As far as i know, it is a serious sin to say someone who is not Arahant is Arahant and vasi vasa. Is there any record of anyone who mahaparinirvana as Arahants in recent year? Few years back, i have heard the news of a Mahayana monk in china who died as Arahant. And I know few in my own country but ...

welcome to the forum

nice to know you

with metta,

laurence

Hello Rob,

welcome to the forum, i am laurence from myanmar(your neighbour).

I joined just couple of days ago but i hope we can make good use of our time here.

with metta,

laurence.

OMG ........ I just joined this forum couple of days ago and really shocked to see how views on Buddhism is different across the world. It is interesting but abit disappointing as the same time. In abit logical example, Imagine, I am on a plane. I am going to USA. I am going on a economy class as i ...

Thanks so much Retro and Chris,

nice to meet u guys

with metta,

laurence

Thanks for the greeting, Bodom
Pleased to meet u !

with metta,

laurence.

Mingalar par, Ben

Very pleased to know you .. & thanks for your greeting.
and sorry i forgot to mention my name.
I am Laurence Nyein and you can call me Laurence.
See you in forums.

with metta,

laurence

First of all, if some words may seem to be not very appropriate, then it is because of my poor english and limited knowledge of writing Dhamma in english. As some people here already said there is a hugh differences between Buddha and Arahant. But there are also similarities here. The similarities a...

Hi everyone , .. Lately about 4 months now .. i have been really interested in learning and practicing Buddhism (Dhamma or Buddha teaching i should say). Even though I am a traditional Buddhist as I was born in a buddhist country, I have to admit I haven't really religious. As I have growing numbers...