is really just a way to c...
by santa100
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:55 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā
Replies: 13
Views: 375

Re: sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā

He said that to have heard the phrase sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya, is to have heard every phrase of the Teachings, to have put it into practice is to have done every practice and to have reaped the fruits of that practice is to have reaped every fruit of the Buddhist Teachings. HEART-WOOD OF TH...
by santa100
Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:56 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Worldly Right view with effluent?
Replies: 10
Views: 324

Re: Worldly Right view with affluent?

SarathW wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:52 am But Brahama Jala Sutta Buddha talks about recluses who attain Jhana.
So? Jhana in and of itself is not something exclusive to just Buddha's disciples. The Buddha before discovering His Dhamma already learned and attained high-level Jhanas from His outsider-teachers.
by santa100
Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:37 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bhikkhu Bodhi on War and Thanissaro's rebuttal
Replies: 465
Views: 76251

Re: Bhikkhu Bodhi on War and Thanissaro's rebuttal

Santa has suggested that in order to be qualified to criticise Bodhi I need to go to Ukraine to get myself shot in the head and paralysed. No reasonable discussion seems possible with him as he seems merely to be intent on shutting it down with bullying and abusive speech. Wrong, I did not suggest ...