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- Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:33 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Online game: Am I stealing?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2569
Re: Online game: Am I stealing?
Hi Digity, It seems like this is having a negative impact on your mind, if the action was pure there wouldn't be this doubt. These grey areas can be tricky to navigate so when I encounter one I find it helpful to recollect the Buddha's saying from the Karaniya Metta Sutta "Do not do the slighte...
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:05 am
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: How to love myself?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9388
Re: How to love myself?
Hi No Mind, There are a few things I have found beneficial for cheering for oneself in life, as opposed to the self destructive tendencies some of us can fall into. Keeping the precepts is tremendously important, and reflecting on one's moments of kindness and generosity can uplift the mind. Also on...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 11:48 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Why I write the way I do
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6907
Re: Why I write the way I do
I think it's important to see how our experience lines up with the texts, otherwise we may end up deluding ourselves and wandering down a long road which leads to a dead end. We cannot say our hearts are pure unless the five hindrances are removed, otherwise we may have good intentions, but they may...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:21 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: When you look at a human being...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 983
Re: When you look at a human being...
I try and look at people from their perspective,get a sense of where they are coming from and empathize with the difficulties they may be facing. Most people are generally good people, but I also think that all beings have the potential for goodness, they just need to see the value in it for themsel...
- Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:42 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: was anyone here bullied?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5406
Re: was anyone here bullied?
Hey anthbrown, I was reading the Samyutta Nikaya today and this particular sutta stuck out to me. "Arañña Sutta: The Wilderness" (SN 1.10), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition) Standing to one side, a devata addressed the Blessed One with a ver...
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 6:53 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: How to deal with rejection
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3440
Re: How to deal with rejection
Hi gpessa, Whenever I'm going through a tough time I find it helpful to remember the Buddha's definition of suffering; wanting things to be other than they are or wanting things to stay the same. This can help the mind open up to what is present and can be very helpful in allowing oneself to process...
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 3:43 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Being Religious or Spiritual Is Linked With Getting More Depressed
- Replies: 86
- Views: 14231
Re: Being Religious or Spiritual Is Linked With Getting More Depressed
If I may give a bit of personal experience, I found the early years of practice to be filled with mistakes, and lines in the Dhammapada such as "The evil-doer grieves here and hereafter; he grieves in both the worlds. He laments and is afflicted, recollecting his own impure deeds." (Chapte...
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Quitting cigarettes
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5516
Re: Quitting cigarettes
I smoked throughout my teens and early twenties, haven't had a cigarette since 2007. I think the addiction was weakened by quitting cold turkey for a year here, a year and a half there, but eventually I would give into the craving and end up right back where things started. The turning point was whe...
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:50 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Humble but honest words of faith
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1892
Re: Humble but honest words of faith
Hi Sumana, I hope you're doing well, and would just like to say that your faith will grow considerably as you take the practice deeper and deeper. Life can be quite difficult at times, but sometimes difficulty can set one on a path which turns out to be beneficial in the long run and makes the pain ...
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 1:14 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: What to do when a precept is broken
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7997
Re: What to do when a precept is broken
Thank you for the replies, they've all been helpful.
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:16 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: What to do when a precept is broken
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7997
What to do when a precept is broken
Hi everyone,
Did the Buddha give advice for what to do when we break a precept? And if not, what is the proper way to discipline ourselves and also not end up beating ourselves up over it?
Thank you for your replies,
Jackson
Did the Buddha give advice for what to do when we break a precept? And if not, what is the proper way to discipline ourselves and also not end up beating ourselves up over it?
Thank you for your replies,
Jackson
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dharma Talks or Videos
- Replies: 142
- Views: 242319
Re: Dharma Talks or Videos
This is an excellent talk from Ajahn Amaro, covering Hiri and Ottapa, and the proper attitude to having done something wrong. Highly recommended.
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:20 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 976340
Re: Does been a vegetarian mean gods are with you?
No worries Jackson. If you have easy access to the Majjhima Nikaya, you will find some of the suttas where the Buddha refutes the Niganthas ideology on kamma there. From memory, Helmut Hecker's biography of Devadatta (edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi and published in 'Great Disciples of the Buddha') is exce...
- Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 976340
Re: Does been a vegetarian mean gods are with you?
Yes, very good scriptural support and quite a bit of it, as well. I suggest you research suttas on the Buddha's refutation of the Nigantha's view on kamma and also research the origin of the schism led by Devadutta. Thank you kindly Ben, it's always humbling to see where I'm lacking in understandin...
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:52 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 976340
Re: Does been a vegetarian mean gods are with you?
Perhaps you can look at it in a more generalized way. Feelings like "the gods are with you" probably stem from the good kamma you develop by not eating animals that have been killed. Soon. The idea that there is good kamma from being vegetarian is wrong view - and wrong view is akusala. H...