Whoever see's the Image of a Buddha or a Stupa will have an indestructible potential for accomplishing enlightenment. The use of them in pop culture is a good thing !

Hi everyone, The Eye is Impermanent. Here we examine six suttas together, SN 35.1 to SN 35.6 "Bhikkhus, the eye is impermanent. What is impermanent is suffering. What is suffering is nonself. What is nonself should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus:'This is not mine, this I am n...

Some throw the Baby out with the Bath water don't they ? There are many references to Gods within the Sutta's requesting Buddha to turn the wheel of Dharma, Granting him various protections and receiving teachings from him, It is important for those coming in from a monotheistic background to be ab...

tiltbillings wrote:

Zach wrote:Sorry for any offence caused !

No offense. Just giving you a bit of a different take than you might find among the Kadampas

So a Sravaka is one who hears the Dhamma but fails to put it into practice ?

Or fails to put the fulness of it into practice.

This is interesting to me I come from a Mahayana background ( Kadampa ) I see no contradiction in the Union of first turning and other teachings as they are all methods for accomplishing profound paths the Great Arya Atisha was both a master of the Sravaka Tenents and the Mahayana system and was hi...

I was just searching for something and noticed an interesting link (which I shall share elsewhere) but it linked to this. Do Buddhist believe in god? No, we do not. There are several reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especial...

This is interesting to me I come from a Mahayana background ( Kadampa ) I see no contradiction in the Union of first turning and other teachings as they are all methods for accomplishing profound paths the Great Arya Atisha was both a master of the Sravaka Tenents and the Mahayana system and was hig...

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Hello there :namaste: Some of you may remember me as Caz from other places Ive recently purchased a few books on The Theravadin Sutta's such as In the Buddha's words by Bhikkhu Bodhi and the Vissudhimagga, Ive always enjoyed reading the first turning teachings and hope to gain some further context a...