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Is there a sutta or a passage where the Buddha gives advice on how to reconize if a teaching is correct in terms of Dhamma, sort of how to analyze if a teaching or interpretation is Dhamma or not?
P.S. Not the kalama sutta
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How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
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understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
I think it was just quoted here in the last two days, I forget which one it is exactly, but it says something like, any teaching that is in accord with the Noble Eightfold Middle Path, including sila, is Dhamma, that brings you to the end of dukkha, it is Dhamma.
Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
The Gotami Sutta is at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And I (coincidentally?) just made a video talking about it, because it seems to be a subject that many Buddhists wonder about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbhJxHgSPg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And I (coincidentally?) just made a video talking about it, because it seems to be a subject that many Buddhists wonder about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbhJxHgSPg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno... (MN 26)
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Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
Thank you Bhante for the link and the video
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“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Bhante!
Perfect timing for the post and the video.
Perfect timing for the post and the video.
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Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
the parinibana sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and I asked a question recently about the one I think The Dhamma is referring to http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; referring to how to read it as it didn't make sense to me, and I have a suspicion there is a part of the maha-parinibbana sutta which says the same.
EDIT the thread I mention above referencing the second Sutta is found here http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=972" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and I asked a question recently about the one I think The Dhamma is referring to http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; referring to how to read it as it didn't make sense to me, and I have a suspicion there is a part of the maha-parinibbana sutta which says the same.
EDIT the thread I mention above referencing the second Sutta is found here http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=972" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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I do enjoy your talks Bhante, have a subscription to Dhammatube and watched it earliergavesako wrote:The Gotami Sutta is at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And I (coincidentally?) just made a video talking about it, because it seems to be a subject that many Buddhists wonder about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbhJxHgSPg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
Another succinct discourse is the Eight Thoughts of a Great Man.
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Greetings,
The following also comes to mind...
"Those who teach a Dhamma for the abandoning of passion, for the abandoning of aversion, for the abandoning of delusion — their Dhamma is well-taught."
AN 3.72 - Ajivaka Sutta
Metta,
Retro.
The following also comes to mind...
"Those who teach a Dhamma for the abandoning of passion, for the abandoning of aversion, for the abandoning of delusion — their Dhamma is well-taught."
AN 3.72 - Ajivaka Sutta
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
As a post script and intending no disrespect:
It is helpful to have helpful and supportive sources. Children rely on their parents as authoritative and kind. Who could ever forget them?
AND ... all children who grow up will inevitably leave home. In this way, they will learn to actualize the Dharma wherever they go...they will have no need to ask.
It is helpful to have helpful and supportive sources. Children rely on their parents as authoritative and kind. Who could ever forget them?
AND ... all children who grow up will inevitably leave home. In this way, they will learn to actualize the Dharma wherever they go...they will have no need to ask.
Re: How to tell what is and isnt Dhamma
the only way is meditation